Now Open – Specialty Care Center Built Just for Kids

Posted by on Aug 17, 2018 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Now Open – Specialty Care Center Built Just for Kids

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is the East Bay’s largest pediatric specialty care center built just for kids.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals’ new outpatient center offers families greater access to our award-winning specialists.

The new, six-story outpatient facility:

Adds 89,000 square feet of exam rooms and workspace to our existing outpatient center.

  • Increases clinic space by a total of 30 rooms in multiple specialty areas.
  • Has designated rooms for our cystic fibrosis patients with integrated high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters to reduce cross-infection.
  • Increases capacity of the orthopedics department by 20 %.
  • Houses a 17,000-square-foot rehabilitation center that offers a spacious physical therapy gym, including an additional outdoor agility course.
  • Increases our lab facility space, allowing for more life-saving pediatric research.
  • Offers state-of-the-art technologies such as virtual reality, high definition screens, and the latest diagnostic imaging equipment.

Specialty Care Clinics

Located on the main campus of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, the Pediatric Outpatient Center is home to more than 25 pediatric-focused clinics that schedule more than 42,000 patients for over 222,000 visits each year.

The new outpatient center offers services for these specialties: 

  • Audiology
  • Cardiology
  • Clinical Research
  • Craniofacial
  • Dermatology
  • EEG
  • Endocrinology
  • ENT/Otolaryngology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hand & Plastic Surgery
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • High-Risk Infant Follow-up
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Infusion Center
  • Lab Draw
  • Medical Genetics
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Orthopedics
  • Outpatient Surgery
  • Pulmonary Function Lab
  • Rehabilitation
  • Rheumatology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Urology

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals

US News Best Children's Hospital

  • UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals represent one of the largest enterprises focused solely on children’s health care in the world.
  • Our cross-bay collaboration strengthens our Northern California pediatric healthcare network.
  • We are ranked nationally in nine pediatric specialties, according to US News & World Report 2017-18.
  • Both campuses are rich with pediatric expertise, where everything is tailored 100 percent just for kids.

Source:

“UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.” UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, 2018, www.childrenshospitaloakland.org/main/news/420.aspx.