CHOC is one of three California emergency departments to be named a 2017 Lantern Award recipient from the Emergency Nurses Association.
In the Spotlight: Seth Brindis, M.D.
One CHOC physician has a special way to ease his patient’s fears and anxieties in the Emergency Department: performing magic tricks.
Meet Dr. Mary Jane Piroutek
CHOC wants its reffering physicians to get to know its specialists. Today, meet Dr. Mary Jane Piroutek, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist. What is your education and training? I graduated from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. I completed my pediatric residency at CHOC and my pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Loma Linda […]
Dr. James Pierog discusses pediatric emergency medicine
A pediatric-dedicated emergency department is staffed with medical professionals who are specially trained to handle pediatric emergencies, Dr. James Pierog, medical director of emergency medical services at CHOC, tells “American Health Journal.” Specially trained physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and pharmacists, as well as child life specialists, are on hand at the Julia and George Argyros […]
In the Spotlight: Emergency Medicine Specialists of Orange County
Specialty board exams for emergency medicine, let alone pediatric emergency medicine, didn’t exist in 1976, when Dr. James Pierog finished his emergency medicine residency at LA County/USC Medical Center. At the time, it was one of only three emergency medicine residencies in the country. Soon after he completed his training, he helped form Emergency Medicine […]
Dr. James Pierog Discusses Fever in Children
A fever itself causes no harm and can even be a good thing, Dr. James Pierog, medical director of emergency medical services at CHOC, tells “American Health Journal.” A fever is a way that the body fights infections, and may be caused by a variety of things, including a simple virus that needs no intervention […]
