CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND

1. 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 DEPARTMENT 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 A PHERESIS 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.

2. 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 55 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.