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 […]
Dr. Maria Minon Selected as UC Irvine Pediatric Residency Alumna of the Year
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Maria Minon, CHOC vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer, has been selected by the UC Irvine Champions of Child Health as the UC Irvine Pediatric Residency Alumna of the Year. The award recognizes an alumnus who has made unique contributions to pediatrics in teaching, mentoring, […]
2015 Physician Engagement Survey Winners
Congratulations to the following CHOC 2015 Physician Engagement Survey raffle winners! Harpreet Sandhu, MD – mini iPad Mark Colon, MD – $250 Ritz Carlton gift card Mike Ritter, MD – $200 Mastro’s gift card Richard Mungo, MD – $100 Roger Dunn Golf Shop gift card Thank you to all the physicians who participated in this important survey. Your support […]
CHOC Announces Plans to Address Pediatric Mental Health Crisis
Community leaders and executives from CHOC recently announced a transformative initiative to ensure children and adolescents with mental illness receive the health care services and support they currently lack in Orange County’s fragmented system of care. One in five children experience a diagnosable mental health condition during childhood — about 150,000 children in Orange County […]
New Online Referral Tools and Access Navigation for Referring Providers
CHOC is honored to partner with medical professionals in the community to nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children. In the spirit of collaboration and based on feedback from many of our community partners, we’ve created the following tools to make referring patients to CHOC as efficient and convenient as possible. These […]
CHOC Researchers to Present at Upcoming Conference
CHOC will be well represented at a prestigious upcoming pediatrics conference, with two research projects set to be presented. At the 2015 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting later this month, CHOC infectious disease physicians will present the outcomes of a study that examined the efficacy of the pneumococcal disease vaccine in Orange County youth. The […]
