Children’s Hospital Los Angeles—the oldest, newest, biggest, brightest, best place for kids. Our focus is creating hope and building healthier futures for children. Founded in 1901, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the oldest freestanding children’s hospital in California. Every aspect of the hospital’s 317-bed Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion, the newest inpatient facility in the state, has been designed with families in mind. Licensed for 603 beds, Children’s Hospital can care for more kids than any other pediatric hospital in California. The hospital is also home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the country, and is one of America's premier teaching hospitals through its affiliation with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 1932. 

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles ranks fifth in the nation on the 2012 U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of children’s hospitals—one of only 12 children’s hospitals in the country, and the only one in California, to make the prestigious list. One of only 10 children’s hospitals designated a “Top Hospital” for 2011 by The Leapfrog Group, the hospital is also designated a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center—an honor held by only 7 percent of hospitals nationwide. 

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Meet Cheryl Dickins, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) survivor and CHLA Ambassador. During the 2014 Heart Ambassadors Educational Conference, Cheryl gave a keynote address on what it was like to be a young heart patient in the 1950s. Learn more about Heart Ambassadors at CHLA.org/HeartAmbassadors

Memories of a Congenital Heart Disease Survivor

The CaPROMISE Initiative: A study on increasing self-sufficiency of students with disabilities on SSI, and their families
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In this webinar, Fred R. McFarlane, PhD, Professor Emeritus and Co-Director of the Interwork Institute at San Diego State University, and Joe Xavier, Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation, will discuss: 

• What is CaPROMISE? 
• What is the goal of the study? 
• What interventions are being tested? 
• Who are involved in this study? 
• What are the results to date?

CaPROMISE

Starting Sept. 1, we are embarking on the Miracle Challenge to not only exercise every day for 27 days, but also to help kids at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. This important fundraiser will not only help you get fit, but also raise much-needed funds for kids in our community.  

Please support Team Scott Patterson by clicking on the link below:
http://bit.ly/Miracle_Scott

Children's Miracle Network Hospital's Miracle Challenge 2015: Scott Patterson

Children's Hospital Los Angeles patient Jeremiah turns a surprise visit from singer Rachel Platten into a bedside duet of her hit "Fight Song.” Learn more about Jeremiah's story: http://bit.ly/fightsong-blog

Cancer Patient Sings Fight Song Duet with Rachel Platten - Full Version

**If rebroadcast, please credit "Children's Hospital Los Angeles" for video.**

Cardiologists from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles successfully implanted a Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve in the heart of child actor Max Page, the boy who made headlines playing mini Darth Vader in a 2011 Super Bowl ad for Volkswagen.

Page, now 10, suffers from a congenital heart disease, Tetralogy of Fallot, and was recently diagnosed with conduit stenosis, a condition that was restricting blood flow from the right ventricle of his heart into his lungs due to a narrowing of a pulmonary valve surgically implanted in Max in 2012. 

But tests performed by Children’s Hospital the morning after the procedure showed significant improvement in Max’s heart function, says Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist Frank Ing, co-director of CHLA’s Heart Institute and leader of the cardiology team that performed the three-hour procedure on July 30, 2015.

After Max underwent the melody valve procedure in July, he was discharged from the hospital the very next day. “Max was a little sore, but he was able to walk, jump and move for Dr. Ing the morning after surgery,” his mother Jennifer says. 

On Tuesday Sept. 1st, Max will have another procedure at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to replace his pacemaker pulse generator. Since the pulse generator runs on batteries it needs to be replaced at periodic intervals, usually every 5-7 years,” explains Cardiothoracic Surgeon Winfield Wells. 

The Melody was granted pre-market approval this year by the FDA but has been used in children as a humanitarian device intervention status for several years. The primary benefit of the procedure in children is that it can increase the time considerably between surgeries, allowing children an opportunity to grow so cardiologists and surgeons can use adult-sized devices, reducing the need to replace them as young patients grow older. This less-invasive procedure also allows for both shorter hospital stays and recovery times for heart patients.

A Melody Valve for Max Page

In this webinar, Fran Goldfarb and Debbie  Sarmento, CDC’s Act Early Ambassadors to California, discussed: 

- How the program helps in early identification of developmental delays. 

- The free tools available to track milestones. 

- Your role in tracking children’s development

“Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Webinar

PacMan, Donkey Kong and more come to life at CHLA! Patients got a special screening of the fun, new movie Pixels and one special patient, Juliet, got to walk the red carpet with Ashley Benson at the premiere.

Pixels Movie Screening with Ashley Benson

In this webinar, Marty Ford, Senior Executive Office of Public Policy with The ARC of the United States, discusses:

·         What is the ABLE Act?
·         Is the ABLE Act for everybody?
·         How will I know if it’s right for me?
·         What can ABLE funds be used for?
·         How do I sign up?
·         When will it start?

ABLE Act Webinar

Disney Channel's "Dog with a Blog" cast show their love for Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Dreamnight! Thanks to G Hannelius, L.J. Benet, Beth Littleford, and Kayla Maisonet for making the night so much fun!

Cast of Dog with a Blog support Children's Hospital Los Angeles on Dreamnight

As head of the Neonatal & Infant Critical Care Unit at CHLA, Dr. Friedlich is involved in multiple research projects aimed at improving the care of high-risk infants.  One of his current projects includes crowd sourcing of epidemiological data on the many cases of rare diseases to help doctors identify the most effective current modalities of treatment that lead to the best outcomes. Another of his research projects involves using therapeutic hypothermia to treat babies who have suffered cardiac arrest to mitigate the potential for brain damage.

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Dr. Ronald Ferdman

Dr.Marvin Belzer

Dr.Neena Kapoor