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Chris Harrison in CHOC’s mental health inpatient center’s dining room The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation recently donated $500,000 to CHOC Children’s in support of the healthcare system’s new mental health inpatient center. In recognition of the gift, the Center’s dining room will be named the Marriott Family Dining Room. The donation embodies […]

Rendering of the Thompson Autism Center at CHOC CHOC and the William and Nancy Thompson Family Foundation (Thompson Family Foundation) last night unveiled a new collaboration that expands the region’s capacity to serve children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their families.  The Thompson Autism Center at CHOC, named in honor of a $10 million […]

CHOC Children’s has been awarded the Advisory Board 2018 Workplace of the Year Award.  The annual award recognizes hospitals and health systems nationwide that have outstanding levels of employee engagement.  CHOC is one of only 20 organizations to receive the award. “CHOC’s vision to be the leading destination for children’s health by providing exceptional and […]

(ORANGE, Calif., March 26, 2018) – A psychiatrist with a long history of service in Orange County, Dr. Hoang “Wayne” Nguyen has been appointed medical director of the CHOC Children’s Mental Health Inpatient Center. He will also serve as medical director, child and adolescent psychiatry and chair of the psychiatry section of CHOC’s medical staff. […]

Dr. Raymond Wang, CHOC metabolic disorders specialist and director of the Foundation of Caring Lysosomal Storage Disorder Program (ORANGE, Calif., Jan. 7, 2020) – An $8 million gift from the Foundation of Caring will help CHOC Children’s advance research for a rare lysosomal storage disease, ultimately leading to an improved understanding and more effective treatments. […]