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For children and families dealing with a lifethreatening
illness such as cancer, sometimes an
enjoyable getaway is just what the doctor ordered.
Located in Riverside County near Palm Springs, Camp
Ronald McDonald for Good Times ® provides residential
camping opportunities for cancer patients, as well as
their siblings and parents, at no cost to the families.
Cancer patients up to 18 years at any stage of illness
or treatment may participate, which means medical
supervision is required. Theodore Moore, M.D., and
other pediatric hematology and oncology staff regularly
volunteer their time and clinical expertise to support
the camp.
“When a child has cancer, so much of their life is
affected by the stigma of the disease,” Dr. Moore
explains. “It’s very important for children and their
families, as they go through the therapy for cancer,
to have some normalcy in their lives, and camp is
one of the things that allow that.”
It begins with U
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Multidisciplinary team
treats children with autism
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are
developmental disabilities characterized by
signifi cant impairments in cognition, social
interaction and communication, as well as the
presence of unusual behaviors and interests.
An estimated one in 150 children may have
an ASD, and the prevalence of reported cases
is increasing.
Th rough the Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization
Program (ECPHP) at Resnick Neuropsychiatric
Hospital at UCLA, children aged
2 through 6 years with ASDs and other
behavioral disorders receive comprehensive
assessments and short-term integrated day
UCLA Health System faculty and staff
volunteer at Camp Ronald McDonald
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Dr. Moore was recruited as a volunteer approximately
15 years ago by another UCLA employee, Fran Wiley,
R.N., who has been a nurse specialist in the UCLA
Division of Hematology and Oncology for more than 30
years and was one of the early founders of the camp.
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Left to right: Barbara Buchbinder, R.N., Fran
Wiley, R.N., M.S.N., Jesset and LaVette Bowles,
R.N., F.N.P., Debbie Ward R.N., Ted Moore, M.D.
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IN THIS ISSUE
UCLA People:
3 Lori Baudino Inspires with Dance
Inside Stories:
2 SMUCLA Pharmacy Remodel
2 Transitional Care Program for CHD
4 Med-Peds Program Offers Support
4 PRS Expands Outreach
4 UCLA Monitors Swine Flu
5 Image Gently at UCLA
Wellness Initiative:
6 Annual Wellness Fairs
6 Lunchtime Presentation
MAY 2009
The UCLA Health System Website provides
valuable links to:
Flu IQ
Health Encyclopedia
Women’s Health Center
Surgeries and Procedures
Heart Center
Community Calendar
To view these, and more, go to:
www.uclahealth.org/HealthResources
News Shorts:
6 SMUCLA Newsmakers
6 UCLA Makes List of Top Hospitals
6 May National Healthcare Recognitions

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SANTA MONICA
Pharmacy Remodel
When Facilities Manager Pat Rugg met with
SMUCLA Chief Administrative Offi cer Posie
Carpenter and Diane Zalba, director of Pharmaceutical
Services, earlier this year to discuss
remodeling the SMUCLA pharmacy, it probably
seemed like “mission impossible.”
He was asked to convert the basement-level
space into a more effi cient and aesthetically
pleasing work environment for pharmacy staff
members so they, in turn, could better serve
caregivers — and do so with little budget.
Th ree months later, “mission impossible” has
become “mission accomplished!” Th e 5,000-
square-foot pharmacy has been completely
reconfi gured to create more open work spaces,
larger storage areas and a better overall design.
Pat collaborated with Director of Transition
Planning Amy Wills, Posie, Diane and her
pharmacy staff to design a better layout for the
department, then utilized his Facilities team to
execute the vision, including the installation of
new casework, countertops and fl ooring. He
also worked with Security, MCCS and Telecommunications
on necessary infrastructure.
Th e remodeled pharmacy features larger IV Prep
and Receiving areas, as well as a staff break room
and a new waiting area so employees no longer
have to sit in the hallway waiting for prescriptions.
Th ere are also more storage areas in more logical
places, enhancing productivity. Landscaping was
even added to a niche outside one of the windows.
Although pharmacy staff ers are still getting
accustomed to their new space, the feedback
has been favorable. “Once everyone gets used to
things in new places, I think they’re really going
to like it,” says pharmacist Harry Sands.
Transitional care provides support for adolescents,
young adults with congenital heart disease
Congenital heart disease (CHD), one of most common birth defects in the United
States, affects one out of every 120 babies. But with major advances in diagnosis,
medical treatment and surgical techniques, up to 90 percent of these infants will
live into adulthood. The Division of Pediatric Cardiology and the Ahmanson/UCLA
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center recognized the need for a seamless, gradual
transition for their adolescent patients and partnered to create the UCLA Transitional
Care Program for Adolescents/Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease,
coordinated by Anthony Chang, M.D., and Mary M. Canobbio, R.N.
