University Childrens Medical Group (UCMG) is a highly-respected, well-established academic medical group with a wide range of outstanding individual physicians in a broad variety of pediatric specialty areas. UCMG is the largest pediatric multispecialty medical group in the United States.
Children from around the world can receive specialized care from 265 pediatric specialists in any of 32 specialities and 31 special focused services for complex conditions.
UCMG physicians are based at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) which has been pioneering pediatric medicine ever since it was founded in 1901. Today, UCMG physicians and CHLA are renowned as world leaders in pediatric specialty medicine - for their medical, educational and research programs alike.
In addition, CHLA and UCMG physicians have been affiliated with the University of Southern California since 1932. They combine a commitment to education and research with a dedication to the highest quality of care and attention to the needs of its patients and their families.
For eight consecutive years - 1990 to 1997 - U.S. News & World Report magazine has named Childrens Hospital Los Angeles one of the top five pediatric facilities in the country and the best in the West.
Using a team approach, UCMG physicians work in partnership with specially trained nurses and therapists at CHLA to provide world-class quality, family-centered care in a nurturing environment.
Among it's many services, UCMG physicians and CHLA operate:
- The largest pediatric emergency medical transport system in the United States
- The largest pediatric intensive care unit in the Western United States
- The only Level I trauma center in Los Angeles solely for children
- The largest cystic fibrosis center in the west
- The only pediatric pulmonary program in Los Angeles
- One of only three life-saving ECMO units in the entire Los Angeles area
- One of the country's largest pediatric dialysis units
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UCMG/CHLA Accomplishments
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