Leadership | UC Davis Children's Hospital

Leadership

  • Satyan Lakshminrusimha, M.D., M.B.B.S

    Pediatrician-in-Chief, UC Davis Children’s Hospital
    Chair, Department of Pediatrics
    Dennis and Nancy Marks Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics

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  • Diana Farmer, M.D.

    Pearl Stamps Stewart Endowed Chair and Chairperson, Department of Surgery
    Chief, Pediatric Surgery, Shriners Children's Northern California
    Founder and Co-Director, Center for Surgical Bioengineering
    Professor, Department of Surgery

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  • Brenda Chagolla, R.N., M.S.N., C.N.S., N.E.A.-BC

    Associate Chief Nursing Officer

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  • Daphne Say, M.D.

    Vice Chair, Ambulatory Pediatrics
    Director, Pediatric IBD Program
    Director, Pediatric Acute Infection Management (AIM) Services
    Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics

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  • Ann Tompkins, MS-CCC/SLP

    Director, Ambulatory Operations, Women’s and Children’s Services

Awards and Recognitions
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US News & World Report best Children’s Hospital badge

Ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals

U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Davis Children’s Hospital among the best in neonatology, nephrology, orthopedics*, pediatric & adolescent behavioral health, and pulmonology & lung surgery. (*Together with Shriners Children’s Northern California)

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American College of Surgeon's Verified Center badge

Re-verified level I Children’s Surgery Center

Our hospital is verified as a level I Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons. Level I centers have children’s surgeons in every discipline, with pediatric anesthesiologists and operating rooms available 24 hours a day.

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Fetal Health Stewardship Partnership logo

Hope for families with fetal syndrome diagnoses

A parent-founded nonprofit organization, providing information for families facing fetal syndrome diagnoses.

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Extracorporeal Life Support Organization logo

Recognized for excellence in life support

UC Davis Medical Center has been recognized for exceptional commitment to evidence-based processes and quality measures, training, patient satisfaction, and clinical care.

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