The program prepares teens, young adults and
their parents to move from child-focused to adultbased
healthcare by providing comprehensive
treatment for adolescents ages 15 to 20 years old.
The monthly clinic provides education about
the importance of life-long cardiac care, selfmanagement
and an understanding of critical
lifestyle choices facing adults living with CHD,
including exercise, nutrition, medication coverage,
health and life insurance and psychosocial
development. Additionally, a number of noncardiac
services have been added, including
gynecologic services.
“Teaching the patient to assume responsibility
Mary M. Canobbio, R.N.
for his/her own care and feeling confi dent about
it is a very important goal of our program,” Mary observes. “Everyone needs a support
group, and we hope we can provide that to our patients and their families.”
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Theodore Moore, M.D.
During each camp session, as many as 140 campers take part in activities
ranging from swimming, horseback riding and hiking, to crafts, pottery and
dancing. The goal for the children and their families is to relax and have
fun. The goal for Dr. Moore and the other clinical volunteers in the camp’s
medical clinic, known as Camp Med Shed, is to provide medical care
ranging from daily chemotherapy treatments to fi rst aid for scrapes and
bruises. No distinction is made between the children with cancer and their
family members, which, says Dr. Moore, allows him to spend quality time
with entire families affected by cancer.
“It’s an opportunity to build relationships and trust that you would not
otherwise have in a clinic or critical care setting,” he says. “We get to see
the children playing and having fun, which is what we really treasure.”
Dr. Moore encourages his UCLA Health System colleagues to participate as camp volunteers. Those interested
in volunteer opportunities may contact the camp director at (800) 625-7295.

What is dance therapy?
Dance/movement therapy is an expressive
psychotherapy that combines the theories of
psychoanalysis and early child development
to facilitate and foster positive psychological
and emotional growth for an individual. Th is
therapeutic approach incorporates movement
expression into everyday action to provide a
place for self-exploration, self-awareness and
overall well-being. Th e wonderful thing about
dance therapy is that you don’t need to speak
the same language because movement reveals
so much without words.
What do you do as a dance therapist?
I conduct 15- to 30-minute sessions with
children from 2 to 18 years old, all enduring
long-term hospitalization, heightened pain
or anxiety. I meet the children, join them
in their current activity, whether they are
lying down in their room or playing in the
playroom. I typically start with a warm-up to
get their bodies moving based on how they
are feeling in that moment — jumping around
or just deep breathing — it doesn’t necessarily
have to be dancing. I just try to make my
interactions very non-intrusive and fi nd that
my play-based and fun approach really helps
children open up and express themselves.
Sometimes it’s hard for children to express
themselves verbally, to try to fi nd the right
words to communicate and articulate their
feelings. By analyzing their most basic body
movements, I can get a full range of their
feelings and they can feel supported, as there
is no wrong way of moving.
UCLApeople
Lori Baudino, Psy.D., ADTR, Dance/Movement Therapist
Dance therapist inspires patients with movement
As a clinical psychologist and dance/movement therapist, Lori helps patients at Mattel
Children’s Hospital UCLA to turn their emotions into motion.
How did you get connected with
Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA?
I have bachelor’s degrees in psychology and
dance, and a master’s degree in creative art
therapy, specializing in dance/movement
therapy, and a doctorate in clinical psychology.
I’ve always been a dancer and have always
believed that our body language helps
us express how we feel emotionally and
psychologically. As the West Coast dance
therapist for the Andrea Rizzo Foundation
(Dréa’s Dreams), which provides grants that
exclusively fund dance therapy/expressive
movement programming for children with
cancer and special needs, I approached
Amy Bullock, director of Child Life/Child
Development Services, and talked about the
program we wanted to provide to the pediatric
patients at Mattel. Since November 2008, my
time here has grown from one hour a month
to six hours a month.
Is there a particularly memorable
experience you’ve had?
Every time I come to UCLA, I leave with
happy memories. I recently met with a
7-year-old patient who was in his room with
his family, where no one was interacting. I
started a movement exploration with him
and we ended up in imaginary play, with the
child taking us to his favorite store and to his
house. Th rough movement, the child explored
walking, fl ying and moving his body in ways
he was unable to physically accomplish. He
was able to explore and express his needs
and wants to his family, and he discovered
appropriate coping strategies and skills for
maintaining his stay in the hospital. Th e child
and his parents began to share stories and
past memories and everyone laughed. Th e boy
really livened up, and the nurse joined us and
was amazed by how much he expressed himself
in that short time. Th e family connected with
each other, and through this experience, the
boy was able to share with us his feelings of
missing home. Th is was a way he could visit,
while still being in the hospital.
