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March 5, 2026 — Rady Children’s Health Announces Departure of Co-President & CEO Patrick Frias
Rady Children's Health announces that Patrick A. Frias, MD, has accepted the position as president and CEO of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
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December 2, 2025 — Alaska Airlines Donates 2 Million Miles to Rady Children’s Health to Advance Pediatric Healthcare
Alaska Airlines and Rady Children's Health announce a new collaboration designed to champion pediatric healthcare together.
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October 7, 2025 — Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego Named Among Nation’s Ten Best Children’s Hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s Annual Survey
Rady Children’s is named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2025-2026 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll, a distinction awarded to only 10 children’s hospitals in the United States.
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June 12, 2025 — Michael Kwon, MD, Joins Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego as Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon
Rady Children’s proudly announces the appointment of Michael Soon Il Kwon, MD, as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon in the Division of Orthopedics.
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January 8, 2025 — Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego Announce Closing of Merger
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and Rady Children’s announce a new combined healthcare system called Rady Children’s Health.
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December 19, 2024 — Raphael Yoo, MD, Appointed as Pediatric Interventional Radiologist at Rady Children’s
Rady Children’s and UC San Diego School of Medicine proudly announce the appointment of Raphael Jaewon Yoo, MD, MS, as a pediatric vascular and interventional radiologist at Rady Children’s.
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November 13, 2024 — Rachel Thompson, MD, Appointed as Co-Director for the Southern Family Center for Cerebral Palsy at Rady Children’s
Rady Children’s and UC San Diego proudly announce the appointment of Rachel Thompson, MD, as a co-director of the Southern Family Center for Cerebral Palsy, one of the nation’s leading programs for comprehensive cerebral palsy care.
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October 7, 2024 — Rady Children’s Named Among Nation’s Ten Best Children’s Hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s Annual Survey
For the second year in a row, Rady Children’s is named by U.S. News & World Report to its Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll, a distinction awarded to only 10 children’s hospitals nationwide.
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August 28, 2024 — Rady Children’s Announces Vincent Wang, MD, MHA, as Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Rady Children’s and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at UC San Diego
Rady Children’s announces Vincent Wang, MD, MHA, as Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) at Rady Children’s and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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August 26, 2024 — Panda Cares Center of Hope Unveiled to Enhance Whole-Child Care for Patients at Rady Children’s
The inpatient hematology/oncology unit at Rady Children’s is named the Panda Cares Center of Hope in honor of nearly two decades of outstanding philanthropic partnership from Panda Express.
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August 23, 2024 — Tip Times & Matchups Announced for 2024 Rady Children’s Invitational
Tipoff times and first-day matchups are announced for the 2nd annual Rady Children’s Invitational, set for November 28-29 at UC San Diego’s LionTree Arena.
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August 21, 2024 — Rady Children’s Announces John Vossler, MD, MS, MBA, as Rady Children’s Congenital Heart Surgeon and Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UC San Diego
Rady Children’s and UC San Diego are pleased to announce the arrival of John Vossler, MD, MS, MBA, as a congenital heart surgeon at Rady Children’s and Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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August 14, 2024 — Rady Children’s Appoints Matt Schmitz, MD, as Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at Rady Children’s and Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at UC San Diego
Rady Children’s announces that Matt Schmitz, MD, has been appointed as Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at Rady Children's and Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
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July 1, 2024 — Rady Children’s Announces Christopher Souder, MD, as Rady Children’s Hospital Chief of Orthopedic Trauma Service and Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UC San Diego
Christopher Souder, MD, joins Rady Children's as the Chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Service and Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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June 25, 2024 — Rady Children’s Announces Launch of New Innovative No-Cost 3D Model Viewing Technology
Rady Children’s announces the availability of Arc Viewer, a new no-cost 3D model viewing software that allows clinicians at any hospital to easily interact with virtual 3D reconstructions of patient anatomy.
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May 7, 2024 — Rady Children’s Appoints Vijay A. Patel, MD, as Director of Pediatric Complex Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Program and Professor of Otolaryngology at UC San Diego
Rady Children’s and UC San Diego announce that Vijay A. Patel, MD, has been appointed as Director of the Pediatric Complex Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Program at Rady Children’s Hospital and assistant professor of otolaryngology at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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April 2, 2024 — Rady Children’s Appoints Praveen Raju, MD, PhD, as the Nathan Gordon Chair and Medical Director of Neuro-Oncology Program
Rady Children’s and the UC San Diego are pleased to announce that Praveen Raju, MD, PhD, will be appointed as Medical Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego; and Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program, and Associate Physician Diplomate, Neurosciences, at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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March 26, 2024 — Rady Children’s Innovative Early Intervention Mental Health Program Shown to Significantly Reduce Depression and Anxiety in Youth
Rady Children’s releases the results of a pioneering pilot program that provides timely mental health care to children and adolescents by embedding mental health clinicians in pediatric primary care practices.
