Children's Hospital Oakland

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
UCSF
Geography
Location	Oakland, California, United States
Coordinates	37°50′15″N 122°16′03″W / 37.837492°N 122.267484°W / 37.837492; -122.267484
Organization
Care system	Non-profit Hospital
Affiliated university	University of California San Francisco
Services
Emergency department	Level I Trauma Center
Beds	191
Helipad	FAA LID: 7CL1
History
Opened	1912
Links
Website	childrenshospitaloakland.org

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland formerly known as Children's Hospital Oakland, is a pediatric acute care hospital located in Oakland, California. The hospital has 191 beds^[1] and is affiliated with the UCSF School of Medicine.^[2] The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens and young adults aged 0–21^[3][4] throughout Northern California. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland also features a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, one of five in the state.^[5]

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.^[6]

Bertha Wright founded the Baby Hospital, which later became the Children's Hospital Oakland, in 1912.^[7] Previously named Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, the hospital was renamed in 2014 after affiliating with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco.^[8]

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.^[9][10]

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is a teaching hospital with a three-year Pediatrics residency program, currently employing 78 residents in total.^[11] It has attracted medical students from more than 40 schools,^[11] who train within the hospital as well as in a number of associated hospitals and clinics.^[12]

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.^[12]

• List of hospitals in California

• 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)
• [1] 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