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Miller Children’s &
Women’s Hospital
One of Eight Free-Standing Children’s Hospitals
in California
Legacy of Caring
• Children’s hospitals represent less than 5% of U.S. hospitals • Founded in 1970
• One of eight free-standing children’s hospitals in CA • Not-for-profit and community-based hospital
• Licensed as separate facility in 2000
• Maternity services added to Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital in 2003
• Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital is a California
Children’s Services (CCS) Tertiary Care Hospital and Special Care Center
• Campus integrates children’s hospital with women’s
hospital and adult services, including level II Trauma Center • Serves Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as other Southern CA geographies
Miller Children’s & Women’s
Right in Your Backyard
Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital
(The main campus houses a variety of medical services and inpatient units) Cherese Mari Laulhere Children’s Village
(Located adjacent to the main campus, with more than 25 outpatient specialties) Key Centers & Programs
• Children’s Heart Institute
• Children’s Pulmonary Institute
• Jonathan Jaques Children’s Cancer Institute
• Cherese Mari Laulhere BirthCare Center
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
o Tiny Baby Program
• Gastroenterology & Nutrition Center
• Orthopedic Center
• Neurology Center
• Stramski Children’s Developmental Center
• Cherese Mari Laulhere Child Life Program
• Ronald McDonald House
o Located conveniently across the street
• More than 60 residents from UCLA, UCI, PIH Downey, USC, Loma Linda, Harbor-UCLA training in pediatrics & pediatric sub-specialties, anesthesia, family medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, and emergency medicine
• ACGME residency and fellowship programs
o Fellows in pediatric infectious diseases, neonatal-perinatal medicine, pediatric pulmonology, physical medicine and
rehabilitation,
maternal-fetal medicine
Pediatric Sub-Specialties
& Specialists
• Hematology – Oncology
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Infectious Diseases
• Maternal & Fetal Medicine
• Neonatal – Perinatal Medicine
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonology
• Radiology &
Neuroradiology
• Rheumatology
• Surgery
• Sleep Medicine
• Urology
• Anesthesiology
• Cardiac Surgery
• Cardiology
• Child Abuse Pediatrics
• Critical Care Medicine
• Developmental – Behavioral
• Dentistry
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Ears, Nose, Throat Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• Genetics/Metabolic
• Gynecology
Miller Children’s & Women’s medical staff is comprised of more than 850 physicians, including pediatric sub-specialists, hospitalists and intensivists.
BirthCare Center & High-Risk
Pregnancy Program
• 24/7 anesthesiology, perinatology, neonatology, laborists • Women’s operating rooms, exclusively for maternal patients • Perinatal Special Care Unit, dedicated to high-risk pregnancy patients • High-Risk Maternal Transport Program
• Creating more inclusive birthing experiences through partnerships with:
o AWHONN Evidence Based Guidelines
o California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative
o Launched Irth App to get real time feedback from diverse communities Miller Children’s & Women’s is the only children’s and women’s hospital in Southern California that combines maternity, high-risk pregnancy program, level IV NICU – the highest-level NICU and children’s specialty services under one roof.
Care Network – For Patients & Families
Pediatric Experts. Local Access. Lifelong Care.
o At Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital, we believe your child deserves more than just a doctor, they deserve a dedicated care team.
That’s why we created the Miller Children’s Care Network (MCCN), connecting families in South Los Angeles and Coastal and North Orange County with trusted pediatricians close to home.
o MCCN is built on a strong collaboration among leading specialists, community doctors, and independent pediatric practices. These providers work together with our hospital experts to deliver coordinated, high-quality care - whether it’s for routine visits or complex medical needs. Through this partnership, children across Southern California benefit from enhanced care.
Miller Children's & Women's
Neonatal Network
Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital, in partnership with Pediatrix Medical Group, continues to strengthen its commitment to neonatal care through the Miller Children’s & Women’s Neonatal Network. This collaboration enhances the hospital’s existing specialized services by supporting community hospitals, ensuring that all premature or critically ill newborns have access to the appropriate level of care, regardless of location.
The goals of the network include:
o Collaboration: working together to share data, best practices, and expertise o Quality improvement: identifying areas for improvement and implementing evidence-based practices
o Patient access: ensuring all newborns have access to the necessary level of treatment regardless of location
Miller Children’s & Women’s is a level IV NICU – highest level in California. Through the new neonatal network, we’re bringing Miller Children’s & Women’s physicians to other community NICUs.
Re-investing in the Community:
Advanced Technology Capabilities
• Completed Los Angeles’ first pediatric Inspire® procedure helping children with Down syndrome suffering from obstructive sleep apnea
o Inspire is an FDA-approved obstructive sleep apnea device that can help treat and prevent sleep apnea for children who cannot use Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy and are not effectively treated by adenotonsillectomy (surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids) • 7D Surgical Navigation platform for intraoperative navigation for spinal deformity surgeries o This platform eliminates radiation exposure, cutting operative times and improving safety of accurate screw placements in even the smallest patients
• Vecta Deluxe Mobile Sensory Station Helps Our Child Life Team Relax Patients with Special Needs o Complete with a bubble tube, 4-button color control, projector and fiber optic tails it helps Child Life team with distraction and relaxation techniques for non-verbal and those with special needs remain calm before or after a procedure
Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital is committed to serving the community. As a not-for-profit hospital, it reinvests in creating new programs and care pathways that improve access, quality, and efficiency of pediatric care.
Pediatric Trauma Success Story
*Consent provided from patient’s Father*
Thank
you!