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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Expanding CHOC’s Reach

Featuring

  • Dr. Katherine Andreeff, Past President of CHOC’s Medical Staff & Executive Project Leadership Team Co-Chair, CHOC Enterprise Master Plan
  • Dr. Melanie Patterson, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer & Executive Project Leadership Team Co-Chair, CHOC Enterprise Master Plan

Learn about CHOC’s Enterprise Master Plan and how it will transform CHOC from a thriving regional children’s hospital into one of the nation’s leading pediatric healthcare systems.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Compassionate and Collaborative Care from the Start

Featuring

  • Amy Cuevas, Manager, Fetal Care Center of Southern California
  • Dr. Peter T. Yu, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgeon

Learn about how The Fetal Care Center of Southern California, a partnership between UCI Health and CHOC, brings together experts in maternal-fetal medicine and pediatrics, so both mom and baby are cared for—no matter the diagnosis.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Nurturing the Human Spirit

Featuring Amy Sanchez, MDiv, Manager Spiritual Care

Learn how CHOC’s Spiritual Care team nurtures our patients’ and their families’ spiritual and emotional well-being.

Friday, October 1, 2021

Empowering Patients to Support, Lead and Thrive

Featuring Kelsey Chapman, CHOC

Learn about CHOC’s Richard C. and Virginia A. Hunsaker Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Child Life Program and their impact on patients undergoing chemotherapy at CHOC.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Planning into the Future

Featuring

  • Dr. Katherine Andreeff, Past President of CHOC Medical Staff
  • Melanie Patterson, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, CHOC

Learn about CHOC’s support of the humanitarian medical mission for unaccompanied minors at the Long Beach Convention Center, as well as the CHOC Community Vaccination Clinic.

Friday, April 2, 2021

Expanding Care in the Community

Featuring Shahab Dadjou, Senior Vice President Strategy & Integration and Chief Strategy Officer, CHOC

Learn how CHOC is expanding care in the community to meet the needs of our patients and families.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Pediatric COVID-19 Update—Where Are We Now?

Featuring

  • Charles Golden V. OD, Executive Medical Director Primary Care Network, CHOC
  • Jasjit Singh MD, Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, CHOC Specialists

This session focuses on CHOC’s continued response efforts in the fight against COVID-19, including how CHOC has adapted its pediatric care model to meet the unique and growing needs of our community.

Monday, September 28, 2020

Pediatric Mental Health—Equipping Children to Thrive

Featuring Dr. Heather Huszti, Chief Psychologist, CHOC

This session focuses on the mental impact COVID-19 continues to have on kids and ways parents can help their children cope with and thrive through this pandemic.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Facing Challenges with Bold Actions

Featuring Matt Gerlach, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, CHOC

This session focuses on the broad measures CHOC has taken to meet the COVID-19 crisis head-on and how we plan to continue expanding resources to ensure children and families find healing and stability during this challenging time and beyond.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Mental Health – Thriving Through Crisis

Featuring

  • Heather Huszti PhD, Chief Psychologist, Section Chief for Pediatric Psychology, CHOC Children’s
  • Sheila Modir PhD, Clinical Psychologist, CHOC Children’s
  • Jim Korb MD

This session focuses on how COVID-19 is impacting children psychologically and what parents can do to help their children understand and thrive through this crisis.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Pediatric COVID-19 Update

Featuring

  • Charles Golden V. OD, Executive Medical Director Primary Care Network, CHOC
  • Jasjit Singh MD, Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, CHOC Specialists

This session focuses on our emergency response to COVID-19. Our command center leaders will share how COVID-19 pertains to the pediatric population and how the pandemic is affecting the landscape of pediatric care.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Telehealth – A New Era in Healthcare

Featuring Michael Weiss MD, Vice President of Population Health, CHOC

This session focuses on the recent expansion of our telehealth program, which offers families high quality care from the safety and convenience of their home, and how telehealth will support pediatric care post-pandemic.