Mayor Villaraigosa, Civic Leaders Celebrate Historic Dedication and Ribbon Cutting for New $636 Million, 317-bed Pavilion at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

WHAT:

Children's Hospital Los Angeles will host a Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for its new $636 million, 317-bed hospital building that will usher in a new era of pediatric and adolescent health care for Angelenos and beyond. The new seven-story, 460,000-square-foot structure will be known as the Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion in honor of the hospital philanthropists who provided the transformative $50 million gift to the project. The new children's hospital will be the most technologically advanced in the nation and is the sixth largest current construction project in Los Angeles. Hospital staff is scheduled to move more than 200 inpatients into the pavilion on Sunday, July 17.

WHEN:

Thursday, June 23

• 11:30 a.m. to Noon - Key leaders and patients available for interviews prior to Dedication

• Noon to 12:40 p.m. - Dedication Ceremony

• 12:40 p.m. - Ribbon Cutting

WHERE:

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90027

WHO:

Dedication Ceremony agenda highlights include:

• Richard D. Cordova, FACHE, President and CEO, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

• Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles

• Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles City Council President

• Religious leaders representing multiple faiths will bless the new building

• Carmen Puliafito, Dean, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

• Jennifer Page, mother of 6-year-old heart patient Max Page

• Robert Adler, MD, Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Director of Medical Education, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, who has served the organization for 38 years

• Mary Dee Hacker, RN, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, who has served the organization for 36 years

• Mary Hart, Member, Board of Trustees and Co-Chair of New Hospital Campaign, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

• Jack Pettker, Co-Chair, Board of Trustees, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

• Marion Anderson, Co-Chair, Board of Trustees, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

WHY:

Civic leaders and hospital administrators identified the need for the new hospital building more than a decade ago. With the growth of Los Angeles and patients traveling from throughout the world to seek care from the expert physicians at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, demand for services exceeded the current hospital capacity. The new Anderson Pavilion allows for increased access, expanded patient care services and the ability to recruit new physicians in key specialties. Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children's hospital in California and among the best in the nation for clinical excellence with its selection to the prestigious US News & World Report Honor Roll for 2011-12.

INFO:

www.chla.org/pavilion or www.chla.org/news