Childrens Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

PROTECT AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN THROUGH CLINICAL CARE, TEACHING AND RESEARCH.

SEE SCHEDULE O1. HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY SERVICES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND (DBA UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND) PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ALL PEDIATRIC BLOOD DISORDERS AND CANCER. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE STATE-OF-THE-ART CARE IN A WARM AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES ONGOING DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. OUR COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDE PROGRAMS FOR HEMOPHILIA, THALASSEMIA, AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE. OUR SICKLE CELL PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND INCLUDES ADULT PATIENTS. WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COMPREHENSIVE SICKLE CELL CENTER (NCCSCC). THROUGH NCCSCC, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM CONSISTING OF PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE IN A MEDICAL HOME MODEL. MEDICAL THERAPY INCLUDES HYDROXYUREA, TRANSFUSIONS, APHERESIS, CHELATION, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. NCCSCC ALSO DEVELOPED AND COORDINATES THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NETWORK OF CARE FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE, A PARTNERSHIP AMONG LOCAL HOSPITALS, CLINICS, AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO HELP IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE. WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS IN NEURO-ONCOLOGY, THROMBOPHILIA, STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION, AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. THE HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY HAS ITS OWN 25-BED INPATIENT UNIT WITH PRIVATE, AIR-FILTERED ISOLATION ROOMS. A 20-BED DAY-USE TRANSFUSION AND CHEMOTHERAPY UNIT IN OUR OUTPATIENT CENTER INCLUDES AN APHERESIS PROGRAM AND A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION UNIT. CHILDREN'S HAS DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS FOR BLOOD DISORDERS AND REMAINS A MAJOR CENTER FOR HEMATOLOGICAL AND ONCOLOGICAL CLINICAL RESEARCH, ATTRACTING PATIENTS AND RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES.

SEE SCHEDULE O2. NEONATOLOGY - NEONATOLOGY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES HIGHLY-SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE CARE TO CRITICALLY ILL AND PREMATURE NEWBORNS IN OUR LEVEL 4 NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU). OUR INTENSIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND SPECIALIST CARE TREATMENT TEAM IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST REASON FOR OUR SUCCESS. EACH NICU PATIENT AND FAMILY RECEIVES THE FULL ATTENTION OF THE NICU TEAM OF PEDIATRIC MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EXPERTS, INCLUDING NEONATOLOGISTS, NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSES, RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIALISTS. THEIR COLLABORATION ENSURES COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND MONITORING OR SUPPORT OF VITAL FUNCTIONS BEYOND THOSE AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL PEDIATRIC UNIT OR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. THE NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE NURSERY AT CHILDREN'S IS A 44-BED, FAMILY-CENTERED, REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTER FOR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE. BOARD CERTIFIED NEONATOLOGISTS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO VISIT ANY TIME. THIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE ENTIRE RANGE OF CHILDREN'S PEDIATRIC SUB-SPECIALTY SERVICES.

SEE SCHEDULE O3. GASTROENTEROLOGY/HEPATOLOGY - GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, AND NUTRITION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 18 WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS AND DISEASES OF THE STOMACH, INTESTINES, LIVER AND PANCREAS. GASTROENTEROLOGY REFERS TO THE STOMACH, INTESTINES AND ASSOCIATED ORGANS. COMMON CONDITIONS INCLUDE FEEDING DISORDERS, PANCREATITIS, CONSTIPATION, CELIAC DISEASE AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. HEPATOLOGY REFERS TO THE LIVER. COMMON LIVER CONDITIONS TREATED INCLUDE HEPATITIS AND OTHER INFECTIONS; METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE, GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE, GALLSTONES AND GALL BLADDER DISORDERS, AND LIVER TRANSPLANT COORDINATION. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE GI TRACT ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON SURGICAL PROBLEMS IN NEWBORN INFANTS. CARE OF THESE COMPLEX INFANTS IS ONE OF OUR CORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE. THE GI-NICU PROGRAM AT CHILDREN'S IS AN INTEGRATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY, FAMILY-CENTERED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE TO INFANTS WITH SURGICAL AND/OR MEDICAL GI PROBLEMS. BASED IN OUR LEVEL IIID NICU, OUR PROGRAM EXTENDS FROM PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND PLANNING, THROUGH THE NEONATAL PERIOD, AND TRANSITIONS TO LONG-TERM OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT FOLLOW-UP.