Nationally ranked
Our neonatology program ranked 39th nationally in Newsweek’s America’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2025 survey.
Children’s Hospital Annual Report
Year in review: 2024-2025
Specialties
Neonatology
“Not all family are blood relatives. There is the family that you make, and these doctors and nurses are my family.”
– Jazmin Quijano, whose baby Daleyza was born at 22 weeks and stayed in the NICU for more than 146 days.
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Small baby unit cares for the smallest of preemies
Located within our level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), our small baby unit is specifically equipped for babies who are born less than 27 weeks gestation or weigh less than 2.2 pounds. We have a 7-year survival rate of 46% at 22 weeks and 55% at 23 weeks, which are both well above the national average.
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Pioneering Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) program launches
Led by internationally recognized neonatologist Yogen Singh, M.D., our Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) program located in our level 4 NICU, provides portable ultrasound diagnostic imaging and guidance for procedures right at the bedside. The technology helps assess cardiac function, lung status, and central line placement quickly in critically ill newborns.
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Neonatologist receives prestigious American Academy of Pediatrics award
Satyan Lakshminrusimha, M.D., pediatrician-in-chief and the Dennis and Nancy Marks Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, was awarded the prestigious Virginia Apgar Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. The award honors an individual whose career has had a sustained and profound influence on the welfare of newborn infants.
