UC San Diego Health

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UC San Diego Health
University of California San Diego
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds799
HelipadYes[1]
History
Opened1966[2]
Links
Websitehttp://health.ucsd.edu/

UC San Diego Health is the

Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, and Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion, and the health system also includes several outpatient sites located throughout San Diego County. UC San Diego Health works closely with the university's School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy
to provide training to medical and pharmacy students and advanced clinical care to patients.

It is the official health system of the San Diego Padres and UC San Diego Tritons.

Hospitals

UC San Diego Medical Center

UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest
Main article: UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest

The UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest is the first of three primary hospitals for the

University of California San Diego School of Medicine
.

The region's first academic medical center offers both primary care and specialized services, including surgery, diagnosis and management of genetic disease, neurology, orthopedics, oncology, and the Sleep Medicine Center.

The 381-bed hospital at Hillcrest is home to the San Diego Regional Burn Center, San Diego County's only academic Level One Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, Poison Center, Hyperbaric Medicine Center, and the National Institutes of Health-designated Clinical Research Center. The Hillcrest campus also includes the Owen Clinic for HIV care to men, women and children.

Jacobs Medical Center

Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla
Main article: Jacobs Medical Center

Jacobs Medical Center opened on November 20, 2016.

Apple iPad for controlling lighting, checking medical records, and contacting care providers.[4] The facility is named for Joan and Irwin Jacobs
in recognition of a $75 million gift they made to support its construction.

Thornton Pavilion

The John M. and Sally B. Thornton Pavilion and Perlman Medical Offices opened in the summer of 1993 as the standalone Thornton Hospital.

pulmonary medicine and physical therapy
. In 2016, the hospital was consolidated into the Jacobs Medical Center hospital complex.

UC San Diego Health East Campus Medical Center

Main article: UC San Diego Health East Campus Medical Center

The UC San Diego Health East Campus Medical Center (Formerly Alvarado Hospital) was purchased from Prime Healthcare Services on December 12, 2023. It aims to provide enhanced emergency care units, as well as access to a wider variety of behavioral health and psychiatry services.[8]

Specialty centers

Moores Cancer Center

Main article: Moores Cancer Center
Moores Cancer Center in San Diego, California

Established in 1979, the Rebecca and John Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center is the region's only

Comprehensive Cancer Centers
in the United States. It provides outpatient care for more than 200 cancer types and is a regional center for cancer research and clinical trials of the most promising cancer therapies.

Shiley Eye Institute

Shiley Eye Institute, Hamilton Glaucoma Center, and Jacobs Retina Center in La Jolla

UC San Diego Shiley Eye Institute provides comprehensive eye care services, from basic eye exams to advanced diagnostic tests and sophisticated surgery. Eye care services offered at Shiley Eye Institute include cataract surgery, cornea transplants, glaucoma diagnosis and treatment, low vision services, neuro-ophthalmology, optometry and contact lens service, pediatric ophthalmology, plastic surgery, refractive surgery, retina care, and trauma repair. It also houses the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Retina Center and Hamilton Glaucoma Center.

The Abraham Ratner Children's Eye Center is immediately adjacent to the Shiley building.

Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center

The Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center houses the Departments of Cardiology and Emergency Medicine in La Jolla

The Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center provides ambulatory, clinical, and inpatient heart and stroke care in one central location. Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is the region's first academic-based facility to combine all heart and vascular-related services, programs and technology under one roof.[citation needed] It is connected by footbridges to Jacobs Medical Center and the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, a 311,000 gross square feet, $269 million laboratory building.[9] The emergency department for the La Jolla campus is housed in the Sulpizio building, with 22 outpatient beds and 54 acute care beds.[10]

Research

The Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute building in La Jolla

UC San Diego is one of the most active health science research institutes in the country. Of the $1.2 billion it received in research funding in FY2018, $686 million was dedicated to health sciences research at UC San Diego Health medical centers and the School of Medicine.

familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, the discovery of an early warning sign for autism, the connection between inflammation and cancer, the use of green fluorescent protein as a surgical and research aid, the nation's first sleeve gastrectomy, and the discovery of a potential treatment for chronic lymphomatic leukemia called Cirmtuzumab.[12]

The health system coordinates its activities closely with the

La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, the J. Craig Venter Institute, and San Diego State University.[15] Its building is connected by a footbridge to Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center and the Jacobs Medical Center complex. In addition to this, UC San Diego Health Sciences (the body which oversees both the hospital and school of medicine) runs the following research centers:[16]

Regional affiliations

UC San Diego Health shares doctors and care providers with two other hospital systems in the region. In 2015, it entered a long-term management agreement with El Centro Regional Medical Center in

