Among conference topics is the changing prevalence and diagnosis of thyroid nodules and cancer in children.
CHOC to Host Conference on Growth and Growth Disorders
Criteria for evaluating and treating a short statured child, and theability to understand growth hormone resistance and treatment with insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) are among the topics featured at an upcoming CHOC conference. We spoke with Dr. Amrit Bhangoo, pediatric endocrinologist, about what guests can expect on March 19. What is the importance of the […]
U.S. News Ranks CHOC Among Best Children’s Hospitals
U.S. News & World Report has ranked CHOC as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals in the 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. CHOC ranked in eight specialties: oncology, neonatology (“top 25”), neurology/neurosurgery, pulmonology, orthopedics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, diabetes and endocrinology (“top 25”), and urology. The Best Children’s Hospitals rankings highlight U.S. News’s top […]
Weekly Neuro Clinic at Newport Beach Specialty Center
Consultation for low-acuity neurological conditions is now available on Wednesdays at the CHOC Specialty Center at Hoag Health Center–Newport Beach. CHOC pediatric neurologists Ying Peng, M.D., and Sharon Kim, M.D., are seeing patients from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on alternating Wednesdays. The weekly clinic in Newport Beach expands access and convenience for coastal and […]