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Care Innovation

Q&A: When Is Bariatric Surgery Right for Youth With Obesity?

January 15, 2025

Bariatric surgery is a safe and effective treatment for youth with obesity—but it’s widely underused. Here’s how CHLA approaches this care.

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Research and Breakthroughs

Helping Hands: 3D Printing Program Creates Free Prosthetics for Patients, Materials to Support Surgeons, and More

December 26, 2024

The 3D Printing Program in the Las Madrinas Simulation Center at CHLA produces free prosthetic hands for patients and anatomical models for presurgical planning.

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Serving the Community

Youth Activism: In CHLA’s Collective of Youth Leaders, BIPOC Teens Take Action to Prevent Opioid Overdoses

December 20, 2024

The group of high school students is trained in the use of a lifesaving medicine to prevent opioid overdose deaths and pushes for policy changes in L.A.

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The VR Technologist Will See You Now

December 5, 2024

A new member of CHLA’s pioneering Interventional Radiology team uses virtual reality to transform minimally invasive procedures for patients and clinicians.

Dr. Aaron Nagiel looks into a microscope during bilateral eye surgery for Luxturna gene therapy.

100 Vision-Saving Procedures and Counting: Q&A With Retinal Gene Therapy Expert Dr. Aaron Nagiel 

November 27, 2024

A national leader in pediatric gene therapy, CHLA has treated more patients with the sight-saving Luxturna than any other center in the country.

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Care Innovation

5 Trends That Are Changing Pediatric Epilepsy Care

November 7, 2024

CHLA experts share how new medications, less-invasive surgeries, and neuromodulation are improving care for children with epilepsy.

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Care Innovation

Advanced Endoscopy Procedures Help Kids Avoid Surgeries

November 1, 2024

The CHLA program has one of the most comprehensive advanced endoscopy offerings for children in the country.

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Care Innovation

Program Helps Detect Cerebral Palsy Signs in Younger Babies

October 28, 2024

Using new tools, a Children’s Hospital Los Angeles team is assessing risk for cerebral palsy in infants as young as 3 months.

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Care Innovation

Improving Access to Cell and Gene Therapy in Pediatrics

October 2, 2024

Gene therapy holds tremendous potential for children, but many promising therapies are shelved. Here’s what a new model could look like.

Care Innovation

CHLA Cardiologist Honored by World Children’s Transplant Fund

September 23, 2024

Jondavid Menteer, MD, was recognized for two decades of dedication and leadership in pediatric heart transplant.

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