August 26, 2015 – The Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s, under the direction of Dr. Leonard Sender, is a proud partner in the California Kids Cancer Comparison Initiative (CKCC), one of two demonstration projects recently selected by the new California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, a public-private effort launched by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. CHOC patients […]
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CHOC President & CEO Kim Cripe Wins Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 Award
June 12, 2015 — EY announced CHOC Children’s President and CEO Kimberly Chavalas Cripe a winner of the EY Entrepreneur of The Year® 2015 Award in the “Community Contribution” category for Orange County and Inland Empire. Cripe was honored on June 11 at a gala event attended by more than 500 business leaders and entrepreneurs. […]
CHOC Mission Names New Patient Care Services Director
CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital has named a new director of patient care services. Veteran nurse Emma Sandhu will assume her new role May 24, following more than a dozen years at CHOC Children’s. “I am excited for new challenges at CHOC Mission,” Sandhu said. “Working for a hospital that is committed to excellence and providing […]
CHOC Board of Directors Welcomes UC Irvine Chancellor as Newest Member
(ORANGE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2015) – The Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s) board of directors has named UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman, Ph.D., as its newest member. In his new role, Dr. Gillman will work with fellow board members to guide the health system, which includes the main hospital campus in Orange and […]
CHOC Children’s Celebrates Completion of Mental Health Inpatient Center
(ORANGE, Calif., March 27, 2018) – CHOC Children’s leaders joined with mental health supporters today to celebrate the completion of the pediatric health care system’s Mental Health Inpatient Center, an innovative facility that fills a gap in a long-fragmented system that left children younger than 12 with no inpatient services in Orange County. Set to […]
CHOC at Mission Nurse Honored for Quality Improvement
left to right: Dr. Jeffrey Gould, principal investigator, CPQCC, Liz Drake and Dr. John Cleary, CHOC neonatologist The California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC), whose mission is to improve the quality of care to pregnant women and the most vulnerable newborns, has named Liz Drake, RNC-NIC, MN, NNP, CNS, clinical nurse specialist in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) […]
