World-class care, close to home
Proud to be Sacramento’s No. 1 Hospital
As our region’s academic health center, we’re improving lives and transforming care through expertise, research, education and innovation.
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Fast Facts
At UC Davis Medical Center we serve a 65,000-square-mile area that includes 33 counties and 6 million residents across Northern and Central California.
Our 653-bed acute-care teaching hospital maintains an annual budget of roughly $1.7 billion.
We admit approximately 30,000 patients per year and handle more than 900,000 visits. Our emergency department sees more than 200 patients per day on average.
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We’re glad you’re interested in UC Davis Medical Center. We provide high-quality, person-centered care as our priority every day, for every patient.
Some Highlights About Us
Our Nursing Staff
UC Davis Medical Center has received Magnet® designation, considered the nation’s highest form of recognition for nursing excellence.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
UC Davis Health has a recognized commitment to diversity, inclusion, health equity, and culturally sensitive care.
Recognized for Quality and Safety
We’re proud to receive honors from a wide variety of observers, including patients, government agencies, nonprofits, industry groups and the media.
Awards and Recognitions
Ranked among the nation’s best hospitals
A U.S. News & World Report best hospital in cardiology, heart & vascular surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ENT, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, and pulmonology & lung surgery.
Ranked Sacramento’s #1 hospital
Ranked Sacramento’s #1 hospital by U.S. News, and high-performing in aortic valve surgery, back surgery (spinal fusion), COPD, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, gynecological cancer surgery, heart arrhythmia, heart failure, kidney failure, leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, lung cancer surgery, pacemaker implantation, pneumonia, prostate cancer surgery, stroke, TAVR, cancer, orthopedics, gastroenterology & GI surgery, and urology.
Ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals
U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Davis Children’s Hospital among the best in pediatric nephrology, orthopedics*, and pulmonology & lung surgery. (*Together with Shriners Children’s Northern California)
The nation’s highest nursing honor
UC Davis Medical Center has received Magnet® recognition, the nation’s highest honor for nursing excellence.