El Centro, the county seat of Imperial Valley. Under the terms of this agreement, ECRMC patients have access to specialized facilities operated by UC San Diego Health in the city. Doctors also have access to training and continuing medical education through UC San Diego School of Medicine, and UC administrators will continually monitor the operational needs of the remote medical center.[17] UC San Diego Health participates in a similar program with the Tri-City Medical Center community hospital in Oceanside. The partnership is expected to help Tri-City improve patient outcomes and reduce its readmission rate.[18]

Research affiliations of the health system include external physicians and researchers connected through the aforementioned Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute. In addition, UC San Diego scientists are affiliated with the

Takeda Pharmaceutical and the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. It is housed in a building adjacent to Salk, UC San Diego, and the Torrey Pines Gliderport and performs basic and preclinical stem cell and regenerative medicine research.[19]

Non-medical affiliations of the health system include the San Diego Padres and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. In 2015, UC San Diego Health spent $30 million for a 30-year naming rights deal to the Blue Line operated by San Diego Trolley, Inc. The deal changed the line's name to the UC San Diego Blue Line and granted UC San Diego the right to wrap three trolleys with advertising. It resulted in the renaming of two trolley stations: the Voigt Drive station opened as UC San Diego Health La Jolla station, and the Pepper Canyon station was renamed to UC San Diego Central Campus station.[20]

Clinics

UC San Diego Health operates outpatient clinics throughout San Diego County. There are multiple locations in La Jolla, Hillcrest and

Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo, Vista, Eastlake, and Temecula.[21][22]

New facility and planned expansions

In 2018, UC San Diego Health opened the new 156,000-square-foot Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion in La Jolla. The facility includes eight surgery suites, basic and advanced imaging, physical therapy and pain management, as well as infusion and apheresis services. Additionally, long-range plans are underway to modernize and expand UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest. The Hillcrest hospital will be completely renovated or replaced on the same site before 2030, when it will fail to meet seismic safety standards.[23]

UC San Diego Health is also in the process of approving a joint powers agreement with Tri-City Medical Center in North County to add to their network of hospitals. It is expected to join UC San Diego Health's network sometime in 2024 if the Regents of the University of California approve the partnership. UC San Diego Health aims to expand pregnancy & delivery programs, as well as gynecology for the hospital. The hospital is set to be renamed to UC San Diego Health – Tri-City should the partnership be approved.[24]

References

  1. ^ Stone, Ken (June 2, 2014). "UCSD Hospital Took Pains on Helipad Redo: Job Done in a Day". Times of San Diego. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Health Sciences Facts and Figures". UC San Diego Health Sciences. 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  3. ^ O'Neill, Michael. "Mapbook: California Trauma Centers" (PDF). Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Sisson, Paul (November 20, 2016). "Jacobs Medical Center latest example of region's hospital expansion". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  5. ^ Piercey, Judy (May 21, 2015). "UC San Diego Health System Names Jacobs Medical Center Pavilion in Honor of Evelyn and Ernest Rady". thisweek@ucsandiego. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  6. ^ "History and Milestones at UCSD Medical Center". Health.ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on February 6, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  7. ^ "UCSD's Thornton Hospital's Address, Directions, Map & Phone Number". Health.ucsd.edu. September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  8. ^ "UC San Diego Health Completes Acquisition of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center". today.ucsd.edu. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  9. ^ Philippidis, Alex (November 19, 2010). "UPDATE: UC Board of Regents OKs $269M Clinical and Translational Building for UCSD". GenomeWeb Daily News. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  10. ^ Haffey, Sean (March 23, 2011). "UCSD's new cardiovascular center ushers in a new era of medicine". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  11. ^ "Awards by Campus Area". UC San Diego News. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on October 31, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  12. ^ "Our History". UC San Diego Health. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  13. ^ "Research and Clinical Trials". UC San Diego Health. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  14. ^ "List of CTRI Members". Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  15. ^ "CTRI Units". Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  16. ^ "Other Research Centers". UC San Diego Health Sciences. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  17. ^ "UCSD Health System to Partner with El Centro Hospital". NBC San Diego. San Diego Business Journal. May 8, 2015. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  18. ^ Sisson, Paul (August 23, 2016). "Tri-City, UCSD finalize affiliation agreement". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  19. ^ "The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine". stemcells.ucsd.edu. UCSD Stem Cell Program. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  20. ^ "UC San Diego to Pay MTS $30 Million for Naming Rights on Trolley Line". NBC San Diego. San Diego Business Journal. July 17, 2015. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  21. ^ "Locations". UC San Diego Health. University of California San Diego. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  22. ^ Brubaker, Michelle. "UC San Diego Health Continues Regional Growth with New Clinic in Eastlake". health.ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  23. ^ "UCSD keeping Hillcrest hospital". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  24. ^ "Tri-City to Partner with UC San Diego Health in Delivering World-Class Medical Care". today.ucsd.edu. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

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