(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 […]
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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) […]
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 […]
