People unfamiliar with robotic surgery hear the word “robot” and visualize scenes from science fiction movies.
To help parents understand how such a high-tech medical tool represents such a helpful surgical instrument, especially for children, the director of our Robotic Surgery Program, Dr. Chester Koh, answered the following four questions that parents ask him:
1) Who Performs the Surgery?  The Robot or the Surgeon?
The surgery [...]

Once a month, State Farm presents the “Good Neighbor Award” to an organization that has shown support and commitment to the community. 
This month, members of our Emergency Department took to the field to receive the honor prior to the Dodgers game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles staff members accepted a bat from [...]

Several festive events have been held to celebrate the impact that Roberta G. Williams, MD, FACC, has made during her career our hospital as the Head of the Department in Pediatrics.

[View the slideshow on our Flickr page]

Ten-year-old, Alex Ito, is full of energy and smiles as he delivers an enthusiastic speech on history before his 5th grade classmates as the Marquis de Lafayette.

Given how he bounds up to the stage, you probably wouldn’t have guessed that Alex underwent a surgical procedure at our hospital three days before this video was shot.
Alex was born [...]

We’re eagerly awaiting the return of our 2nd team of volunteer doctors and nurses, who have been hard at work in Haiti since arriving March 19, 2010.
Before returning to Los Angeles as a part of Team #1, Michael Jordan, RN, spoke on the phone with Director of Trauma and the Pediatric Disaster Resources & Training [...]