Washington Health

In June 2013, UCSF Health began a broad and collaborative relationship with Fremont-based Washington Health, previously known as Washington Hospital Healthcare System. The goal was to create a comprehensive regional health care network that served the current and future needs of the local community while Washington retained its independent governance as a health care district.

The affiliation started with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco providing a team of highly trained neonatologists at the Washington Special Care Nursery, an intermediate intensive care unit for infants requiring more extensive medical care. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital also provides pediatric hospitalists for round-the-clock emergency and in-patient care at Washington Health.

Additionally, we collaborate to support patients at Washington Health through genetic counseling, cardiothoracic surgery and a prenatal diagnostic center. Cardiothoracic surgery corrects conditions such as coronary heart disease, congenital heart defects, aneurysms, arrhythmias, valvular disease and various lung disorders.

In December 2016, our affiliation grew to include cancer care. UCSF physician Bogdan Eftimie became medical director of the UCSF-Washington Cancer Center.

This was the first step toward a future expansion of cancer services at Washington Heath. Ultimately, Washington and UCSF will develop a more complete, comprehensive cancer program in southern Alameda County that will provide access to highly specialized cancer services and specialists not currently available in the community.

In July 2017, we also developed the Washington Prenatal Diagnostic Center (PDC) together. The PDC provides comprehensive counseling, screening and diagnostic testing for fetal disorders. UCSF Health maternal-fetal medicine specialist Jacquelyn Chyu, M.D., is the medical director of this state-of-the-art center.