Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Health System
View of North and South Towers of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Map
Geography
Location8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States
Coordinates34°04′31″N 118°22′50″W / 34.075198°N 118.380676°W / 34.075198; -118.380676
Organization
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeTeaching
Religious affiliationJewish
Affiliated universityUCLA
PatronKaspare Cohn
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds1,120 beds
SpecialityGeneral
Helipads
HelipadFAA LID: CA46
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 62 × 62 19 × 19 concrete
H2 80 × 80 24 × 24 asphalt/concrete
History
Opened1902, 1918, 1961
Links
Websitecedars-sinai.org
ListsHospitals in California

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a non-profit, tertiary, 915-bed teaching hospital and multi-specialty academic health science center located in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3][4] Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital has a staff of over 2,000 physicians and 10,000 employees,[5][6] supported by a team of 2,000 volunteers and more than 40 community groups.[7] As of 2022–23, U.S. News & World Report ranked Cedars-Sinai among the top performing hospitals in the western United States.[8][9] Cedars-Sinai is a teaching hospital affiliate of David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which was ranked in the top 20 on the U.S. News 2023 Best Medical Schools: Research.[10]

Cedars-Sinai focuses on biomedical research and technologically advanced medical education based on an interdisciplinary collaboration between physicians and clinical researchers.[11] The academic enterprise at Cedars-Sinai has research centers covering cardiovascular, genetics, gene therapy, gastroenterology, neuroscience, immunology, surgery, organ transplantation, stem cells, biomedical imaging, and cancer, with more than 500 clinical trials and 900 research projects currently underway (led by 230 principal investigators).[12][13]

Certified as a level I trauma center for adults and pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai trauma-related services range from prevention to rehabilitation and are provided in concert with the hospital's Department of Surgery.[14] Named after the Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai, Cedars-Sinai's patient care is depicted in the Jewish Contributions to Medicine mural located in the Harvey Morse Auditorium.[15]

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