Two Things to Celebrate
Kitty Youngsma contacted us because she was grateful that our hospital helped catch her son’s Kawasaki diagnosis within the 10-day window. By giving her a voice on our blog, we are helping her accomplish her goal of spreading the word about the importance of catching Kawasaki Syndrome early, and helping her celebrate a positive patient [...]
Filed under: Patients & Families on February 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
A recent Good Day LA interview featured Childrens Hospital Los Angeles patient, Zach Grebey, as well as Head of Rheumatology, Dr. Andreas Reiff. During the interview, Zach talks about his battle with rheumatoid arthritis. The 8-year-old explains how he first knew something was wrong.
“First, my legs started hurting. Then after a while, it started to [...]
Filed under: Patients & Families, Video on February 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
After spending two weeks providing medical assistance to victims of the Haiti earthquake, Dr. Henri Ford has returned to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Now back in Los Angeles, he is being consulted by media sources for his perspective on ongoing rescue and relief efforts in his native country.
abc7 Eyewitness News
In this special edition of abc7’s Eyewitness [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Haiti, Health Professionals, Henri Ford on February 5th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We just celebrated our 100th surgery on January 14, 2010, using the Da Vinci® Surgical System, 18 months after our first procedure was performed!
Meet our five surgeons trained to use our robotic system: From left to right: Chester Koh, M.D., Andy Chang, M.D., Cathy Shin, M.D., Roger DeFilippo, M.D., and Donald Shaul, M.D. (photo by Robin Moore-DeCapua)
So what [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Health Professionals, Surgery on February 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »
