The Carson Kids Health Fair was a complete success. Harbor Pediatrics residents gathered hundreds of dollars of donated school supplies for kids who spent their summer at Mills Park in Carson, California. There were backpacks, notebooks, paper, coloring books, glue, [...]
by Daniel Yu, PGY-2 July is Craniofacial Awareness Month: Oral-facial clefts are birth defects involving the lip or the roof the mouth (known as the palate) or both. Oral-facial clefts occur in approximately 1 in 600 live births in the [...]
by Alaa Shaban, M.D. PGY 2 Summertime is here! It’s time to dust off the bikes, wax those skateboard wheels, and pull out the roller blades. That also means bringing out the old helmet, right? Sadly - probably not. [...]
by Melinda Palma M.D., PGY-1 Sorry, not Ghostbusters. Not even 411. Angelenos can call 211 to get information and connections to critical resources. Since the early 1980s, Los Angeles has had a unique program called, “211 LACounty.” This non-profit organization [...]
by Upulie Nawaratne M.D. and Bonnie Rachman M.D. Division of Pediatric Critical Care Kevin*, age 5 years, and Timmy, age 7 years, begged their mom, Sara, to let them play in the pool for just a few more minutes before [...]
