Medical students gain experience in such clinical skills as suturing, history taking, physical exam skills, incubation, and a live operating room case simulation that puts the students in the surgeon's or anesthesiologist's shoes.

UC Irvine Health

UCI Health is the only academic health system in Orange County. Our multifaceted organization is dedicated to the discovery of new medical frontiers, to the teaching of future healers and to the delivery of compassionate, world-class care.

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Clinical Impact

UCI medical center is a 459-bed acute care hospital providing tertiary and quaternary care, and ambulatory, specialty medical, behavioral health and rehabilitation services.

We strive to become the friendliest and most accessible academic health system in the country. This goal resonates with the high level of trust our patients put in us and underscores our commitment to providing extraordinary care for every health challenge, critical or common.

1.2M+
Outpatient Visits
58,000+
Visits to Emergency Department
21,000+
Inpatient and Outpatient Surgeries
4,300+
Trauma Patients Treated
more than half of Orange County’s traumas

Expanding Footprints

To complement the 459-bed hospital in Orange and 14 other service sites across the region, a new 1 million-square-foot specialty medical center is under construction on the main university campus. Opening from May 2024 to late 2025, the new UCI Health – Irvine includes a 144-bed hospital with 24-hour emergency services, a cancer and ambulatory surgery building, and an outpatient building for child and adult services including urgent care. Reinforcing a commitment to expanding the benefits of academic healthcare, UC Irvine purchased an 858-bed community health system of four hospitals and associated ambulatory sites in April 2024.

rendering of the aerial view of the new UCI Medical Center - Irvine

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care

Features 36 private exam rooms, numerous infusion bays and operating rooms, and clinical programs in oncology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, spine and digestive health. A recognized beacon of hope and innovation, our cancer program is the only Orange County-based NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.

Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care

Our future outpatient facility for adult and pediatric specialty care and urgent care. It will provide comprehensive laboratory and radiology imaging services and be the new home for the Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

General Acute Care Hospital

A state-of-the-art 144-bed acute care hospital with a 24/7 emergency room. Our new hospital and medical complex will be the first all-electric powered facility of its kind in the country and will connect with the UCI Health primary care network throughout Orange County, comprising the region’s only health system supported by one of the nation’s premier academic research institutions.

Key Clinical Services:

  • Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Digestive Health Institute
  • Center for Children’s Health
  • Endoscopy Center
  • Infusion Advanced Imaging including Nuclear Medicine
  • Neurosciences
  • Orthopedics
  • Primary, Multi-Specialty and Urgent Care
  • Spine