Welcome to the CHOC Pediatric Residency Program website. We hope the information here will provide you with a good introduction to our program. Feel free to give us a call if you have any questions.

Recruitment   Adventures in Peru   CHOC Residents Get Involved in the AAP  Lisa Hoang Receives 1st Place  Fall Retreat 2009   Fall 2009 Cultural Day   Where will the Class of 2010 go?

Recruitment 2009

Recruitment for the 2010 CHOC intern class starts in November!  Please click the "ERAS Application" link for a list of our interview dates.  Our residents are looking forward to welcoming you to CHOC and hope to get to know you better! Residents will be hosting regular, informal get-togethers throughout the interview season, and you are invited to stay with a resident during your visit to CHOC. Please contact the Chief Residents for more information: Jamilet Alegria (jalegria@choc.org) and Alysia Lu (alu@choc.org). 

Jennifer Green and Zachary Hoy's Excellent Peruvian Adventure

Jennifer Green and Zachary Hoy recently returned from their month long Infectious Disease elective in Peru.  They discussed their experiences at a recent noon conference.  Besides learning about healthcare systems outside of the United States and doing clinical work in remote areas of Peru, they also were able to explore such sites as Machu Picchu.

During their call free elective months, many of our residents take advantage of the opportunity and travel abroad for an International Elective.  In the past year, residents have gone to following places:

• India with CHOC Neonatologist Dr. Kukreja, founder of ARPAN Global Charities
• Micronesia with CHOC Cardiologist Dr. Singer
• Botswana as part of the Baylor International AIDS Initiative
• Costa Rica  

CHOC Residents Get Involved in the AAP

 Priya Mahajan and Kate Roberts recently attended this year's American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference which was held in Washington D.C. They will be presenting the information that they received from the conference to our residents during noon conference.  In addition, CHOC is proud to announce that Kate has been elected as the AAP representative for state of Califronia (District IX) and Priya is our new Chapter 4 (Orange County) representative! Congratulations!!

Congratulations Lisa!

Lisa Hoang received first place for her poster presentation entitled "Assessing Deaf Cultural Competency of Physicians and Medical students" at the 2009 International Cancer Education Conference. 

Fall Retreat 2009

This year's Fall Retreat was held at the UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead. This year's topic was Stress Reduction. Our speaker was CHOC psychologist, Heather Hustzi.  The stress reduction program that Dr. Hustzi used was actually adapted from a program developed at Yale for their Anesthesia residents. After some stress reduction, the residents participated in a high ropes course for some team building and fun. We also had a Halloween costume party on the last night of the retreat.  

  Cultural Day: Latino Health

Latino Health was the topic for our 2nd Cultural Day.  Dr. Teresa Hollander started the day by presenting folk medicine practices that are common the Hispanic Community.  Following the presentation, the residents were able to go on a mini field trip to explore the different community resources available. 

Beginning last year with our Cultural Day on the Homeless, the purpose of Cultural Day is to educate the residents on a specific group in order to gain a better perspective on their perceptions of the healthcare, how they interact with the healthcare system and barriers that may exist to obtaining health care.  Potential topics for the future include Deaf Culture and Vietnamese Health. 

Where will the class of 2010 go after graduation?

Congratulations to the many members of the Class of 2010 who have accepted fellowship positions!  Dr. Maria Chuang and Dr. Parisa Salehi have both accepted Endocrinology fellowships at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Nina Peng and Dr. Carol Lin have accepted Hematology/Oncology fellowships here at CHOC. Dr. Suman Ghosh will be staying in the area as well for a Neurology fellow at the University of California-Irvine. Dr. Daniel Lee has accepted a Neonatology fellowship at the University of California-Davis.

Dr. Jennifer Green and Dr. Kevin Turner will be staying at CHOC to be Chief Residents.

There are several more residents in the midst of fellowship and job interviews - please wish them luck!