(ORANGE, Calif., July 31, 2017) –A veteran psychiatric nurse has been tapped to help lead CHOC Children’s inpatient mental health center set to open next spring. Dani Milliken has been named clinical director of the CHOC Children’s Mental Health Inpatient Center, bringing a wealth of experience in the design and operation of pediatric mental health […]
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CHOC Children’s recognized as critical care leader
CHOC has again been recognized by an international consortium for its excellence in extracorporeal life support (ECLS), a special procedure that takes over the heart’s pumping function and the lungs’ oxygen exchange until a patient can recover from injury or illness. The gold-level Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Award of Excellence in Life Support recognizes […]
Help Me Grow Orange County Wins National Innovation Challenge
Help Me Grow Orange County, which became operational at CHOC Children’s in 2007 to help ensure the community’s children and families are connected to developmental services, was named the winner of the 10K Innovation Challenge. The Help Me Grow National Center and Connecticut Children’s Advancing Kids Innovation Program (AKIP) invited the nation’s 28 Help Me […]
John Henderson Joins CHOC as Vice President and Chief Information Officer
(ORANGE, Calif., June 29, 201CHOC CIO John Henderson7) – CHOC Children’s has appointed John Henderson vice president and chief information officer. A seasoned information technology (IT) leader, Henderson has a successful track record of guiding cohesive teams in the design, deployment, administration and enhancement of enterprise IT applications and infrastructures. Most recently, Henderson served as […]
CHOC Children’s Chief Nursing Officer Honored for Excellence in Leadership
Melanie Patterson, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer (CNO) at CHOC Children’s Hospital, was recently honored with the Excellence in Leadership award by the Association of California Nurse Leaders. Given to an inspirational leader committed to providing expert, compassionate care for children and their families, the honor is awarded for making […]
CHOC Children’s President and CEO Elected to Children’s Hospital Association Board
CHOC Children’s President and CEO Kimberly Chavalas Cripe has been elected to the board of trustees of the Children’s Hospital Association. She will begin her term on January 1, 2015. Cripe brings more than two decades of health care leadership experience to the board, including serving as CHOC’s president and CEO since 1997. She served […]
