Echo Malibu is pleased to announce that it has entered into an official agreement with Children's Hospital Los Angeles to serve as an affiliate site for Residency Education in Adolescent Medicine.
Children's Hospital will assign second and third year fellows who will participate in rotations at ECHO MALIBU under the supervision of ECHO's Medical Director, Dr. Steve Sager. According to Dr. Sager the benefits will be multi-faceted. "We are very excited about this arrangement. It will afford ECHO's clients the opportunity to be exposed to an even greater number of medical professionals, each possessing a different perspective on any number of treatment complexities. It will also allow a number of gifted Medical Residents to be exposed to some of the most progressive treatment being offered today for young people struggling with chemical dependency and mental health issues. It is our hope that these Residents will then go out into the world and impact other treatment venues in positive ways."
This hope is shared by Cole Rucker, Co-Founder of ECHO MALIBU. "One of our long term goals has been to impact treatment for youth as a whole. We would like to see more programs that build on strengths, that empower, that build youth up rather than break them down. We would like to believe that if emerging professionals are afforded opportunities to be exposed to high quality, strength based treatment, that they might encourage programs they are affiliated with in the future to adopt similar practices, if so, this effort has the possibility of doing a great deal of good." He goes on to state "We are very honored that Children's Hospital Los Angeles has demonstrated such faith in our program. We recognize the creation of an official affiliation with ECHO as a serious commitment from one of the world's finest institutions."