UC Davis pediatrician Christopher Kim provides care during an annual exam while wearing a photo button to help ease patient’s fears of providers in COVID-19 personal protective gear.

Specialties 2021

Highlights of our world-class care and how we are serving pediatric patients and their families.

Cancer

See highlights about our NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, and how we are improving national guidelines

Cardiology and heart surgery

Read more about our cardiology highlights, including how our pediatric heart center was re-accredited by a national organization

COVID-19

Learn how we’ve continued to play important roles both locally and nationally in responding to the COVID pandemic

Diabetes and endocrinology

Read about our diabetes care and how our researchers have found a new link to diabetic ketoacidosis, kidney and brain injuries

Gastroenterology/GI surgery

Discover more about our GI care and how we expanded our intestinal rehabilitation program for patients and their families

Maternity care

Explore our maternity highlights, including how we were named a Newsweek Best Maternity Care Hospital

Neonatology

View highlights about our neonatal care and how our NICU is now the 12th in the U.S. to receive a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence

Nephrology and kidney transplantation

Learn more about our kidney care, our newly opened pediatric kidney stone clinic, and our unique dialysis service

Neurology and Neurosurgery

Read about our neurological care, and how we earned the highest accreditation for our epilepsy program

Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

Explore more about our care, and how our researchers are working on a transformational therapy for Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy

Pulmonology

Read how our experts discovered new insights in diagnosing malnutrition in kids with cystic fibrosis

Surgery

Learn how our surgeon-in-chief and a stem cell scientist treated the first patient in a historic spina bifida trial

Telemedicine

Discover more about our pioneering telehealth leaders and how we are helping rural families throughout Northern California

Trauma and emergency

See why we’re a level I trauma center and how we serve families in our 33-county, 65,000-square-mile area

Urology

Learn more about our urology care, and how our clinicians are developing new technologies to improve treatments for children

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