Children's Hospital Los Angeles

10/23/2025

CHLA’s Mobile Motion Lab is changing the game for youth athletes. From preseason screenings to post-injury assessments, our team uses cutting-edge biomechanics to analyze movement, prevent injuries, and improve performance in the athlete’s natural environment like courts and fields.

“We’re able to really optimize their performance, and also make sure when we send them back on their field, they’re at their safest level," explained Physical Therapist Mia.

Learn how CHLA's Orthopedic Center helps young athletes recover from and prevent sports injuries: https://bit.ly/3WiFRYK

10/22/2025

Send an adorable Halloween card to a child in the hospital and help make the day extra special. An anonymous donor has pledged to donate $1 to CHLA for every card sent by Oct. 31, up to $50,000! https://bit.ly/48xR3YH

10/21/2025

Welcome to our Fall 2025 Children's Hospital Los Angeles RN Residency cohort! 🌈

10/20/2025

Meet Miles, one of CHLA’s beloved therapy dogs! 🐾

Since February 2024, this sweet Bichon Poodle has been spreading love and comfort to patients and families across the Pediatric ICUs, Rehabilitation, and Emergency Department. His superpower? Snuggles. 💖

Though his eyesight isn’t the best, his nose knows everything—especially where the treats are! He’s a big fan of slow strolls and cozying up to the sound of kids’ laughter.

Learn how you and your pup can volunteer at CHLA: https://bit.ly/3AKFQ8w.

10/18/2025

Congratulations to CHLA's Dr. George Yanni who was recently awarded the Liver Health Foundation's 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award! 🥇

He received this honor as an acknowledgement of his work with liver patients and leadership in supporting the liver community. The award was presented at the “Salute to Excellence in Liver Care” organized by the Liver Health Foundation, attended by health care professionals specializing in in adult and pediatric hepatology and liver transplant surgery from all across Los Angeles.

10/17/2025

What a special night in at Stories Under the Stars! We were thrilled to have Chiquis join us and share her beautiful book, La niña que les canta a las abejas, with families in both English and Spanish. 💛📖🐝

Literally Healing at CHLA is an innovative reading program that gifts families at CHLA more than 65,000 books annually.

Learn more: https://www.chla.org/literally-healing

10/10/2025

For decades, scientists have wondered how Ewing sarcoma begins. Now, CHLA’s Dr. James Amatruda and Dr. Elena Vasileva have uncovered a likely cell of origin for this childhood cancer.

CHLA researchers have uncovered a likely cell of origin for Ewing sarcoma, offering new insight into how this childhood cancer begins.

10/09/2025

Abigail’s spina bifida was diagnosed before birth, and thanks to CHLA’s Fetal-Maternal Center, her mother, Gilda, became the first person in the western U.S. to undergo in-utero fetoscopic spina bifida repair surgery.

Children with spina bifida often face mobility challenges, but this minimally invasive prenatal surgery can double their chances of walking independently. Today, at age 6, Abigail not only walks, she zips around on her scooter!

KCAL News recently caught up with Abigail, Gilda and Dr. Ramen Chmait to discuss how far CHLA has come in advancing spina bifida treatment, now that the team has performed more than 100 fetoscopic repairs.

Learn more about our Spina Bifida Program: https://bit.ly/4mTWqEX

10/09/2025

CHLA experts use virtual reality to help kids manage pain in the hospital and have some tips how to ensure safer virtual reality play at home.

CHLA experts use virtual reality to help kids in the hospital but advise caution for home play.

10/08/2025

After a devastating crash left 16-year-old Tristen with a spinal injury, he turned to Dr. Tyler Tetreault at CHLA’s Jackie and Gene Autry Orthopedic Center for expert care. Thanks to Dr. Tetreault’s skill and dedication, Tristen is not only walking again—he’s winning races. 🏆

Read Tristen’s full comeback story: https://bit.ly/4pX2VKe.

10/07/2025

We’re proud to announce that U.S. News & World Report has named Children’s Hospital Los Angeles one of the top 10 pediatric hospitals in the country on its 2025-26 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll. This is the 17th year in a row CHLA has earned a place in the top 10.

U.S. News & World Report ranks children’s hospitals for their clinical expertise and patient outcomes in 11 different medical specialties, and we have once again been nationally ranked in all 11.

Read more about this exciting news: https://bit.ly/46Y7fQC