UC San Diego Health System is an academic health system in San Diego and has been in operation since 1966. It is composed of UC San Diego Medical Center, Thornton Hospital, Moores Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Center, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center and Jacobs Medical Center (opening in 2015), as well as other primary and specialty practices of UC San Diego Medical Group located throughout southern California.
The Medical Center and Thornton Hospital operate under one license with a combined licensed capacity of 552 beds. The mission of UC San Diego Health System is to provide excellent and compassionate patient care, advance medical discoveries and educate the health care professionals of tomorrow. The Medical Center houses the UC San Diego Stroke Center, the area’s only Regional Burn Center and is one of only two Level I Trauma Centers in San Diego County. It includes a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and is the only hospital-based Birth Center in the area.
Read more about UC San Diego Health System: Hillcrest Medical Center, Thornton Hospital, Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Center, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, North Coastal Cardiology Clinic, Plans
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