Centers of Excellence
Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases
The Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases is the nation’s largest pediatric hematology/oncology program. Today, because of breakthroughs in the treatment of childhood cancers – many pioneered by the physician-scientists at the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases in an approach to medical problem-solving that enables them to integrate their laboratory experience with their clinical expertise, moving effectively from “Bench to Bedside” – children, teenagers and young adults receive the most advanced treatment available anywhere.
Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
The Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is at the forefront of patient care, basic and clinical research in diabetes, obesity, growth, bone metabolism and endocrinology. More than 2,000 children and adolescents with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are under the care of its pediatric diabetes specialists, certified diabetes educators and nutritionists – one of the largest programs of its kind in America.
The Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
The Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine is one of the county's most innovative models for the care and treatment of the most complex medical and surgical maternal-fetal and neonatal problems. It includes the Division of Newborn and Infant Critical Care and the Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, as well as the Neonatal Intensive Care Units at LAC+USC Medical Center, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and Good Samaritan Hospital; and the Institute for Maternal and Fetal Health (IMFH). At he IMFH, faculty from the USC Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine provide a full scope of diagnostic and treatment services to fetuses and mothers with high-risk pregnancies in close collaboration with the Divisions of Cardiology and Medical Genetics, and several other subspecialty programs, at Childrens Hospital, and with the Divisions within the Department of Surgery at Childrens Hospital. More than 20 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialty programs and support services are involved in the provision of state-of-the art, compassionate and coordinated care along the continuum of prenatal, perinatal and postnatal medicine, serving the most complex and critically ill fetuses and neonates in the Los Angeles region, the Southwestern United States and beyond.
The Heart Institute
The Heart Institute is known throughout the world as a leader in the treatment of pediatric heart disease, offering the most advanced diagnostic and treatment modalities available in cardiology, cardio thoracic surgery, cardio thoracic transplantation and intensive care, as well as innovation in cardiac research. Physicians provide comprehensive care to 8,000 children each year – fetus through adolescent – who have congenital or acquired heart and lung disorders.
Childrens Orthopaedic Center
The Childrens Orthopaedic Center is one of the nation’s most comprehensive programs dedicated to pediatric musculoskeletal care, education and research. Its Scoliosis and Spine Disorders Program, one of the largest in the country, is the only one of its kind in Los Angeles County devoted exclusively to the pediatric population. Its state-of-the-art Motion Analysis Laboratory is designed to analyze muscle activity and joint movements in children who have difficulty walking, such as those with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and congenital leg conditions.
The Vision Center
The Vision Center, the largest pediatric ophthalmology program in the United States, is a referral center for children afflicted with complex forms of eye disease, providing the full range of inpatient and outpatient services, with subspecialty programs in cornea and refractive surgery, oculoplastics, optic nerve hypoplasia, retinoblastoma, retinal disorders, neurophysiology of vision and non-invasive technology. It is the only program in the country with expertise and treatment and research programs in virtually every pediatric ophthalmologic subspecialty area with the creation of six new institutes: the Retina Institute, the Cornea Institute, the Eye Birth Defects Institute, the Vision Development Institute, the Eye Technology Institute and the Orbit and Eye Movement Institute.
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