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CHOC at Mission Hospital

We know that all parents want the best medical care for their children, that is easily accessible and conveniently located. That’s why we offer a top children’s hospital just for south Orange County families. CHOC at Mission Hospital is a separately licensed 54-bed “hospital within a hospital” on the fifth floor of Mission Hospital. It is the only children’s hospital in south Orange County, the surrounding coastal areas and north San Diego County.

South Orange County’s Only Children’s Hospital

Inside its doors, you’ll find a modern facility with comprehensive services, individualized care and personal attention for patients ranging from newborns to young adults. At CHOC at Mission Hospital, we offer:
  • A full medical staff, with physicians in virtually every pediatric specialty
  • An all-RN nursing staff
  • Hospitalists and neonatologists on site 24 hours a day
  • 24-bed Medical/Surgical Unit for children who need to be hospitalized while receiving care for an illness, injury or surgery.
  • 8-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) providing the highest level of care for critically ill and injured children
  • 22-bed, Level 3 NICU providing critical care for newborns, and neonatal care teams who can be present during high-risk births at Mission Hospital
  • State-of-the-art Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and Sleep Center
  • Child life specialists to help minimize anxiety for young patients and their siblings, and to help them understand medical treatments
  • Pediatric emergency services and a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
  • Ronald McDonald Family Room, sleep rooms and shower accommodations for families to stay the night with their child in the hospital
  • Additional shared services with Mission Hospital including rehabilitation services, surgical services, radiology and laboratory

Stories from CHOC at Mission Hospital

A woman with brown hair breastfeeds her baby

Knowing what medications are safe to take while breastfeeding doesn’t have to be hard. A CHOC expert has advice and resources to get answers.

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little girl with pigtails and pink shirt sneezes into tissue

With walking pneumonia cases on the rise, a CHOC pediatrician offers advice to parents about the common infection.

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Doctor examines child's leg

Bone tumors are a common pediatric cancer. Learn how CHOC’s advanced limb-sparing techniques improve outcomes to give children active lives.

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CHOC patient Kris Ewing with grandmother Pamela Ewing posing in front of trees.

An investigational medication device yields dramatic firsts in a CHOC clinical trial for a patient with a motor neuron disorder.

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Dr. Peter Anderson

Dr. Anderson specializes in identifying ways to improve the outcomes of ill neonates and implementing interventions to optimize brain growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes.

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