“ Our body language
helps us express how
we feel emotionally
and psychologically.“
What do you fi nd most challenging
about being a dance therapist?
People are unsure of what dance therapy is,
and it’s challenging teaching and educating
them. It’s usually easier to have people observe
and participate in order to understand and
support their child’s individual challenges,
fi nding ways to express their every need
and want in a place of acceptance and
understanding through movement.
What are your personal hobbies?
I love to travel, spend time with family and
friends, hike and to dance for fun. I’ve been a
therapist for more than seven years and have
had the opportunity to travel around the world
to work with children. I’ve lived and worked in
Australia, Africa, Ecuador, Washington, D.C.,
New York and now California.
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Residency-based program eases transition for
adolescents with chronic, complex illnesses
As many as 60 percent of patients with chronic or complex medical problems experience gaps
in medical care, health insurance coverage or both during their transition from adolescence
to adulthood. Th e UCLA Med-Peds Transition Care Program helps to prevent these patients
from falling through the cracks by providing patient medical assessments and referrals to
primary-care physicians and specialists who care for adult patients. Th e program also provides
assistance in obtaining appropriate adult health insurance coverage, patient self-care education
and connections to educational and vocational training resources in the community. Th e UCLA
program is unique in that it is run by medical residents with faculty supervision.
From left to right: Debra Lotstein, M.D.,
Ron Lopez, Monica Mau, M.D.
“Information about insurance coverage or communitybased
services is really important in the lives of our
patients, but they’re not particulars most of us have
traditionally learned about in medical school or in
residency rotations,” explains Debra Lotstein, M.D.,
M.P.H., the program’s medical director. “It’s a newer
part of the curriculum to have residents really understand
the healthcare system.”
During their four-year residency, each of the 16 medical
residents trains under the supervision of three faculty members, who are board-certifi ed in
both internal medicine and pediatrics. Th ey also work closely with a program coordinator and
social workers from other pediatric services within UCLA Health System. Th e residents receive
comprehensive training in treating a complex patient population, primarily aged 15 to 25 years,
with either one major medical problem or with multiple chronic illnesses, which requires
multidisciplinary services from many types of clinical and non-clinical providers and resources.
“While it can be challenging to address patient care issues oft en considered outside the scope
of medical care,” notes Dr. Lotstein, “it is also rewarding to see patients appreciate our support
and to see residents get excited to learn more about the diff erent aspects of care.”
PRS EXPANDS OUTREACH
Our Physician Referral Service (PRS) program
has expanded with the goal of making referrals
from community physicians and referring
medical groups simpler, trackable and more
focused. Th ese changes became eff ective April 29
when the specifi c and geographically focused
outreach liaison activity ceased in response to
the need to pare costs, gain greater effi ciency
and move to a longer term plan to improve the
handling of referral relationships.
Th e PRS nurses and referral coordinators are
available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
and are trained to provide personalized help
to referring physicians and patients in a timely
manner. PRS is also available to address any
questions regarding referring medical groups.
Referring physicians can either:
• Fax the patient referral information
to (310) 301-5391
• Call (800) UCLA-888 (825-2888)
• Email access@mednet.ucla.edu
Our Marketing Department is available to assist
in promoting new physicians or programs.
Email darogers@mednet.ucla.edu or call
(310) 794-8173.
UCLA Monitors Swine Flu
UCLA Health System is closely monitoring
developments in the nationwide public health
emergency involving swine infl uenza A, also known
as H1N1. “We have implemented detection and
treatment plans based on Centers for Disease (CDC)
guidelines, we have sent out information on testing
procedures and anti-viral therapy recommendations
to our healthcare providers, and we are prepared to
initiate measures to protect our staff and patients,”
notes Tom Rosenthal, M.D., chief medical offi cer.
If you develop fl u-like symptoms that include high
fever, cough, runny nose, muscle aches and nausea/
vomiting, please contact your personal physician
and do not come to work. Infl uenza is thought to
spread mainly person-to-person through coughing
or sneezing.
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Helping children with autism
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treatment from a multidisciplinary team
of experts, including clinical psychologists,
psychiatrists, occupational therapists, speech
and language therapists, nurses, social workers,
recreational therapists and behavioral specialists.
“Our program is unique in both the intensity
and multidisciplinary nature of the treatment
we off er,” says Tanya Paparella, Ph.D., a clinical
psychologist and co-director of ECPHP. “We
collaborate in a very innovative way using the
knowledge of each specialist, which is based on
the most recent, validated research, and then we
tailor our goals to the specifi c needs of each child.”
