Renown Welcome Area's First Baby of 2023
January 1, 2023
Meet Eleazar, the first baby born in the Reno-Sparks area in 2023
Reno's first baby of 2023 was born in the Labor and Delivery Childbirth Center at Renown Regional Medical Center.
Gricella Grajeda gave birth to Eleazar Grajeda at 1:05 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Baby Eleazar weighed 5 pounds, 3.4 ounces and was the first 2023 birth at any of the region's hospitals.
Baby Eleazar is also welcomed to the world by Yesinia Valazquez.
More than 4,040 babies were delivered at Renown Health in 2022. Renown Health offers exceptional family-centered care with complete prenatal services designed for the health and well-being of every patient and their new baby.
About Renown Health
Renown Health is Nevada’s largest, not-for-profit integrated healthcare network serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and northeast California. With a diverse workforce of more than 6,500 employees, Renown has fostered a longstanding culture of excellence, determination, and innovation. The organization comprises a trauma center, two acute care hospitals, a children’s hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a medical group and urgent care network, and the locally owned not-for-profit insurance company, Hometown Health. Renown is currently enrolling participants in a community-based genetic population health study, the Healthy Nevada Project®
RENO, Nev. (Oct. 21, 2026) — Renown Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) are marking five years since formalizing their historic 50-year affiliation agreement, a partnership that established Nevada’s first and only integrated academic health system and brought patient care, medical education and research together under a shared vision for a healthier Nevada. While the organizations’ long-standing relationship spans decades, their formal affiliation in 2021 created a framework to strengthen Nevada’s physician workforce, expand clinical training opportunities and advance healthcare throughout the region.
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A major investment will expand pediatric care for the region's children and families and enable Renown to build a standalone children’s hospital on the Renown Regional campus.
