People who have sickle cell disease need regular medical care. Some doctors and clinics specialize in treating people who have the disease. Hematologists specialize in treating adults and children who have blood diseases or disorders.
In the state of California, there are several PEDIATRIC sickle cell disease special care centers. These Special Care Centers are a system that:
Special Care Centers are located throughout California and usually connected with tertiary level medical centers.
A list of the Special Care Centers is provided below.
In the state of California, there are several PEDIATRIC sickle cell disease special care centers. These Special Care Centers are a system that:
- Provides coordinated care to clients with specific genetic conditions
- Multi-disciplinary and multi-specialty teams which consists of doctors, nurses, social workers, and other health team members
- Provides family centered planning
- Facilitates timely and appropriate care
Special Care Centers are located throughout California and usually connected with tertiary level medical centers.
A list of the Special Care Centers is provided below.
California Children’s Services Approved
Sickle Cell Disease Centers (Pediatrics)
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA City of Hope Medical Center 1500 East Duarte Road Duarte, CA 91010 (626) 301-8426 Nadia Ewing, MD, Director Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 4650 Sunset Boulevard, MS54 Los Angeles, CA 90027 (881) 631-2452 (referrals) (323) 361-3643 (hematology) Thomas Coates, MD, Director Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Group Southern California Regional Hemoglobinopathy Center 6041 Cadillac Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90034 (800) 734-5155 (323) 857-4462 Richard Shearer, MD, Director Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA Medical Center 10833 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90095 (310) 825-6708 Kathleen Sakamoto, MD, Director Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 (310) 423-4423 Carole Hurvitz, MD, Director Children’s Hospital of Orange County 455 South Main Street Orange, CA 92868 (714) 532-8459 Diane Nugent, MD, Director Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 1124 West Carson Street Torrance, CA 90502 (310) 222-4154 Joseph Lasky, MD, Director Loma Linda University Medical Center 11234 Anderson Street Loma Linda, CA 92354 (909) 651-1910 Antranik Bedros, MD, Director Miller Children’s Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 2801 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806 (562) 728-5000 Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego 3020 Children’s Way San Diego, CA 92123-4282 (619) 966-5811 Jenny Kim, MD, Director |
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA U.C. Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95817 (916) 734-2781 Anjali Pawar, MD, Director Sutter Memorial Hospital 5271 F Street, Bldg. C Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 733-1757 Yung Soon Yim, MD, Director Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland 747 52nd Street Oakland, CA 94609 (510) 428-3376 Elliot Vichinksy, MD, Director Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center 3779 Piedmont Avenue Oakland, CA 94611 (510) 752-6592 Stacy Month, MD, Director UC San Francisco Medical Center 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0106 San Francisco, CA 94143 (415) 502-8034 James Huang, MD Lucille S. Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford 725 Welch Road, Clinic E Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 497-8953 Bertil E. Glader, PhD, MD, Director Children’s Hospital of Central California 9300 Valley Children’s Place Madera, CA 93638 (559) 353-5460 Faisal Razzaqi, MD, Interim Director For Information on Sickle Cell Centers Outside of California You can Contact: Emory University Sickle Cell Information Center www.scinfo.org (404) 616-3572 |