Reno, Nev. (Jan. 1,2026) - Reno's first baby of 2026 was born in the Labor and Delivery Childbirth Center at Renown Regional Medical Center.
Maria Jasso Rodriquez gave birth to baby girl Renata at 1:50 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Baby Renata weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was the first 2026 birth at any of the region's hospitals.
Baby Renata is welcomed to the world by her father, Hector Juarez.
More than 4,100 babies were delivered by Renown Health in 2025. Renown Health’s Labor & Delivery Center, located at Renown Regional Medical Center, is nationally ranked for maternity care. The compassionate team of care providers are dedicated to ensuring all births are a joyous experience while delivering advanced maternity care with state-of-the-art amenities.
About Renown Health
Renown Health is the region’s largest, locally governed, not-for-profit integrated academic health care network serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and northeast California. With a workforce of more than 8,000 physicians, nurses and 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. For more information, visit renown.org.
Renown Health Distributes More Than $1 Million to Community Health Agencies
As Reno’s only locally owned, not-for-profit, integrated academic health care network, Renown Health reinvests every dollar earned back into the community — in expertise, technology, treatments, training and research — to improve health and prevent illness.
Today, Renown Health’s senior leadership team, along with the chair and members of the Board of Directors, representing more than 8,000 physicians and employees, gathered to celebrate and support 65 local not-for-profit partners working to address the area’s most critical health care needs and build a healthier Nevada.
“For more than 160 years, Renown Health has worked to improve the health of our community,” said Brian Erling, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Renown Health. “As an essential community asset, and in affiliation with the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, we appreciate the trust placed in us and take this responsibility very seriously. Our commitment has grown and evolved through careful consideration of our community’s most pressing health needs. By partnering with other mission-driven nonprofit organizations, we are working to address these issues, which include expanding access to care, enhancing affordability and ensuring that every person can live their healthiest and best life.”
He added, “Improving the health and wellness of an entire population is not easy. It is a huge task. We know that change is constant, and to take on the challenges ahead, we must work together now, with those in the field, to ensure a bright and healthy future for our kids, grandkids and future generations.”
Renown Recognized as Accredited Rectal Cancer Center
Renown Health has been certified by the American College of Surgeons under the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), affirming the ability to provide coordinated, evidence-based care for patients diagnosed with rectal cancer. This distinction signifies that Renown Regional Medical Center meets the highest national standards in the surgical care of people with rectal cancer and is recognized as an American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgical Quality Partner. Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno is the only surgical program to be nationally accredited in Nevada.
