Founded in 1901, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the top-ranked freestanding children’s hospital on the West Coast and No. 5 in the nation for clinical excellence according to the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of Best Children’s Hospitals. Clinical care is led by physician specialists who are faculty members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC through an affiliation since 1932. With more than 350 pediatric specialty programs and services and among the top 10 children’s hospitals for National Institutes of Health funding, CHLA leads the field in innovative bench-to-bedside basic, translational and clinical research in pediatrics. CHLA cares for patients across six continents and more than 90 countries, improving the health and well-being of children and their families far beyond U.S. borders.