Dr. Georgie J. Pechulis, Pediatric Hospitalist - Pediatrics

Georgie Joven Pechulis, M.D. FAAP, IBCLC is a Hospitalist with CHOC Specialists. Dr. Pechulis received her medical degree from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She completed her residency in pediatrics at CHOC Hospital, Orange, California, and served as one of the chief residents when the CHOC-UCI Residency Program initially merged. She is licensed by the Medical Board of California and is board certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. She maintains an active role in residency program by being an active mentor to residents, conducting case-based morning reports and training new doctors during hospital rounds. She also holds her International Board of Certification in Lactation Consulting and enjoys counseling mothers on breastfeeding.

Dr. Pechulis enjoys many outdoor activities in the California sun, including running, biking, swimming, hiking, and snowboarding. She has spent several years traveling and teaching in various parts of the world and speaks fluent Spanish. She is an avid yogi who believes that yoga practice is the key to her balanced life. Most of all, she enjoys spending time with her husband, three children and dog in their Huntington Beach home. She truly enjoys her work and feels blessed to take care of patients and their families at such a great hospital as CHOC.

Locations

CHOC Specialists, Hospitalist
1201 W. La Veta
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-509-8826
fax: 714-509-4169

Education

• Medical School
  University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
• Residency
  CHOC Hospital, Orange, CA

Administrative Appointments

Hospitalist, CHOC Specialists

Memberships and Committees

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
• Board Certification by IBCLE, International Board Certification of Lactation Consultant
• AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Med/Surg Morbidity and Mortality, Co-Chair
• Complex Pain Team Physician Champion
• CHOC Lactation Task Force
• Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) for CHOC Hospitalist Fellowship
• MSPC (Medical Staff Performance Committee), active member

Presentations and Publications

• Poster Presentation 2025 @ CHOC Research Day – Improving Lactation Support for Pediatric Trainees
• One Wish Grant Recipient 2019 – Complex Pain Team: Easing Pain with Virtual Reality
• Orange Coast Magazine – Physicians Of Excellence 2019, 2021
• Pediatric Case-based Morning Reports (Led and directed resident presentations) – Topics include: Perforated Appendix, Grisel Syndrome, Methemoglobinemia, Post Strep Glomerulonephritis, Drug Ingestion Ataxia, Vocal Cord Paralysis and Stridor, Short Stature, Hypertension, Kawasaki Disease, Choledochal Cyst/Hyperbilirubinemia; Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Use, Hematocolpos and Uterine Didelphys, VIP neuroblastoma inducing chronic diarrhea, Lipshutz ulcer, Heart Failure

Medical Student and Resident Lectures

• Defining the Line between Discipline and Abuse
• Helicopter Parenting
• Neuroblastoma
• Diarrhea and Dehydration
• Toxicology in the News
• Ophthalmological Findings in Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Meconium Aspiration
• BRUE
• STDs in Adolescent Females
• Hyperbilirubinemia and Breastfeeding
• Practical Pediatrics: Latest Baby Products and Research behind their use
• Complex Pain Team

Nursing Education Lectures

• Recognizing Deterioration in a Pediatric Patient
• Failure to Thrive
• Complex Pain Team: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pain
• Pneumonia and Empyema RN Lunch and Learn

Medical Staff Committee Lecture

• BRUE: updates on former ALTE (CHOC Mission Department of Medicine Conference)