Founded in 1998, the UCI School of Medicine's Hospitalist Program is one of the nation's first. It focuses on clinical care, education, improvement in quality of care and patient safety in the hospital environment.
Included in the UCI program are doctors who specialize in internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, geriatrics, infectious diseases, palliative care, perioperative medicine, preventive medicine, pediatric infectious diseases and pulmonary/critical care medicine at UCI Medical Center in Orange.
The program is well known for its innovative approaches to quality-of-care improvement and patient safety, two areas in which UCI Medical Center rates among the best in the country.
Hospitalist: The new medical specialty
Dr. Alpesh Amin is a pioneer and leader in the rapidly growing field of hospital medicine, and the program he leads at UC Irvine Medical Center is one of the nation's finest.

Alpesh Amin, MD, MBA
Professor, Department of Medicine
Executive Director, Hospitalist Program
Building 26, Suite 1001
UC Irvine Medical Center
Phone: 714.456.3785
Fax: 714.456.3224
Mercedes Weston
Program Administrator
Hospitalist Program
Building 26, Suite 1001
UC Irvine Medical Center
Phone: 714.456.5726
Fax: 714.456.7182