These Hospitals or Medical Centers were voted the Bay Area’s 2026 Best of Bay Area Parent by readers. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center. This center offers medical offices, emergency care and pharmacy services. Walnut Creek. healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/facilities/walnut-creek-medical-center-100313.
Silver: John Muir Health. Multiple locations. johnmuirhealth.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. This center provides emergency services, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine, cardiovascular, neurology, intensive care and labor and delivery in state-of-the-art facilities. Burlingame. wklys.us/e_9D.
Silver: Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center. Redwood City. wklys.us/P3C7.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: California Pacific Medical Center. These state-of-the-art medical centers offer 24-hour emergency care, advanced treatments, and services for pregnancy, birth and children. Three locations in San Francisco. sutterhealth.org/cpmc.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Good Samaritan Hospital. This leading Silicon Valley medical center is known for its advanced stroke, cardiac, cancer, maternity and emergency care services. San Jose. goodsamsanjose.com.
Silver: Sutter Health Mountain View Center. Mountain View. sutterhealth.org/find-location/facility/mountain-view-center-1043246969.