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February 16, 2024 — Webster Foundation Pledges $5 Million to Support Cardiac Care Excellence at Rady Children’s
The Helen and Will Webster Foundation has pledged $5 million to accelerate cardiac care, develop novel 3D technologies, and significantly improve survival rates for children with congenital heart disease and other cardiac conditions.
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February 14, 2024 — Tom K. Lin, MD, Appointed As Rady Children’s Hospital Medical Director of Pediatric Interventional Endoscopy and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at UC San Diego
Tom K. Lin, MD, has been appointed as Medical Director of Pediatric Interventional Endoscopy at Rady Children’s and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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February 6, 2024 — Macklin Foundation Pledges $2 Million to Rady Children’s to Advance Research and Develop New Therapies for Kawasaki Disease, A Life-Threatening Childhood Illness of Unknown Origin
The Gordon and Marilyn Macklin Foundation has pledged $2 million to Rady Children’s to establish the Gordon and Marilyn Macklin Foundation Endowed Chair in Kawasaki Disease Care and Research, in Recognition of Brooke Dawn, KD Survivor.
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December 20, 2023 — Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego Announce Plans to Transform Pediatric Health in Southern California
Children’s HealthCare of California, the parent company of Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), and Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center, the parent company of Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (Rady Children’s), have entered into an agreement to merge CHOC and Rady Children’s under a single parent entity called Rady Children’s Health.
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December 1, 2023 — Rady Children’s Announces Appointment of Susan Herman, DNP, RN, as Vice President, Patient Services, and Chief Nursing Officer
Rady Children's is pleased to announce that Susan Herman, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CENP has been appointed as Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer.
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October 24, 2023 — Rady Children’s Invitational College Basketball Tournament Announces 2024 Tournament Teams
Sports San Diego announces the field for the 2024 Rady Children’s Invitational.
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October 10, 2023 — Rady Children’s Researcher Awarded $4 Million NIH Grant to Increase Clinical Trial Participation for Hispanic Children with Cancer
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently awarded a $4 million Research Project Grant (RO1) to Paula Aristizabal, MD, MAS, pediatric oncologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of California San Diego and Moores Cancer Center to expand a pilot program aimed at improving diverse participation in pediatric cancer clinical trials.
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October 3, 2023 — Rady Children’s Appoints Adel Younoszai, MD, as Rady Children’s Hospital Co-Director of the Heart Institute, and Division Chief of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Rady Children’s and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) are pleased to announce that Adel Younoszai, MD, has been appointed as Rady Children’s Hospital Co-Director of the Heart Institute, and Division Chief of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego.
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September 20, 2023 — Rady Children’s Appoints Rush Chewning, MD, as Medical Director, Pediatric Interventional Radiology
Rady Children’s and the UC San Diego are pleased to announce that Rush Chewning, MD, has been appointed as Medical Director, Pediatric Interventional Radiology at Rady Children’s and Associate Clinical Professor at UCSD.
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August 29, 2023 — Rady Children’s Breaks Ground On Billion Dollar, Seven Story Patient Care Tower
As part of the largest transformation in its history, Rady Children's is reimagining its entire campus to best serve the community.
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August 17, 2023 — Rady Children’s Invitational College Basketball Tournament Tip Times and First Day Matchups Announced
Tipoff times and first-day matchups are announced for the inaugural Rady Children’s Invitational Basketball Tournament in November, 2023.
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July 18, 2023 — Soccer Icon Alex Morgan and Rady Children’s Announce Partnership to Support Kids and Families
Alex Morgan, forward for the US Women’s National Team and San Diego Wave FC, announces a partnership with Rady Children’s that will further her mission with the Alex Morgan Foundation to support mothers and help raise the next generation of healthy and inspired kids.
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June 20, 2023 — Rady Children’s Ranked Among the 10 Best Children’s Hospitals in the Nation for the First Time
For the first time in its history, Rady Children’s has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2023-2024 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll, a distinction awarded to only 10 children’s hospitals nationwide.
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June 15, 2023 — Rady Children’s Appoints Rob Knight, Ph.D. as The Wolfe Family Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research at Rady Children’s
Rob Knight, Ph.D. has been appointed as The Wolfe Family Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research at Rady Children’s. As Chair, Dr. Knight will continue his extensive microbiome research with a focus on the development of microbiome-based and companion diagnostics.
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May 9, 2023 — Stacy and Don Rosenberg Pledge $2.5 Million to Support Neuro-Oncology Program at Rady Children’s
Rady Children’s announces a significant investment in the Hospital’s Neuro-Oncology program with a $2.5 million gift from Stacy and Don Rosenberg, which will seed the Rosenberg Fund for Innovation and Technological Advancement in Neuro-Oncology.
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April 24, 2023 — Rady Children’s Named Presenting Partner of 2023 Word Lacrosse Men’s Championship
The 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship – the sport’s premier international men’s competition that will be held in San Diego this summer – proudly announced that Rady Children’s will be the presenting sponsor of the upcoming event.
