UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals With locations in Oakland and San Francisco, we're one of the top children's hospitals in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Our pediatric expertise includes cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders, organ transplants and orthopedics.

Please help us celebrate our patient, Brynn — she's raised $33,000 for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation and will ...
09/25/2025

Please help us celebrate our patient, Brynn — she's raised $33,000 for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation and will join its annual walk this weekend to raise awareness about the disease! Brynn is a 7th grader in Mill Valley, and four years ago, her mom noticed a bald spot on her head.
Her pediatrician diagnosed her with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss in kids and adults. Brynn sees dermatologist Dr. Jennifer Fu at our hospital and has become a spokesperson and advocate for alopecia awareness and research! She even traveled to Washington, D.C., to speak with senators about the disease!

Our NICU babies enjoyed extra story time this September in honor of National Literacy Month! 📚 Families, care teams and ...
09/24/2025

Our NICU babies enjoyed extra story time this September in honor of National Literacy Month! 📚 Families, care teams and even Olympic gold medal figure skater and Bay Area native Kristi Yamaguchi joined in to share the joy of reading!

Our San Francisco hospital celebrated by reaching its goal of 1,000+ books read to babies, and Oakland almost doubled its total from last year! What a storybook ending to the month! 👏
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream

🎃 Our annual Halloween celebrations are coming up, and we have an immediate need for costumes and other spooky items to ...
09/24/2025

🎃 Our annual Halloween celebrations are coming up, and we have an immediate need for costumes and other spooky items to help our patients celebrate! 👻
Please consider donating via our Amazon wish lists:
San Francisco ➡️ https://ucsfh.org/3oINTKy
Oakland ➡️ https://ucsfh.org/3Y3ma7J
**All items must be new for infection-control reasons.**

🐾 THANK YOU to NutriSource Pet Foods for their $250,000 five-year donation to support the dog therapy program at our San...
09/22/2025

🐾 THANK YOU to NutriSource Pet Foods for their $250,000 five-year donation to support the dog therapy program at our San Francisco hospital!
Thanks to this gift, we'll be able to welcome a new facility dog next year and continue working with Tulip, our existing dog, for many years to come!
Thank you for bringing comfort and joy to more hospitalized kids! ❤️

Please join us in congratulating Wayne — he's finally tube-free after having a trach tube in his neck for five years!Way...
09/19/2025

Please join us in congratulating Wayne — he's finally tube-free after having a trach tube in his neck for five years!
Wayne’s lungs weren’t developing properly before he was born, and doctors gave him just a 14% chance of survival. In 2019, he was born premature at a hospital in Santa Clara County with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic lung disease. Wayne’s care team placed him on a mechanical ventilator to keep him alive, and he endured a collapsed lung and multiple lung tears.
Wayne came to our San Francisco hospital for a cardiac catheterization procedure and eventually had his tracheostomy tube inserted. At the height of the pandemic, our team gave Wayne a special graduation ceremony in our Intensive Care Nursery!
Now, five years later, Wayne has made incredible progress and even helped remove the tube himself! He loves gymnastics and art class and is a proud big brother!

Our San Francisco school room celebrated back-to-school with a live magic show and a giveaway of 50 backpacks filled wit...
09/17/2025

Our San Francisco school room celebrated back-to-school with a live magic show and a giveaway of 50 backpacks filled with school supplies for hospitalized kids and their siblings, thanks to our longtime donors Royal Automotive Group!
Royal Auto also gifted us $2,000 in gift cards for supplies and books throughout the year! ❤️

Please send Mateo your best wishes — he’s doing great after having heart surgery as a baby!When Mateo’s mom, Deseri, was...
09/13/2025

Please send Mateo your best wishes — he’s doing great after having heart surgery as a baby!
When Mateo’s mom, Deseri, was pregnant, doctors diagnosed her baby with a congenital heart defect called tetralogy of Fallot.
Deseri traveled to UCSF from Eureka for monthly appointments, and in November 2022, Mateo was born at our San Francisco hospital. Our team discovered Mateo actually had a less serious heart condition called a ventricular septal defect.
Dr. V. Mohan Reddy closed the hole in Mateo's heart when he was nine months old.
Mateo is now a happy 2-year-old, who loves monster trucks, airplanes and playing in the water. He's looking forward to his third birthday and loves going to the San Francisco Zoo!

Our transplant patients and families came together to celebrate life at the 28th annual Chris Mudge Pediatric Transplant...
09/11/2025

Our transplant patients and families came together to celebrate life at the 28th annual Chris Mudge Pediatric Transplant Picnic! This year’s Disney theme brought out the Mickey ears, costumes and plenty of smiles. From games and tug-of-war to dance contests, kayaking and arts and crafts, it was a day filled with joy and gratitude.
A heartfelt thank you to all organ donors who give the gift of life. ❤️

09/06/2025

Please congratulate Sydney! She rang our end-of-treatment bell, while dribbling her basketball surrounded by her family and care team!
Last November, Sydney’s care team in the Sacramento area diagnosed her with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After eight months of treatment, Sydney’s doctors determined she needed a bone marrow transplant, and she traveled to our hospital. Sydney had a successful bone marrow transplant in July with her older sister as the donor and spent more than a month at our San Francisco hospital.
Sydney is a passionate athlete who loves basketball and soccer! Her favorite teams are the Golden State Valkyries and the USC Women's Basketball team. While in the hospital, Sydney would do basketball drills and shoot baskets on her mini hoop. She hopes to one day play basketball in college and in the WNBA!

Thank you, San Francisco Giants, for helping raise awareness of childhood cancer, during the Pediatric Cancer Awareness ...
09/03/2025

Thank you, San Francisco Giants, for helping raise awareness of childhood cancer, during the Pediatric Cancer Awareness game at Oracle Park!🎗️⚾

Our patient ambassador Elena Sweet kicked off the pre-game festivities by ringing the end-of-cancer-treatment bell at home plate! And neuroblastoma patient Penny DeBoer and her nurse practitioner, Molly Szuminski, both threw ceremonial first pitches!

We’re grateful for this moment to honor our cancer patients, families and care teams!

San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos visited our kids and spread joy at our hospital! ⚾🧡 He signed hats and bobb...
08/28/2025

San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos visited our kids and spread joy at our hospital! ⚾🧡
He signed hats and bobbleheads for patients, took group photos with our staff, and left behind lots of smiles. Thank you, Heliot!

Cathan is doing great almost a year after his brain surgeries — please send him your best wishes!Last year, Cathan’s mom...
08/27/2025

Cathan is doing great almost a year after his brain surgeries — please send him your best wishes!
Last year, Cathan’s mom noticed that his limbs were twitching in the middle of the night. The family came to our emergency room for testing, and our team discovered Cathan was having partial seizures. A follow-up visit with neurologist Dr. Rachel Vassar revealed Cathan has a rare cerebrovascular disorder called Moyamoya disease, which causes the brain vessels to narrow.
In November and December, Cathan had two brain surgeries with Dr. Nalin Gupta and he's been doing great ever since. He’s talking, walking and loves spending time in the pool! Cathan and his family recently celebrated his second birthday with a trip to Disneyland!

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