Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
| Childrens Hospital Los Angeles | |
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| place | los Angeles |
| state | California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 34 ° 5 ′ 51 ″ N , 118 ° 17 ′ 26 ″ W |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Richard D. Cordova |
| Care level | Specialized hospital , perinatal center |
| beds | 286 |
| areas of expertise | Pediatrics, neonatology |
| founding | 1901 |
| Website | http://www.chla.org/ |
The Children's Hospital Los Angeles ( Los Angeles , California , United States ) is an academic pediatric center, annually supplied and in which more than 93,000 children treated. The hospital is an international leader in gene therapy for genetic diseases.
history
The Childrens Hospital Los Angeles was founded on April 1, 1901 and was incorporated into the Children's Hospital Society Los Angeles. At the beginning it consisted of only two rooms with a total of four beds and an annual number of patients of 14 children. Four years later in 1905, however, there were already more than 225 patients in 1907, the hospital was financially supported by the current director Mrs. Albert C. Crutscher, so that on February 7, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson gave it its current name reopened and a school for nurses added. Over the years, more and more buildings were added and renewed, so that in 1948 the number of beds was 365.
In 1980 the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with 36 beds was added to the hospital, guaranteeing the best medical care for children. In addition, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit was the largest in the western United States at the time. On March 19, 1999, the foundation stone was laid for the new Marion and John E. Anderson Building and the Burtie Green Bettingen Surgery Center, both of which were inaugurated and opened on May 18, 2001. On June 14, 2006, a medical team of almost 80 people succeeded in separating the Siamese twins Regina and Renata, who were joined at the waist. Numerous organs had to be reconstructed. With this operation, the medical team managed to successfully separate the most difficult and complicated adhesions in Siamese twins.
Departments
- Paediatrics
- Pediatric anesthesia
- Pediatric cardiology
- Pediatric dermatology
- Pediatric emergency clinic
- Pediatric gastroenterology
- Pediatric hematology / oncology
- Neonatology
- Child neurology
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Pediatric surgery
- Pediatric radiology
- Pediatric urology
- Rheumatology of children
Awards
| year | Award |
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| 2007 | Hospital of Choice Award |
| 2008 | Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing |
| 2009 | Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence |
| Leapfrog "Top Hospital" Award | |
| 2010 | US News - Best Children's Hospitals |