Children's Hospital of Orange County and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego announced a merger Wednesday, combining the two hospitals into a health care system called Rady Children's Health.
CHOC and Rady's announced intentions to merge in late 2023 in order to create"one of the nation's most advanced pediatric healthcare systems," a statement from Rady read.Dr. Patrick Frias, president and CEO of Rady Children's since 2018, will be co-CEO of Rady Children's Health with Kimberly Chavalas Cripe, who has been president and CEO of CHOC since 1997.
The health care system will continue to work with local University of California campuses — San Diego and Irvine, respectively — to advance pediatric research and care.