Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
1250 16th St
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Because of our relationship with UCLA, our residents have the opportunity to rotate to one of the best-rated areas at this hospital, the inpatient Geriatrics Unit. Residents get experience with inpatient Geriatric Medicine, and are exposed to a "private" community based hospital.
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital is an acute-care medical center that has served the healthcare needs of West Los Angeles and Santa Monica since 1926. One of the two hospital campuses of UCLA H
ealth System, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital features outstanding clinical programs that include its women's and children's services, emergency services and family medicine programs. Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital also is the inpatient home of the U.S. News & World Report No. 1-ranked UCLA Geriatrics Program, and home to the internationally known Rape Treatment Center and its adjunct facility, Stuart House, for sexually abused children.
The hospital is currently undergoing a major rebuilding project, replacing most of the existing facility with a new, state-of-the-art medical center offering optimal inpatient facilities, and the newly opened 16,000-square-foot Emergency Center.
Additional services will open in early 2008, including a 26-bed oncology unit, a new birthing center and a new, 16-bassinet neonatal intensive care unit. A remodeled postpartum unit and well-baby nursery will open concurrently in the existing Merle Norman Pavilion.
The name of the hospital reflects a unique alliance between UCLA Health System and Orthopaedic Hospital in downtown Los Angeles that expands and enhances the clinical, teaching and research capabilities of both institutions. For more than 90 years, Orthopaedic Hospital has been a recognized leader in research, teaching and patient care in orthopaedic medicine. The inpatient services of Orthopaedic Hospital have been relocated to Santa Monica, while its outpatient services remain at the downtown facility.
Content adapted from: http://www.uclahealth.org/body_sanmon.cfm?id=385&oTopId=56
