About Children's Hospital Los Angeles

If your child is being referred to CHLA for care, you can take comfort in our reputation as a provider of pediatric care that is among the highest quality and safest in the nation. Every member of our staff is well-versed and dedicated to the treatment of childhood injury and illness. You are the expert on your child's health. We partner with you as a parent to ensure that your child receives the very best care, both at the bedside, and after you return home.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is a nonprofit institution that provides pediatric health care and helps our patients more than half a million times each year in a setting designed just for their needs. Our history began in 1901 in a small house on the corner of Alpine and Castelar Streets (now Hill St. in Chinatown) and today our medical experts offer more than 350 pediatric specialty programs and services to meet the needs of our patients.