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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California at Irvine
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director: Frank L. Meyskens, Jr., M.D.
101 The City Drive
Building 56, Rt. 81, Room 216L
Orange, CA 92868
Tel: (714) 456-6310
Fax: (714) 456-2240
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UCI Medical Center continues to be an unparalleled resource in the region and the nation, offering an advanced level of health care only available at an academic hospital. The latest treatments, comprehensive outpatient services, new diagnostic techniques, as well as some of the most highly qualified medical professionals in the country, are right here in Orange County, at UCI Medical Center. This standard of care takes on special significance in the fight against cancer.


Our cancer program was established in 1989 as the only university based cancer center in Orange County. The UCI Cancer Center was quickly recognized for achievements in research and treatment, in 1990 being admitted to the Association of American Cancer Institutes and in 1994 receiving the coveted distinction of becoming a National Center Institute (NCI) designated cancer center and approved as comprehensive in 1997. Fifteen years later, and now named in honor of the Chao Family for their dedication and support of the Center’s mission, the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is a world-class institution, containing fully integrated research, prevention, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation programs.