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April 13, 2023 — Rady Children’s Appoints Benjamin Maxwell, MD, as Division Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Chair
Dr. Maxwell will oversee the clinical divisional structure and lead efforts to improve access to mental health care for children and families, especially those from underserved communities.
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April 5, 2023 — Rady Children’s Successfully Pioneers Portal Vein Thrombosis Procedure Opening Up New Possibilities in Pediatric Care
Rady Children’s successfully launches a new approach to treating portal vein thrombosis in children.
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March 15, 2023 — Rady Children’s Launches No-Cost Z-Score Calculator
Rady Children's introduces ParameterZ, a comprehensive, no-cost z-score calculator, to physicians worldwide.
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March 1, 2023 — Inaugural Rady Children’s Invitational College Basketball Tournament Tips Off Thanksgiving 2023
The Rady Children’s Invitational tips off this year on Thanksgiving Day. The two-day event will be played at UC San Diego’s LionTree Arena and games will be televised by Fox Sports.
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November 14, 2022 — Rady Children’s Kicks Off Light the Way Campaign with Opening of Ice Rink
Rady Children’s ice rinks open for eighth season at Liberty Station.
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November 11, 2022 — Rady Children’s Recognized for Achievements in the 2022 Digital Health Most Wired Survey
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), has released its coveted Digital Health Most Wired Survey results for the 2022 data collection period.
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September 20, 2022 — Rady Children’s Develops Industry-First 3D Model DICOM Conversion Software
Rady Children’s announces the availability of Media2DICOM, its cutting-edge Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standardization software.
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August 5, 2022 — UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital Join Nationwide Long-COVID Study
Up to 30 percent of patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 may experience persistent symptoms; four-year study seeks to learn why and how to prevent lingering effects.
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July 11, 2022 — Familiarity Breeds Exempt: Why Staph Vaccines Don’t Work in Humans
The Sometimes-pathogenic Bacteria Has a Long and Intimate Relationship with People, One that Helps it Fend Off Our Immune Response.
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July 5, 2022 — Rady Children’s Collaborates to Reduce Cardiac Arrests in the CTICU
Despite years of investment to improve CPR and post-resuscitation care, many experts in the field have considered in-hospital cardiac arrest a largely unavoidable outcome for some children in cardiothoracic intensive care units. A recent quality improvement initiative at Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego and 14 other hospitals challenges that notion.
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June 13, 2022 — Rady Children’s Achieves Its Best-Ever Rankings in Survey of Nation’s Top Children’s Hospitals
U.S. News & World Report ranks Orthopedics #2; three other specialties among top 10.
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May 10, 2022 — Esteemed Orthopedic Surgeon Michael Kelly, MD, Joins Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego as Director of Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities
Dr. Kelly to help lead Rady Children’s orthopedic surgery division by integrating advanced technologies.
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April 5, 2022 — Rady Children’s Selects Luna to Broaden Its Outpatient Physical Therapy Services with Home-Based Care
Renowned pediatric hospital extends the capacity and reach of its physical therapy services and adds a convenient home-based option.
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March 9, 2022 — UC San Diego Health, in Collaboration with Rady Children’s, Earns Prestigious Accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart Association
In recognition of its expertise in serving adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) and structural heart conditions present at birth, UC San Diego Health’s Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, in collaboration with Rady Children’s earned accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA).
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November 10, 2021 — Rady Children’s Announces Grand Opening of the Dickinson Image-Guided Intervention Center
Nation’s First Pediatric Image-Guiding Center Features 3D real-time MRI technology to benefit children, primarily with cardiac disease.
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November 1, 2021 — Clara Evans Joins Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego as Vice President of Government Affairs
Evans brings decades of experience in health care finance, technology, privacy and justice policy to the Southern California care system serving more than 90 percent of the region’s children.
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October 8, 2021 — Rady Children’s Earns 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Recognition
Annual survey assesses how effectively health care organizations apply core and advanced technologies.
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September 27, 2021 — Newsweek Recognizes Rady Children’s as Among World’s Best Specialized Hospitals
Newsweek has awarded Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego a spot on its list of World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2022.
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July 29, 2021 — Lead Gift Establishes the Nathan Gordon Chair in Neuro-Oncology at Rady Children’s
Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation announces a lead gift that will establish The Nathan Gordon Chair in Neuro-Oncology for the Director of the Neuro-Oncology Program.
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June 14, 2021 — Survey Ranks Rady Children’s Among Nation’s Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in Neonatology, Orthopedics and Urology
Hospital achieves rankings in all 10 pediatric specialties surveyed.
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April 14, 2021 — The Conrad Prebys Foundation Contributes $1 Million to Rady Children’s Heart Institute
This generous investment will bring pioneering, data-informed precision medicine to pediatric heart patients in the Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit.
