Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center

Because of our relationship with UCLA, 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 a 315-bed, evolving academic medical center with a longstanding tradition of community care. One of the two hospital campuses of UCLA Health System, the medical center features many outstanding clinical services, and is the inpatient home of the UCLA Geriatrics Program, ranked #2 in the United States, as well as UCLA's highly regarded orthopaedic, spine and general medicine programs.

The hospital is nearing completion on a major rebuilding project to replace most of the existing facility with a new, state-of-the-art medical center offering optimal inpatient facilities, as well as the 16,000-square-foot Nethercutt Emergency Center. The ER, which opened in 2007, features the latest technology and is designed to better serve the almost 40,000 patients who annually seek emergency treatment. Additional services that have already opened include a 26-bed oncology unit, new birthing center with a new, 16-bassinet neonatal intensive care unit and a new post-anesthesia care unit. As part of its commitment to the health and well-being of children, Santa Monica-UCLA & OH features Santa Monica's only inpatient pediatrics unit, as well as the city's only pediatric ICU.

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http://www.uclahealth.org/body_sanmon.cfm?id=385&oTopId=56