Since opening its doors in 1955, UCLA Medical Center has consistently been a healthcare innovator. Known worldwide for its pioneering technological contributions, including advancements in organ transplantation, artificial insemination and ultrasound, UCLA Medical Center year after year is ranked number one in the West by U.S. News and World Report’s annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals."

More than 300,000 people from around the world come to UCLA Medical Center each year to receive care from some of the world’s best healthcare providers. More than 120 of our physicians are cited in The Best Doctors in America, which is based on an extensive poll of thousands of medical specialists.

The collaboration of patient care, medical education and scientific research form the foundation of UCLA Medical Center. Each part of the triad enhances and enriches the other so that patients receive compassionate care based on the latest medical knowledge.

UCLA Medical Center, with more than 600 beds, offers patients of all ages comprehensive care, from routine to highly specialized medical and surgical treatment. Some factors that contribute to our top rankings are specialized intensive care units, state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient operating suites, a Level-1 trauma center, the latest diagnostic technology, and a high level of commitment from our dedicated and experienced staff of over 1,000 physicians and 3,500 nurses, therapists, technologists and support personnel.

Noted for the scope and quality of our specialty and subspecialty care, UCLA offers the same level of expertise in the primary care areas of internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics.

It draws patients from as far away as Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, the San Joaquin Valley and portions of Nevada. The patient population encompasses the entire spectrum of internal medicine, with 13,150 patients admitted to the medical service yearly.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a 78-acre facility that includes the hospital and clinics (both operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services) along with academic and research facilities under the auspices of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute. The Medical Center is located in Torrance in the southwestern coastal region of Los Angeles County. The hospital includes 553 licensed beds. The Medical Center received full accreditation from the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).

The Medical Center serves residents from an area with a population of over two million. The rich diversity of the patient population with regard to age, race and ethnicity reflects that of the surrounding communities, including a large population of the medically indigent. Care delivered at Harbor includes a wide range of acute, chronic, ambulatory, preventative, and highly specialized services. The Medical Center is an integral part of the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the majority of UCLA medical students participate in clinical rotations at Harbor.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has a physical plant valued at over $160 million, and the current budget for operating the hospital is approximately $300 million per year. The acute unit is an 8-story hospital equipped for the care of medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric, gynecologic, and psychiatric patients. There are 10 operating rooms, 8 intensive care units, several progressive care units, and a large emergency department. The acute unit has recently undergone extensive seismic upgrading to meet current and projected standards.

A major feature of the Medical Center is a 52,350 square foot Primary Care and Diagnostic Center which provides space for ambulatory primary care internal medicine and special procedures including endoscopy, pulmonary function testing, outpatient surgery, and cardiac catheterization. The Medical Center complex also includes the Walter P. Martin Research Building, the St. John's Cardiovascular Research Center, other research laboratories faculty-investigators, space for clinical investigation, a center for rehabilitation studies, and the Harbor-UCLA Professional Office Building. A new full service Medical Imaging Center offers up-to-date radiologic services, including a state of the art Picker 2-Tesla magnetic resonance scanner. Construction has started on a major research building that will initially house a vaccine research center and an ambulatory clinical research center.

Clinical laboratory and other clinical reports are accessed via computer terminals on the wards, intensive care units, and clinics linked to the Medical Center Information System network. Medical records and reference information are also available through this computer system. The 22,000 square foot A.F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences is located adjacent to the hospital. The library provides books, journals, medical reference services, interlibrary information exchange, and computerized medical literature searches for Harbor-UCLA physicians and staff. Faculty and residents can access the Internet from computers in the library.

The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center faculty comprises both full-time and voluntary teachers. The full-time faculty includes over 175 physicians who devote 100% of their time to patient care, teaching, and research at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. All are faculty members of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Over 900 physicians in private practice volunteer their time to patient care and teaching as members of the Clinical Faculty. The involvement of housestaff with both medical academicians and private practitioners provides exposure to the array of perspectives and to the spectrum of opportunities within medicine today.

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (OVMC) is set at the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains in the northeast San Fernando Valley. The spacious, newly built facility offers a panoramic view of most of the valley.

This hospital is one of six operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. It is a general acute care teaching hospital which serves more than 1.5 million residents of the San Fernando Valley and adjacent north Los Angeles County areas. The hospital began operations in the new facility May 1987 with a 350 bed capacity. The Psychiatry Service includes thirty-two adult inpatient beds, an active twelve bed Psychiatry Emergency Room, and a full-fledged Consultation Liaison Service.

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is a teaching hospital which provides training programs for a variety of health care disciplines in association with several colleges and universities. Physician education and training programs, undergraduate and postgraduate, are affiliated with UCLA, as well as Psychology & Neuropsychology programs. OVMC also has cooperative arrangements with the University of Southern California Medical Center and a variety of outpatient clinics for aftercare.

Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center is a 334-bed, nonprofit hospital dedicated to meeting the healthcare needs of the Westside. Founded as a 60-bed hospital in 1926 by Drs. William S. Mortensen and August B. Hromadka, the Medical Center has changed dramatically over the years in response to the changing needs of the community. Today, the Medical Center features several nationally recognized clinical programs located within its seven-acre medical campus. A staff of highly skilled physicians works together with the Medical Center's nurses, technologists and other specially trained health professionals to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.

In 1995, Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center was acquired by the University of California Board of Regents and renamed "Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center." The hospital now serves as a cornerstone of UCLA Healthcare and provides both primary and specialty care.

In 1998, UCLA Healthcare signed a strategic alliance with Orthopaedic Hospital/Los Angeles that will result in the relocation of Orthopaedic’s inpatient services to Santa Monica when the replacement Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center is completed in 2005.