UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland formerly known as Children's Hospital Oakland, is a pediatric acute care hospital located in
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
. The hospital has 191 beds and is affiliated with the
UCSF School of Medicine. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Northern California. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland also features a
Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, one of five in the state.
It has an affiliated research organization, the
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, or CHORI, and is involved in research and treatment for a variety of children's health issues, such as pediatric obesity, cancers, sickle cell disease, AIDS/HIV, hemophilia and cystic fibrosis.
History
Bertha Wright founded the Baby Hospital, which later became the Children's Hospital Oakland, in 1912. Previously named Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, the hospital was renamed in 2014 after affiliating with
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco.
In 2016, the UCSF Children's Hospital was ranked among the top 25 in eight of 10 hospital specialties in the
U.S News & World Report's best pediatric hospitals listing.
Medical Training
Residency Program
Background
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is a teaching hospital with a three-year Pediatrics residency program, currently employing 78 residents in total.
It has attracted medical students from more than 40 schools,
[ who train within the hospital as well as in a number of associated hospitals and clinics.]
Fellowship Programs
In addition to the Pediatrics residency program, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland has accredited fellowship programs in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric Infectious Disease, and Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine.
See also
* List of hospitals in California
References
External links
Trauma Centers
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland has been verified as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Marc and Lynne Benioff give UCSF $100 million more
This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
A project by OSHPD
Guide to the Children's Hospital Medical Center Records, 1912-1999
at The Bancroft Library
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Hospital buildings completed in 1912
Hospitals in Oakland, California
Children's hospitals in California
1912 establishments in California
Pediatric trauma centers