Good luck to the
@uclagymnastics
team in this weekend’s NCAA gymnastics championships. Thank you for being so wonderful to our UCLA Kid Captain and pediatric arthritis champion Alessandra.
#GoBruins
#UCLAGymnastics
In 2019, Layla was diagnosed with lymphoblastic lymphoma. She received care at
@uclamch
and is thriving in remission. Layla celebrated her love for dancing last season by meeting the
@lakergirls
as a
#LakerforaDay
! Let's cheer on the
@Lakers
tomorrow 💜 💛
WATCH: Patients and our front line staff received a heartwarming virtual surprise this Valentine’s Day from
#JoeKelly
and Tony Gonsolin (
@goooose15
) of the
@Dodgers
.
Thanks to the power of technology, they were able to surprise our patient’s entire school class.
.
@ArianaGrande
and Dalton Gomez sent their elves to spread some holiday cheer to our kids and their families.
Thank you, Ariana, Dalton and all of our supporters for your continued support this holiday season.
If you’d like to join in, visit here:
A research team led by UCLA's Dr.
@ManishButte
will receive an $8.4m grant to study why some people suffer from a devastating fungal infection called
#ValleyFever
, while others suffer seemingly no impact from the disease. Read:
The wives and significant others of the
@Lakers
players and coaching staff, also known as the Ladies of the Lakers, visited UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital to serve a delicious dinner to patients and families. Thank U for volunteering!
#ItbeginswithU
#TeamUCLALakers
Our latest
#KidCaptain
, Reagan, was the star of the show at Pauley Pavilion this season. With ongoing treatment and support, Reagan has her fun with toys, stories, and dancing to music. A big thank you to the
@uclagymnastics
team for giving Reagan an exciting night!
In 2018, Pedro Lopez was diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and we are delighted to say he is well on the road to recovery. The
@UCLAMBB
team welcomed him into the Bruin family by making him an official
#UCLAKidCaptain
! -->
@UCLAAthletics
We are pleased to announce that
@usnews
ranked us as a Best Hospital in 8 specialties. Here at
@UCLAMCH
, we take great pride in our doctors, nurses, patients and everyone else who makes our hospital one of the best! ➨
Cuteness loading 🧸 Players
@deeezzy3
,
@gabrielarj11
, and
@CharismaOsborne
from
@UCLAWBB
brought 50+ teddy bears gathered from their annual Teddy Bear Toss to patients at
@uclamch
. The players painted, played games, and helped our young patients pick out a cuddly new friend.
As he tipped his hat to every parent and child in the play zone, country singer
@garthbrooks
visited the revamped play space at
#UCLAMattel
Children’s Hospital, which his foundation
@teammates4kids
supported 🌟💙 Read more about his visit:
No matter where you are or who you're with, make it count. Best wishes for a promising
#newyear
from all of us at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital.
#HappyNewYear
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital ranked Top 5
#BestChildrensHospital
in CA by
@USNEWS
, among nation's best in Neonatology, Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pediatric Orthopedics & Pediatric Urology
Meet Robin, a robot enabled with emotional-learning technology who will soon provide much-needed emotional support services to young patients at
#UCLAMCH
during the
#COVID19
pandemic.
Learn more. ➨
Earlier this month,
@uclawbb
🏀 invited our Child Life Specialists to watch the team's victory over
@oregonwbb
.
Child Life Specialists support pediatric patients & their families, helping them navigate & cope with the anxiety & stress of a hospital stay or medical procedure.💙💛
Thank you, Glaser family, for your commitment to fighting childhood cancer & for gifting the Nancy & Jonathan Glaser Family Endowed Chair for Pediatric Sarcomas. Inaugural chair Dr. Noah Federman heads The Pediatric Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcoma Center at UCLA.
@DGSOMUCLA
@UCLAJCCC
Show your support for our front line health care workers by joining
#TeamLA
's celebration of
#GivingTuesdayNow
.
All donations made by midnight will be MATCHED dollar for dollar up to $250,000! To show your support visit:
Young patients at
#UCLAMCH
& UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center enjoyed a fantastic hospital
#Halloween
.
#UCLA
nurses, doctors & team members helped the children trick-or-treat & play games. And, the children enjoyed a visit from PAC therapy animals... all of them in costumes too!
