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) […]
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Orange County Couple Donates $3 Million to CHOC
Ginnie Hunsaker and Kara Noskoff A $3 million donation from a Corona del Mar couple will support positive programs and activities focused on survivorship for adolescents and young adults treated for cancer at the Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s. The gift comes from Rich and Ginnie Hunsaker, who have a history of supporting CHOC. They were […]
American College of Surgeons Grants CHOC Prestigious Trauma Center Verification
Dr. David Gibbs, director, trauma services, and Amy Waunch., MSN, FNP, CEN, trauma program manager CHOC Children’s Hospital has been verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level II pediatric trauma center. This achievement recognizes CHOC’s commitment to providing the highest quality trauma care to injured patients. CHOC opened its trauma center in 2015. […]
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 […]
CHOC Innovator Spotlight: Dr. Adam Z. Kalawi
Innovation is embedded into CHOC’s culture. Here, we connect with a physician on his journey as an innovator at CHOC, which began with a summer internship.
CHOC Innovator Spotlight: Colleen Casacchia
We recently spoke with Colleen Casacchia, a CHOC clinical nurse manager in apheresis and acute dialysis, about her journey as an innovator. Q: Colleen, you’ve seen significant changes in apheresis during the last25 years. Can you share how innovation has led to improvements in the care that we provide to our patients? A: When I […]
