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University of California, Irvine Medical Center is the only university hospital in Orange County with more than 400 specialty and primary care physicians. The medical center offers a full scope of acute- and general-care services including, cardiac surgery, cancer, pediatrics, neurosurgery and trauma. It is the only hospital in Orange County recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s annual listing of "America's Best Hospitals" and first to receive Magnet Designation for nursing excellence. The medical center has also been named one of the nation’s top hospitals for quality and safety by the Leapfrog Group.
Located in the City of Orange, 13 miles from the UCI campus, UC Irvine Medical Center has 449 licensed beds and is the principal clinical facility for the teaching and research programs of the UC Irvine School of Medicine. At present, the medical center is building a new university hospital that will include modern facilities for conducting the latest medical research and training for future and practicing physicians. Planned for completion in early 2009, the seven-story hospital will have 191 rooms (with 221 beds), 13 operating rooms, and interventional procedure rooms. Private patient rooms will emphasize individualized patient care and allow family members to stay overnight. The new rooms will be in addition to the existing 102 beds in the medical center’s tower and the 84-bed Neuropsychiatric Center.
The University Children’s Hospital at UC Irvine Medical Center is devoted to the care of children from before birth through adolescence. Perinatologists at UC Irvine Medical Center are available for the expert management of high-risk pregnancies and critically ill newborns are cared for in the county’s most sophisticated neonatal unit. The medical center houses a 24-hour emergency department and is designated as Orange County’s only Level I Trauma Center − the most comprehensive for the treatment of life-threatening injuries. UC Irvine Medical Center is also home to the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only facility in Orange County designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute. It offers patients a full range of cancer therapies and research programs, including laser and radiation therapy, endoscopic ultrasound, and immunotherapy.
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