Here we share just a few highlights of CHOC’s year in 2016. We look forward to serving your family and our community in the years to come.
CHOC welcomes first resident dog
One of the newest members of the CHOC family is blond with deep, soulful eyes – and has four legs and loves belly rubs. Please join us in welcoming Lois, CHOC’s very first resident dog. The Labrador-golden retriever mix is now heeling – and healing – in the halls at CHOC’s main hospital campus in […]
CHOC earns leadership development award for CHOC University
CHOC has earned an Excellence in Leadership Development award from Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics in recognition of the health system’s professional development program, CHOC University. Tom Capizzi, vice president and chief human resource officer at CHOC, accepted the award on behalf of the health system at the college’s Center for Leadership’s 10th annual Leadership Awards on Sept. […]
CHOC receives $5 million to expand care to smallest, sickest of newborns
Jeff and Jenny Gross present members of the CHOC Foundation and CHOC’s neonatal intensive care unit with a $5 million donation. CHOC Children’s today announced a $5 million gift from the William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation to expand its Small Baby Unit (SBU) on its main hospital campus. Opened in 2010, the SBU focuses on […]
CHOC Children’s Joins Peers across North America to Offer Safety Tips to Families
In honor of National Patient Safety Awareness Week—United for Patient Safety— (March 12-18, 2017), CHOC Children’s is joining forces with children’s hospitals across North America to affirm the critical role patients’ families play in making hospital stays as safe as possible for their children. CHOC is part of a national learning network, Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions […]
Researcher Profile: Dr. Carl R. Weinert
Dr. Weinert’s research interests include developing effective, minimally invasive treatment alternatives for benign bone tumors and bone cysts, designing new surgical instruments for improving the treatment of fractures, especially elbow fractures, and advancing the treatment of clubfoot and other congenital foot deformities.