An exciting new era in pediatric care has begun.

CHOC Children’s and University of California, Irvine, have formed a strategic affiliation to better serve the children and families of Orange County and beyond. Approved by the CHOC Board of Directors and the Regents of the University of California, this affiliation will create a world-class pediatrics center that integrates high-quality, comprehensive patient care; leading-edge research; and exemplary teaching programs, contributing to a more efficient healthcare system.

CHOC will provide inpatient and outpatient specialty care to patients, while UC Irvine Medical Center will continue to provide pediatric emergency services, burn care, trauma services requiring immediate surgery, neonatal intensive care, newborn nursery care, and child and adolescent psychiatry. While CHOC and UCI will remain separate institutions, this affiliation is the result of an ongoing partnership between the two institutions to improve the region’s pediatric care.

UCI and CHOC are currently working on a comprehensive transition process, including patient placement. In February, UC Irvine Medical Center’s medical/surgical and critical care units closed. UC Irvine Medical Center’s specialty clinic patients and providers will move to CHOC in March.

Training the next generation of physicians

In an effort that has already yielded success, CHOC and UCI will continue to collaborate on recruiting the nation’s best and brightest pediatric specialists, while retaining the pediatric experts already on staff at CHOC and UC Irvine. We will also integrate our pediatric residency programs, enhancing patient care and providing a more comprehensive environment to train high-quality pediatricians. Through the alignment of our research programs, we will be able to offer our patients even more pediatric clinical trials and comprehensive treatment options, providing more hope to children and families.

To learn more about transition of care from UCI to CHOC, click here.