CHOC’s emergency services/trauma clinical educator and registered nurse Lisa Chambers, MSN, MPS, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, has earned the 2020 Distinguished CPEN Award from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for board certification across the emergency nursing spectrum. The honor aims to shine a national spotlight on nurses who exemplify emergency nursing excellence in […]
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CHOC Children’s Hospital Earns 2020 Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award
The Julia and George Argyros Emergency Department at CHOC Children’s Hospital is one of only five emergency departments in California – and 25 worldwide – to be honored with the Emergency Nurses Association’s 2020 Lantern Award. The ENA bestows the Lantern Award on emergency departments that exemplify exceptional practice and innovative performance in the core areas […]
CHOC Children’s names new chief scientific officer
ORANGE, Calif., March 3, 2020 – As a testament to CHOC commitment to research and finding new treatments and cures for childhood illnesses, CHOC has appointed renowned physician and research scientist Dr. Terence Sanger as its vice president for research and chief scientific officer. Dr. Sanger brings decades of experience in pediatric neurology, movement disorders […]
CHOC Children’s Celebrates Completion of Thompson Autism Center
(ORANGE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2020) – CHOC Children’s leaders, community supporters and other dignitaries today celebrated the completion of the Thompson Autism Center. The Center, which was named in honor of a $10 million founding gift from the William and Nancy Thompson Family Foundation, is intended to expand the region’s capacity to serve the increasing […]
Veteran Human Resources Executive Joins CHOC Children’s
Orange, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2018) — With close to 30 years of leadership experience in business operations, human resources and change management, Mark Steiman has joined CHOC Children’s as executive director, human resources. He will lead employee relations and engagement strategies for the pediatric healthcare system. In addition, he will assume responsibilities for human resources […]
Mission Hospital and CHOC Mission Receive Verification as a Level II Trauma Center
CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital (CHOC Mission) and Mission Hospital recently announced that its regional trauma center has met the rigorous national requirements set by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) as a verified Level II Trauma Center, for both adults and pediatrics. It is the only verified level two trauma center in South Orange […]
