Endow the Meaningful Survivorship of Children
With your gift to the Change CHOC, Change the World campaign, you make a real-time difference in the lives of children experiencing acute or chronic illnesses. Long term, your gift has even more resonance as it helps make Orange County one of the medically safest communities for children in the nation. It is an investment that will fundamentally change the future and pay noble returns for generations to come.
The interest income from your endowment gift enhances our ability to build our specialized team and create the environment in which innovation may thrive. These precious funds will be allocated annually to the area you initially designate and the principal will never be spent. Each of the four areas to the right provides a variety of naming opportunities honoring your choice to Change CHOC, Change the World.
Cancer Institute Milestones
Phase I Oncology Clinical Trial Center for Children—CHOC has been designated as a Phase I clinical trial facility by the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), the nation’s predominant clinical trials group for children and young adult patients with cancer. CHOC is the only hospital in the southwestern United States—and one of only 21 in North America—offering children Phase I clinical trials for new drugs or treatments.
This designation extends the hospital’s continuum of care for situations in which conventional treatment methods fail. It also provides alternatives for patients suffering from diseases or disorders for which no treatment protocols have been established.
CHOC Children’s Cancer Institute awarded full approval with commendation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons—CHOC is the only children’s hospital in the state, and one of only 11 pediatric cancer programs in the nation, to receive CoC approval. CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival rates and quality of life for cancer patients through standard setting, prevention, research, education, and the monitoring of comprehensive quality care.
Approval by the CoC is given only to those facilities that have voluntarily committed to provide the best in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. To meet the standards necessary for Commission approval, each cancer program and the organization that manages it must undergo a rigorous evaluation process and a stringent review of its performance. In order to maintain approval, each CoC-approved facility must undergo an onsite review every three years.
Cord Blood Bank—CHOC Children’s operates the only hospital-based cord blood bank in Orange County. CHOC is also the first hospital in California to perform unrelated cord blood transplants. As a member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), a global transplant network that connects more than 450 leading centers worldwide, CHOC adheres to the strict NMDP standards of practice.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Unit— Orange County’s only dedicated facility, the unit is staffed with 100 percent chemotherapy and biotherapy certified nurses.
