(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. […]
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CHOC receives $8 million to advance research for rare disorder
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. […]
Kimberly Chavalas Cripe Elected Chair of Children’s Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees
(ORANGE, Calif., Jan. 8, 2020) – CHOC Children’s President and CEO Kimberly Chavalas Cripe has been named chair of the board of trustees of the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), which is considered the national voice of more than 220 children’s hospitals and works to advance child health through innovation in the quality, cost and delivery of care. […]
William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation donates $2 million to CHOC’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(ORANGE, Calif., Dec. 4, 2019) – Newborn babies requiring critical care have gained a big ally in the William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Foundation. Formed by asset manager Bill Gross, his son and daughter, the foundation today donated $2 million to CHOC Children’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on its main campus in Orange. The […]
CHOC Children’s Receives Transformational Gift from Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation to Expand Pediatric Mental Health Care
Cherese Mari Laulhere (Orange, Calif. Nov. 20, 2019) – CHOC Children’s today announced it has received a transformational gift from the Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation to enhance and expand its pediatric mental health system of care. The announcement comes on the heels of the Conditions of Children in Orange County report, which highlights an alarming increase in the number of […]
CHOC Children’s names new neonatology nursing director
(ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 14, 2019) – CHOC Children’s has named longtime pediatric nurse Jennie Sierra as nursing director of neonatology. Her responsibilities will include oversight of CHOC Children’s Hospital’s neonatal units. In her new role, Sierra will work collaboratively with patient care services teams and CHOC’s neonatology division, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as […]