Th e team treats approximately 100 children
annually, working together with parents,
teachers, community organizations and others
to address acute functional or behavioral
problems by developing a customized, shortterm
intervention and a foundation for longterm
monitoring, support and feedback. “We
have children who come to us aft er struggling
in general education classrooms, those who
are not making progress in special education
programs, and those who have not yet been
diagnosed with an ASD,” explains Stephanny
Image Gently improves pediatric CT imaging at UCLA
New imaging protocols have been
implemented at all UCLA radiology
facilities to help reduce the risk of radiation
exposure to children undergoing computed
tomography (CT) scans, a benefi cial, often
life-saving procedure. A CT scan uses X-rays
to generate detailed, specialized images of a
body structure and is often the gold standard
for diagnosing many illnesses and injuries.
“CT scans produce images of excellent
quality with a very short time of radiation
exposure to pediatric patients,” notes
M. Ines Boechat, M.D., F.A.C.R., chief
of pediatric imaging at Mattel Children’s
Hospital UCLA and current president of
the Society for Pediatric Radiology. UCLA
adopted the guidelines from Image Gently,
Stephanny Freeman, Ph.D., far left, Tanya Paparella, Ph.D., far right, with ECPHP team.
Freeman, Ph.D., also a clinical psychologist and
co-director of ECPHP. “As a team, we provide
them with therapy within each developmental
domain every weekday for approximately 10 to
12 weeks, which is critical to making a change
in a child’s behavior.”
Communication, which involves multiple daily
meetings, rounds, phone calls, email, interactions
with parents and visits to classrooms
a campaign to raise awareness in the medical
community about the opportunities to lower
radiation dosages in the imaging of children.
“Although there is no direct proof linking
radiation exposure to cancer, evidence
and other community locations relevant to the
patients, is key to ensuring therapeutic consistency.
Working together, the team is able to
empower parents and other caregivers to make
good decisions and provide the best ongoing
support network for each child. Dr. Paparella
says, “It’s all about our patients, and it is the
creativity and commitment of our entire team
that makes a diff erence in their lives.”
shows that CT imaging of children does
not require the same dosage of radiation
as adults,” says Dr. Boechat. “The Image
Gently protocols set forth guidelines of
radiation dosages based on a child’s size
and weight. By reducing radiation dosages,
we hope to minimize a child’s risk. This
is especially important for children who
require many scans over the course of an
illness.” Exposure to radiation has unique
implications for children because children
are more sensitive to radiation, and may be
exposed to radiation from imaging over a
longer period of time.
Find other Health Tips for Parents on a variety
of relevant topics at www.uclahealth.org/
healthtips
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news SHORTS
wellness INITIATIVES
LUNCHTIME PRESENTATION:
STRESS AND DEPRESSION —
HOW ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER
Join the UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling
Center for a discussion on the eff ects stress
and depression can have on the mind and
body. Learn tools to eff ectively manage stress
to improve your mood and quality of life.
Wednesday, May 20, noon to 1:00 p.m.
RRUCLA Conference Room #B124
PASSPORT TO WELLNESS
ANNUAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE
HEALTH & WELLNESS FAIRS
Westwood
Wednesday, June 3
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (evening fair)
RRUCLA Dining Commons
Th ursday, June 4
11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (day fair)
RRUCLA Dining Commons Patio
Santa Monica
Wednesday, June 10, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
SMUCLA Cafeteria
Detailed information will be announced
by email.
UCLA MAKES LIST OF TOP HOSPITALS
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center has been selected as one of the country’s
leading hospitals, and one of the most highly recommended in a number of
medical specialties, in a major survey of physicians across the nation. Th e results
of the survey, conducted by the non-profi t research organization Consumers’ Checkbook,
appears in the May–June issue of AARP Th e Magazine.
“Th is is a wonderful tribute to our entire healthcare team,” says David Feinberg, M.D., chief
executive offi cer and associate vice chancellor of the UCLA Hospital System, “Our physicians
and staff go the extra mile every day to save lives and deliver compassionate care to patients
in our community and from around the world.”
Consumers’ Checkbook surveyed doctors across the United States, asking if they would
recommend that patients seek care at hospitals in other communities for certain extremely
diffi cult cases, and if so, which hospitals they would recommend.
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Newsmakers
Congratulations to two SMUCLA
employees who were honored in
March for “Women’s History Month.”
Gail Abarbanel, director
of social services and the
hospital’s nationally known
Rape Treatment Center,
was honored at the 24thannual
“Women of the Year”
luncheon hosted by the Los
Angeles County Commission
for Women.
Jean McNeil Wyner,
physician and community
liaison, was recognized by
the Santa Monica League
of Women Voters for her
longstanding record of
community service.
MAY RECOGNITION
Please take a few minutes to
recognize May national healthcare
observances for:
American Stroke Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Healthy Vision Month
Trauma Awareness Month
Nurses Week
Hospital Week
Employee Health and Fitness Day
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