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Black and white image of a brain with temporal lobe asymmetry captured through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

What is a Wada Test? CHLA’s Dr. Sucheta Joshi Tells Parents What to Expect

October 25, 2024

Dr. Sucheta Joshi discusses the Wada test, which is used to determine the parts of the brain associated with language and memory prior to epilepsy surgery.

Work That Matters

Research Staff Spotlight: Shreyash Zanjal

September 11, 2024

Research Assistant Shreyash Zanjal combines data science and biology in his work in the Computational Imaging of Brain Organization Research Group at CHLA.

Research and Breakthroughs

CHLA Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Help Expand Pediatric MRI Access to Developing Countries

December 26, 2022

Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for developing image analysis tools to enable more accessible imaging for pediatric brain research.

Advice From Our Experts

Hiking Safety for Kids: Expert Tips

July 26, 2022

As you’re enjoying the early fall weather and outdoor adventures, like hiking, don’t forget to make safety a priority to help keep illness and injuries from spoiling family fun time. Here we offer

Research and Breakthroughs

Combining Erythropoietin with Therapeutic Hypothermia Does Not Improve Outcomes of Infants with Neonatal HIE, Study Finds

July 15, 2022

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles imaging researchers developed biomarkers for a study seeking treatments for infants with oxygen deprivation damage

Our Patients

‘A Rare Disease, But Not For Us’

August 23, 2019

It was obvious there was a problem as soon as Oliver was born. Oliver’s birth in 2015 was already complicated—he was in a breech position and had to be delivered via a cesarean section. But they

Press Release

Anonymous $25 Million Gift will Expand Neurological and Interventional Radiology Resources at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

July 17, 2019

While wishing to remain anonymous, a generous donor has provided $25 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to support the expansion of the CHLA Neurological Institute and the hospital's

Our Patients

رحلة عَلي الثالثة عشر ألف ميل من الأمل

August 2, 2018

أولا ، اهتزت أصابع يديه. ثم اهتزت أصابع قدميه. الآن، يقوم بتحريك رأسه للجانبين، ويقطب حاجبيه عندما يختلف معك. بالنسبة لعلي المطوع - البالغ من العمر ثلاث أعوام - وبالنسبة لوالديه وأسرته، والأطباء

Our Patients

Ali’s 13,000-Mile Journey of Hope

August 2, 2018

First, he wiggled his fingers. Then he wiggled his toes. Now, he moves his head side to side, and he furrows his eyebrows when he doesn’t agree with you. For 3-year-old Ali Al-Mutawa—and for his

Research and Breakthroughs

Freeze the Brain to Save a Life

December 22, 2014

Can therapeutic hypothermia save infants with HIE? Our researchers are working to find out.

Radiology and Imaging News

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