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Children's
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Brent
Polk, MD, chair of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
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Baum president of the
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Trustees; Andrew
Gumpert, treasurer and trustee, EFGLA; Wendy Mitchell, MD,
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head of CHLA’s
division of neurology; Deborah Holder, MD, neurology; Mark
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president and
trustee, EFGLA; Paul Viviano, CHLA president and CEO; Susan
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Escueta, EFGLA
executive director. Photo courtesy of CHLA
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives $1.6 Million
Gift Commitment from Care+Cure and The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los
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The endowment will allow CHLA’s Division of Neurology to create
The Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Program |
LOS ANGELES (February 8 2016) – The Care+Cure
initiatives of The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
have stated their intent to establish a $1.6 million endowment
to fund The Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Program at Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). This endowment, announced on
International Epilepsy Day, will be used to launch a program in
July 2016 that will train one epilepsy fellow every year in
perpetuity.
“The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
has been the leading voice and catalyst on building a workforce
of child neurologists and epileptologists in Southern California
to provide timely access to expert care,” says Brent Polk, MD,
chair of Pediatrics at CHLA. “We are so grateful for their
commitment to CHLA’s Epilepsy Program by ensuring training of
the next generation of pediatric epilepsy specialists.”
“There is a shortage of child neurologists in
this country and in this region,” says Andrew Gumpert,
president, Worldwide Business Affairs and Operations for Sony
Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group and co-chair of
Care+Cure. “The Care+Cure initiatives of The Epilepsy Foundation
of Greater Los Angeles have led the way in supporting the
training of specialists, specialty care, research and supportive
care for families affected by epilepsy. This intent to establish
an endowment is one step in our organization’s fight to End
Epilepsy.”
CHLA plays a crucial role as a pediatric academic
medical center in educating the epilepsy specialists of the
future. Advances in technology, such as brain mapping and
genetic testing, are improving epilepsy treatment options. It is
essential for physicians to experience the latest treatments,
including diet therapy in conjunction with clinical care, while
also learning how to adapt as medical science evolves. This
program will train child neurologists at CHLA in comprehensive
care for children with epilepsy. Fellows will receive experience
in the most advanced care for these vulnerable patients and will
be eligible to become a Board-certified epileptologist at the
conclusion of the yearlong fellowship.
“This program is a critical next step in our
ability to carry out the vision of building a more robust team
of epileptologists at CHLA given it will create an essential
pipeline that currently does not exist,” states Deborah Holder,
MD, director of the Epilepsy Program, EEG Lab and Epilepsy
Monitoring Unit at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Under Dr.
Holder’s leadership, the Pediatric Epilepsy Program will train
one fellow per year in perpetuity, beginning in July 2016.
About Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is a nonprofit
pediatric health care organization dedicated to creating hope
and building healthier futures for children. Honored as the
premier children’s hospital in California and among the top 10
in the nation, we treat 111,000 young patients annually from Los
Angeles and around the world. As a pediatric charity of choice,
the hospital relies on the generosity of the community to
support its groundbreaking pediatric research and the complex
care it provides for critically ill and injured children.
For more information, visit www.CHLA.org.
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, or visit
the CHLA blog.
About the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los
Angeles
The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles is
leading the fight to End Epilepsy through care (specialty and
supportive), advocacy, research and educating families affected
and the general public about epilepsy. We are focused in Los
Angeles and surrounding counties, which is home to over 160,000
families living with epilepsy, and our reach extends well beyond
that region. This partnership with CHLA is another example of
our commitment to partner with those who are dedicated to the
best care, treatment and research of children with epilepsy.
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