Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and Orange, Calif.-based Children's Hospital of Orange County have officially merged to form Rady Children's Health, a three-hospital system with multiple primary and specialty care centers.
The merger closed Dec. 31 following a conditional approval on Nov. 4 from California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Rady Children's Health's first official day of operation was Jan. 1, according to a Jan. 8 news release.
The parties shared plans to merge in December 2023 after collaborating for more than a decade.
Kimberly Cripe, who served as president and CEO of CHOC, and Patrick Frias, MD, who served as president and CEO of Rady Children's, now serve as co-CEOs of Rady Children's Health.
"CHOC and Rady Children’s will build on their respective affiliations with the University of California and its medical schools at UC Irvine and UC San Diego…" the release said.