The Pediatrician’s Pediatrician
March 30, 2018
Robert Adler, MD, MSEd, doesn’t remember a time when he didn’t want to be a pediatrician: “It never gets boring, because every family is different."
Content related to Making Doctors Better Doctors
Angeleno Corps Interns Gain Work Experience—and Serve the Community
August 18, 2022
Three interns from the Angeleno Corps youth jobs program share what they learned—and how they supported the community at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Cynthia Herrington, MD - Balancing Life as a Surgeon and a Mom
March 5, 2020
As a congenital heart surgeon, single mom and impassioned “student of diversity,” Cynthia Herrington, MD, encourages us to be kind to ourselves while also going after the things that make us whole.
A Match That Was Homemade
May 8, 2020
In end-stage renal disease, Maverick needed a kidney transplant. When a donor didn't turn up fast enough, his parents decided to look in-house.
Soul Searcher
March 7, 2017
In high school, Dagmar Grefe gravitated to many subjects, including psychology, philosophy and history. But when one of her teachers predicted she would pursue a career in theology, she balked.
Robert M. Kay, MD, named Division Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery and Medical Director of The Children’s Orthopaedic Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
July 19, 2021
The Children’s Orthopaedic Center is ranked fourth in the nation in pediatric orthopaedics by U.S. News & World Report. In a typical year, the Children’s Orthopaedic Center team performs more than 150
From CHLA Heart Patient to CHLA Heart Institute Nurse
September 20, 2022
Once a patient, Sarah Hernandez is now a nurse at the very hospital that cared for her little brother and saved her own life as an infant with congenital heart defects.
Viviana Beats the Odds—and Leukemia—to Reunite With CHLA Nurses
February 23, 2017
In May 2011, at her grandmother’s birthday party, Viviana Flores did something nearly unheard of for a 6 year old: She turned down a piece of cake. She and her mom, Diana Hernandez, had just come from
Love in the CTICU
April 29, 2020
Read about how CHLA was the spark to a wonderful romance for two nurses who put patients first!