Dr. Ava Casados, Psychology
Ava Casados, Ph.D
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange | CHOC Mission Hospital
Specialty:
Dr. Casados (she/her) is a licensed pediatric psychologist working with children, teens, and young adults at CHOC Hospital and CHOC Primary Care. Her primary roles consists of providing outpatient mental health evaluations and brief therapy in CHOC’s primary care clinics, and supervising psychology junior colleagues.
Location
CHOC Psychology
1120 W. La Veta Ave., Suite 470
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-509-8481
fax: 714-509-8756
Education
- Graduate School
Yale University, New Haven, CT - Pre-doctoral internship
Southwest Consortium: University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital and New Mexico VA Health Care System - Post-doctoral Fellowship
CHOC Hospital, Orange, CA
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