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Clinics & Locations
Clinics & Locations
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Explore our network of care for kids, from the tiniest to teens and young adults.
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Extraordinary kid care

Our specialists handle conditions ranging from the common to the most rare.
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Contacts and resources to get your patients to our pediatric specialists
Why Choose Us?
Why Choose Us?
Best in Northern CA

We're ranked #1 in pediatric cancer, heart surgery, cardiology & more.

Brennan Higgins

Brennan Higgins

Brennan Higgins

MD

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Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Fellowships

UCSF School of Medicine -GME, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Residencies

UCSF School of Medicine -GME, Pediatrics
Internship

UCSF School of Medicine -GME, Pediatrics
Degree

MD, UCSF School of Medicine

Selected research

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Double Jeopardy: A Distinct Mortality Pattern Among Preterm Infants with Congenital Heart Disease.
Pediatric cardiology
June 2024
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Resuscitation, survival and morbidity of extremely preterm infants in California 2011-2019.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
September 2023
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Pregnancy outcomes in facility deliveries in Kenya and Uganda: A large cross-sectional analysis of maternity registers illuminating opportunities for mortality prevention.
PloS one
June 2020
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Fetal surgery firsts

The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.