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José Abdenur, MD, is medical director of Metabolic Services at CHOC Children’s and chief of the Metabolic Disorders Division for the CHOC Physician Subspecialty Faculty.

In 1948, Dr. Sidney Farber achieved the first clinical remission with chemotherapy ever reported for childhood leukemia, ushering in the era of modern oncology.

In 1996, Susan and Jim Swenson of Dana Point, CA, created an endowment at CHOC Children’s to provide financial assistance to families whose children were being treated at CHOC.

The CHOC Children’s Orthopaedic Institute—the only pediatric orthopaedic program of its kind in the region—continues to grow in its third year with new programs and surgical innovations.

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