[2] The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults generally aged 0–21[3][4][5] throughout California and the west coast.

U.S. News & World Report ranks CHLA as the fifth best children's hospital in the United States and the best in California.

The institution conducts laboratory, clinical, translational and community research designed to investigate the developmental origins of health and disease.

More than 400 faculty collaborate to combat cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, autism, obesity and diabetes, among other devastating pediatric conditions.

The 40-ton, 117-foot-long walkway bridge was bolted into place above Sunset Boulevard between Vermont Avenue and Rodney Drive in October 2012[17] and was dedicated in March 2013.

[18] Construction of the Los Angeles city landmark was jointly supported by two of Los Angeles' most significant philanthropists, Cheryl Saban, PhD, and Marion Anderson, who, along with their spouses Haim Saban and the late John Edward Anderson, jointly funded the $10 million project.