A Message from the President and CEO Children Our Everything: June 2009 I am excited to announce that for the second year in a row, CHOC Childrens has been recognized with the CAPE (California Awards for Performance Excellence) Award from the California Council for Excellence. This year, we received the Silver Level award.

A Message from the President and CEO Children Our Everything: February 2009 At CHOC Children's, caring is at the heart of everything we do. But there's more to providing world-class care.

A Message from Kim Cripe Making a Mark: October 2008 In these changing and uncertain times, one thing remains constant at Childrenﾒs Hospital of Orange County (CHOC): our mission to nurture, advance and protect the health and wellbeing of children. Our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do.

On behalf of the children we serve, thank you for your gift Remarkable Things: 2008 For more than 40 years, Orange County parents have counted on Childrenﾒs Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).

Remarkable "Firsts" Remarkable Things: 2008 CHOC has earned a place in Orange County medical history.

A Message from Phyllis Nelson On The Mark: September 2007 I am thrilled to deliver the message for this issue of On the Mark, as it coincides with the opening this fall of CHOCﾒs new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), located on the 6th floor.

CHOC Proceeds With New Patient Tower Physician Connection: Summer 2007 Yes, itﾒs official. CHOC has entered the latest phase of a facility-wide renovation and expansion program to meet the growing demands of the Orange County pediatric population.

Building For The Future Physician Connection: Summer 2007 The next decade promises to be an extraordinary time in our hospitalﾒs history.

Message from the Vice President Securing the Future: Spring 2007 If You've been by the main CHOC campus in Orange lately, you may have noticed that thereﾒs a lot of construction going on. Thatﾒs because weﾒre growingﾗand preparing to meet the needs of an ever-expanding pediatric population.

CHOC/HOAG NICU Partnership Securing the Future: Spring 2007 Children's Hospital of Orange County and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian have joined forces to create an expedited system of evaluation and transfer of children and infants with critical illnesses from Hoag to CHOC.

A Collaborative Approach to Excellence Physician Connection: Spring 2007 As a former senior vice president and chief operating officer for Denver Childrenﾒs Hospital, Debra Mathias knows quality when she sees it. And when her consulting work brought her to CHOC, Debra liked what she saw.

CHOC Joins Childrenﾒs Miracle Network Physician Connection: Spring 2007 CHOC is proud to announce it has become a member of Childrenﾒs Miracle Network, an alliance of premier hospitals for children.

HOAG Affiliation Enhances Pediatric Care in Coastal Orange County Physician Connection: Spring 2007 CHOC and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian have joined forces to enhance and expand pediatric care and services in the coastal Orange County area.

CHOC Health Alliance is Now a Pediatric-Only Physician-Hospital Consortium (PHC) Physician Connection: Spring 2007 Effective January 1, 2007, CHOC Health Alliance (CHA) is the first pediatric-only PHC in the CalOptima network.

Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Selects CHOC As ﾓMajor Affiliateﾔ Physician Connection: Spring 2007 CHOC is one of 15 institutions recently selected as a ﾓmajor affiliateﾔ of the Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Network.

CHOC Honored as a Top Hospital for Children Kid's Health: Winter 2007 Patients, families and the community know Childrenﾒs Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) is the regionﾒs leader in pediatric care.

CHOC Joins Childrenﾒs Miracle Network Kid's Health: Winter 2007 Childrenﾒs Hospital of Orange County is proud to announce it has become a member of Childrenﾒs Miracle Network, an alliance of premier hospitals for children.

New Board Chairman Shares Enthusiasm, Vision for CHOC Kid's Health: Winter 2007 Taking a tour of Childrenﾒs Hospital of Orange County and meeting Kim Cripe, President and CEO of CHOC, was all it took to convince Jay Kear that he should join the CHOC Foundation for Children Board of Directors.

CHOC Aiming For National Prestige Physician Connection: Fall 2006 In May, CHOC was one of only five California childrenﾒs hospitals to receive the ﾓExcellence in Patient Safety and Health Care Quality Awardﾔ presented by Aetna, Blue Shield of California, CIGNA HealthCare of California and United Healthcare.

Message from Kim Cripe, CEO Making a Mark: October 2006

Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence Physician Connection: Fall 2004 For 40 years, CHOC has raised the standard of pediatric care for Orange Countyﾒs children, and in many cases set new ones.

CHOC Turns The Big 4-0 Kid's Health: Summer 2004 CHOC Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary

A Message from Administration Physician Connection: Summer 2004 This past January and February, CHOC reached overwhelming census numbers, with capacity issues comparable to nothing we had ever experienced.

CHOC AND CHOC at Mission Physicians Honored at Annual Doctor's Day Celebration Physician Connection: Summer 2004 CHOCﾒs annual Doctorsﾒ Day event was held March 30 at the Turnip Rose Grand Newport Plaza in Costa Mesa, featuring a residency reunion for all physicians who have completed the CHOC Pediatric Residency Program since its inception.