Transport team

UC Davis Children’s Hospital transport team is available to a 33-county area — and sometimes beyond — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The team carries out more than 400 transports each year. It is comprised of dedicated and experienced physicians and advanced role nurses from the Pediatric and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Transport team members have extensive training and experience in specialized care and technology available for seriously injured or ill children, infants and newborns.

Pediatric mobile clinic program

UC Davis Health’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic provides health care services to historically marginalized populations in the Sacramento region and surrounding areas by leveraging expertise in primary care, specialty care, mental health care, care coordination, and telemedicine. The program is organized around three service lines in primarily school-based settings:

  • integrated mental health and primary care
  • consultations for children with developmental, behavioral, or academic concerns
  • asthma care and education

The mobile clinic is run in partnership with local primary care networks, schools, community health centers, faith-based organizations, refugee resettlement agencies and other community agencies.

Seven NorCal community hospitals part of UC Davis’ NICU network

We’re keeping families closer to home through our Regional NICU Network, which is comprised of Barton Memorial Hospital, Adventist Health Lodi Memorial, Adventist Health and Rideout, Mercy Medical Center Redding, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, and Methodist Hospital of Sacramento. The partnerships are designed to increase the level of neonatal care available locally while decreasing the need for transfers to UC Davis, home to a level IV NICU for the highest-acuity cases.

Public education through media outreach

The innovative UC Davis Children’s Hospital Media and Child Health Education Program provides training and opportunities for pediatric residents to gain media experience and educate the public about important child health issues. This year, residents:

  • published three editorials
  • made three television appearances as content experts
  • discussed child health topics on the Kids Considered™ podcast
  • and hosted their own original resident educational podcast series called Pedia-gogy™.

Popular players with Republic FC

UC Davis Health is a founding and ongoing season-presenting partner of the Republic FC, and serves as the official medical provider for the club’s players. UC Davis Health’s kit ( jersey) sponsorship of the team helps to emphasize, model and normalize health and outdoor activity for area youth. The partnership also creates opportunities for players to interact with patients during special visits to our children’s hospital. In 2024, players visited with patients and families bringing cheer and signing autographs.