About UC Davis Medical Center

UC Davis Medical Center serves 6 million residents in 33 counties encompassing 65,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. The acute-care, teaching hospital is licensed for 577 beds and maintains an annual budget of $1 billion.  

With 6,500 employees, UC Davis Medical Center provides vital care to 900,000 patients every year, admitting 33,000 patients for extended care.  The emergency room sees an average of 130 patients every day.

A message from the CEO

Dear Patients, Visitors, Friends and Colleagues,

Ann Madden Rice, CEO
UC Davis Medical Center
Biographical Profile 

Welcome to UC Davis Medical Center, the region’s leading referral center for the most seriously injured or ill patients and a top provider of primary and specialty-care services through its more than 800-physician practice, UC Davis Medical Group.

Our patient care, diagnostic and specialized treatment programs, and clinical research are recognized as being among the best. Our expertise and resources, including the most advanced medical technology, have enabled UC Davis to be recognized as one of U.S. News & World Report’s best hospitals for 15 years, and one of the best medical schools for over a decade.

Our medical center is part of UC Davis, one of the nation’s top universities. As an academic medical center, UC Davis Medical Center is committed to meeting the health-care needs of the communities we serve. We operate the region’s only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center, the only regional Burn Unit, the only comprehensive children’s hospital, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, and a unique research center for the study of neurodevelopmental disorders.

UC Davis Medical Center is focused on patients, whose comfort and well-being are our primary concern. We are committed to providing safe, high-quality care, and we are willing to be measured against the highest standards of performance. We regularly survey our patients to measure their satisfaction, and we participate in national quality measures. You can find those results on our Web site in our Commitment to Quality and Safety section. If you have questions about any aspect of your stay, we want you to speak up. Please call Patient Relations at (916) 734-9777 or (800) 305-6540.

We are continually improving our services. Here are a few of our recent initiatives:

• We have launched a trial valet parking service for the hospital’s patients and visitors. You can drop off your car right at the front entrance of the hospital, and we will park your car for a small fee. Try it, and tell our Parking Services department how you like it. You can reach Parking at (916) 734-2687.
  
  
• When you visit our Sacramento campus, you will discover we are under construction in many areas. Perhaps most noticeable is the new Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion, which is more than halfway completed. The Pavilion will become the new entrance to the medical center when the project is completed in early 2010.
  
  
• We offer free wireless Internet access throughout the hospital so patients and visitors can access their laptop computers or personal digital assistants (PDAs) at any time.
  
  
• Because of our concern for the safety and health of our patients, staff and visitors, the medical center will be entirely smoke-free – inside and out – beginning July 1, 2008. We appreciate your help in making our environment healthier for everyone.

We value the confidence and trust you have placed in us. Our entire staff is committed to making your visit as satisfying and beneficial as possible.

May good health be yours,

Ann Madden Rice
Chief Executive Officer
UC Davis Medical Center