Cedars-Sinai Gives First Tour of Guerin Children’s Facility

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has given the public its first glimpse at Guerin Children’s, its new childcare facility made possible by the single largest donation in the nonprofit’s 119-year history. The 26-bed facility, designed to provide care from infancy to adulthood, will open to patients in the late summer.

Complete with an interactive media room, art by local artists, an outdoor garden, and a lounge for families, Cedars-Sinai hopes Guerin’s Children will establish the center as “an international destination for children and their families and as a leader in pediatric care and research in the United States,” Cedars-Sinai President and CEO Thomas M. Priselac said in a statement.

The facility is designed to help parents and children during some of the most difficult times of their lives.

“Guerin Children’s will provide extra support for parents, including sleeping arrangements in the hospital rooms so that the adults can be with their children as much as possible,” Cedars-Sinai’s Manager of Broadcast News told the Courier.

Priselac acknowledged the historic contribution by the Shapell Guerin Family Foundation and its president, Vera Guerin, that made the facility possible.

“The support and vision of Vera Guerin and the Shapell Guerin Family Foundation will have a lasting impact on the health of generations of children and families,” he said.

Guerin, described in a press release as a “longtime Cedars-Sinai supporter,” served as the most recent past chair of the Cedars-Sinai Health System Board of Directors.

“Our family is passionate about Cedars-Sinai and about providing a continuum of care for patients from childhood to adulthood,” Guerin previously said in a statement. “We are honored and humbled to play our part in supporting and building this incredible institution.”