Over 200 participants from across the country attended the 2nd biennial Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Children & Adolescents: Current Controversies Conference on January 25-26, 2013, at Disney’s Grand California Hotel and Spa in Anaheim. The notable conference, on the diagnosis, therapy and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in children and adolescents, was held jointly by […]
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Heart Institute and the New Heart Center: A New Era
In March 2013, the Heart Institute with its new Heart Center begins a new era at CHOC in caring for children with acquired and congenital heart disease. The new Heart Center will have: 1. Catheterization Laboratories with state-of-the-art biplane imaging and hybrid surgery facilities to offer combined cardiac surgery-interventional catheterization expertise; 2. Echocardiography Laboratory with […]
CHOC Urology Services Now Offered at Mission Viejo Office
The CHOC Comprehensive Urology Center is proud to announce expanded hours and greater access for South Orange County families at a new Mission Viejo office location with CHOC pediatric urologist Dr. Gordon McLorie. Dr. McLorie is a Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. He is also […]
CHOC 2020 Strategic Planning Process Making Great Progress
Our CHOC 2020 Strategic Planning process is making good progress. Six work groups have been formed, each co-led by a CHOC physician and administrative leader. These groups, which started meeting in December, have been tasked with addressing and developing recommendations related to six key strategic themes that emerged from the work that commenced late last […]
Meet Our Chief Residents
Having grown up in Mission Viejo, Kirk Mulgrew, M.D., was delighted to return to Orange County for his pediatric residency at CHOC. Katie Ginder, D.O., immediately knew she wanted to train here when she came for a medical school rotation. That was four years ago. Both elected to stay on an extra fourth year at […]
In The Spotlight: Sameer Pathare, M.D. – Mentoring Tomorrow’s Specialists
“The value of the CHOC hospitalist program is that we can see the patient several times a day, if necessary,” said Sameer Pathare, M.D., who directs the CHOC Hospitalist Division. “It allows us to make a connection with the family and stay in communication with them. And it helps them to know there is always […]
