Anat Erdreich-Epstein, MD, PhD, accepted a $50,000 check during the Hope on Wheels™ Handprint Ceremony held on July 5th at Dodger Stadium Lot N. Childhood cancer patients were also in attendance. They dipped their hands in fingerpaint and applied colorful handprints to a white Hyundai Santa Fe, adding to the collection of children’s handprints from all [...]

As part of our hospital’s ongoing effort to provide medical relief to victims of the earthquake in Haiti, 5 nurses from our hospital’s NICCU returned for a week-long stay from May 19th until June 5th.
See More Pics of our Nurses in Haiti…Click the Picture Below

(L to R) Kolette Sheppard, RN; Nhu Tran, RN; Leslie Hall, [...]

On his ambulance ride to our hospital, Tucker had to be resuscitated three times.
He then spent his 1st week of life at our hospital on a special system, ECMO, a heart-lung bypass system that takes over circulatory and respiratory functions in infants whose systems fail. 
Tucker had Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, a rare condition, but one that we regularly [...]

We’re so happy our patients, doctors and nurses were able to participate in the ThinkCure! Weekend. It’s clear from these pictures just how excited everyone was to be able to participate in this fantastic event held at Dodger Stadium. Be sure to check out our Flickr slideshow to see photos of some of very happy baseball [...]

On June 6, 2010, our hospital hosted the annual Celebrate Life with Hope events as part of National Cancer Survivors’ Day. The event:

Provides patients, caregivers and former patients the chance to reunite with their medical “family” at the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Is the largest event for pediatric cancer [...]