Nothing could stop Johny, a young boy diagnosed with
#biliaryatresia
(a rare disease that affects the liver), from his passion:
#baseball
. After three liver transplants and a healthy recovery, Johny was our honorary
#KidCaptain
for
@UCLABaseball
. Thanks Johny 💙 💛
Rock legend Roger Daltrey from
@TheWho
stopped by last week to visit teens undergoing cancer treatment at the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Center at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. He gave impromptu tips on guitar-playing & signed posters with patients!
In a surprise
#GivingTuesday
visit, Troy Hill from
@RamsNFL
brought toys, smiles and great energy to our young patients. Fans played with Troy on the bedside and some even practiced their sprints and tackles. Thank U for volunteering!
@thrilll_32
#itbeginswithU
The
@lpga
Goes Hollywood veered slightly off course to spend time with our kids. A hole-in-one for
@UCLA
Alum,
@alisonlee
, and
@MariaJoUribe
who left our kids in smiles after providing them a break in routine and an opportunity to finesse their putting game.
#LPGAGoesHollywood
Throughout her recovery, little Willow and her family have shown us what it means to be strong and resilient. We welcome you to our
#TeamUCLALakers
family!
➡️
#LakerforaDay
#Lakers
Renowned
#vaccine
skeptic Dr. Bob Sears has been put on probation for exempting child from all
#vaccinations
.
@UCLAHealth
pediatrician & infectious diseases specialist Dr. James Cherry says the idea of spacing out vaccines is simply wrong. ➨
We are excited to share that UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital has been named one of California's top 5 best children's hospitals by
@usnews
.
In addition to this, we were also nationally ranked in nine subspecialties.
We have an opportunity to step up and share a message of unity as we fight
#coronavirus
. Using
#TeamLA
, join our heroes on the front lines by showing the world what you’re doing to help flatten the curve. We play like a team here. Together, we will win like one.
#covid19
Today our People-Animal Connection team made the whole place shimmer ✨ They brought the
#ErasTour
(PAC’s Version) to Ronald Reagan and Mattel hospitals, providing smiles for patients & staff who can't make it to SoFi Stadium this week 🐾 See more:
After a series of strokes paralyzed the entire left side of his body, doctors told Sara Verner that her son might never walk at again.
“I said no, he’ll walk out of here, I promise,” Verner recalls. “You don’t know this kid.”
Read/watch Jackson's story:
Hard to argue the Langenhops' sentiment as all three of their children were diagnosed with a disorder said to affect 1 in every 1 million people.
From our medical team to the
@UCLAFootball
team, the Langenhops share their journey. Read/watch here:
It’s time for
@Dodgers
baseball! ⚾️
We helped our kids celebrate opening day with a Dodgers-themed virtual playroom – an exciting surprise for Bella who LOVES her Dodgers! Check out some of the goodies that they received and crafts they created below. 💙
#ITFDB
#ChildLife
Throwing it back to when
@RachelZoe
made a surprise visit to spend time with our kids. While our teens jumped into
#fashion
, our younger kids had different priorities in mind.
#TBT
Thank you to all of our UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind volunteers for assembling 3,500 “home P.E. kits” to help students in
@LASchools
&
@LBSchools
stay active while distance learning continues!
#UCLASBSM
Read more. ➨
Kobe fans from Day One
In honor of Kobe’s birthday, the Lakers teamed up with
@UCLAHealth
to gift special care packages to newborns and their families.
#MambaForever
We knew it all along, but now it's official: the
@Dodgers
are the best in baseball!
Congratulations to all of the players, coaches and staff, from all of us at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital.
The
#ErasTour
(PAC’s Version) was extended today to our UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center! Our pups & pony spread cheer to patients by strutting their favorite era on the red carpet, then distributing friendship bracelets and official shirts 💙💛 More here:
@UCLAHealth
researchers published the largest-ever study of families with at least two children with autism, uncovering new risk genes and providing new insights into how genetics influence whether someone develops
#autism
spectrum disorder. Read more:
@Lakers
fans, meet Olivia. Olivia was diagnosed with complex congenital heart disease before birth. After going into heart failure, she received a heart transplant. Thanks to her doctors, she is now doing well. Olivia experienced her first game as a UCLA Health Laker for a Day.