Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Santa Clara County Health System
Map
Geography
Location751 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, California, United States
Organization
Care systemPublic
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityStanford University School of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds731
Public transit accessBus transport VTA Bus: 25, 61, SCVMC Shuttle
History
Opened1876; 148 years ago (1876)
Links
Websitescvmc.scvh.org
ListsHospitals in the United States

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, commonly known as Valley Medical Center or simply Valley Medical, is a prominent 731-bed public tertiary, teaching, and research hospital in San Jose, California. Located in the Fruitdale neighborhood of West San Jose, Valley Medical Center is the anchor facility of the Santa Clara County Health System, serving Santa Clara County. Valley Medical is home to numerous innovative research and care centers, such as the Rehabilitation Trauma Center, the only federally-designated spinal cord injury center in Northern California.[1]