Providing Patients and Their Families Psychosocial Support in the Transition between Life in the Hospital and Life at Home.
Social workers at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital work closely with pediatric cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery patients and their families, and collaborate with the entire medical team including your child's pediatric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, nurses, dieticians, child life specialists, and other allied health service providers. Along with the Chase Child Life Program at UCLA, we understand the psychosocial impact that heart conditions can have not only on pediatric patients but also on their families. We work collaboratively to develop care plans that meet your child's medical, developmental and emotional needs. We respect and complement the family's vital role in ensuring the well-being of all pediatric cardiology patients.
Services that we provide depend on the individual needs of each patient and family, but may include:
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
757 Westwood Plaza, Ste B788
Los Angeles, Ca 90095
Phone: (310) 267-9759 || Fax: (310) 267-3528
[email protected]
BSW - Southwest Missouri State University 2004; MSW - Missouri State University 2005; LCSW - California 2011
Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology
757 Westwood Plaza, Ste B788
Los Angeles, Ca 90095
Phone: (310) 825-4470 || Fax: (310) 267-3528
[email protected]
BA - San Francisco State University, 2001; MSW - UCLA 2006
Sabah Akmal, LCSW
Pediatric Clinical Social Worker
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
200 UCLA Medical Plaza Suite 265
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: 310.825.3503
Email: [email protected]
BA - University of California, San Diego - 1996; MSW - University of California, Los Angeles - 1999
Jennifer Chou, MSW
Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology
757 Westwood Plaza, Ste B788
Los Angeles, Ca 90095
Phone: (310) 794-7024 || Fax: (310) 267-3528
[email protected]
BA - UCLA, 2009; MSW - UCLA 2015