CHLA gets $9 million grant to train pediatric specialists
Nearly $227 million is being given to 57 children’s teaching hospitals across the country. Only three other centers received more funds than Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has received more than $9 million as part of a national effort to train and educate the nation’s pediatric workforce.
The announcement came Sept. 27 from Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
Nearly $227 million is being given to 57 children’s teaching hospitals across the country as part of the project. Only three other centers received more funds than CHLA.
“Our children deserve the best medical care possible, and that requires the best trained doctors who care for them,” Thompson said. “These awards will help to assure a brighter future by supporting top-notch medical training for pediatricians and other pediatric specialists.”
CHLA provides clinical care to young patients, conducts research and educates and trains resident physicians. The 57 hospitals train about 30 percent of the nation’s pediatricians and almost half of pediatric specialists. They devote about half of their patient care to children who are covered under Medicaid or are uninsured.
Because independent children’s teaching hospitals do not serve the elderly, they receive virtually no graduate medical education funds through Medicare, which supports more than 1,000 other U.S. teaching hospitals with $7 billion in annual awards.
