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Welcome to the webpage of the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA.  We provide comprehensive secondary and tertiary care for newborns in need of intensive care. 

The Mattel Children’s Hospital is part of the UCLA Medical Center at the University of California, Los Angeles campus.  The UCLA Medical Center has been rated as one of the top three medical institutions in the United States by US News and World Report.

We are excited about the opening of the new Mattel Children’s Hospital within the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (due for completion in 2008).  The new Hospital will consist of 525 patient beds, including both high-acuity and intensive care, and 65 observation beds.  There will bed 32 bed neonatal intensive care unit.

The UCLA campus is situated in Westwood Village, which is eight miles from the Pacific Ocean.  Westwood Village is Los Angeles' premiere village centre - centrally located in the heart of Los Angeles, serving the neighborhoods of Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Wilshire Corridor, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Santa Monica.