Childrens Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

Programs: See schedule o1. Hematology/oncology--the division of hematology/oncology at children's hospital & research center oakland (children's) is at the forefront of treatment and research; developing and evaluating treatments that offer the best opportunities for survival and preservation of quality of life. We provide access to all diagnostic and treatment methods available, some of which were originally developed at children's. 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.

see schedule o2. Emergency medicine - children's hospital & research center oakland has the region's only level 1 pediatric trauma center. Its emergency department is the san francisco bay area's busiest and also the only one completely dedicated to the care of children. It is staffed 24 hours a day 7 days a week with certified pediatric emergency medicine specialists. Children ages 0-18 are treated at children's ed. The ed also functions as the gateway to medical care for many children in the region; about 60 to 70 percent of patients admitted to children's are first seen in the ed.

see schedule o3. Surgery- the surgery team at children's hospital & research center oakland works with pediatricians, family physicians, child life specialists and other medical specialists. Our programs are designed to minimize the stress and discomfort of surgery while providing the highest level of pediatric surgical expertise, from the tiniest newborns to adolescents. Our surgical practice encompasses the full spectrum of general pediatric surgery. Our surgeons have particular expertise in neonatal surgery, open heart surgery, oncology, urology, and thoracic surgery, including laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures. The surgeons are available around the clock for critical care situations involving traumatic injuries that require surgical intervention.