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Hospitals

UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest

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  • 390-bed Level 1 Trauma Center and Regional Burn Center
  • De facto safety net hospital for San Diego County
  • Serves a diverse, underserved patient population, including an indigent patient population
  • Receives referrals from all over California, throughout the United States, and around the world
  • Comprehensive internal medicine subspecialty services available, including the renowned Owen Clinic for HIV/AIDS treatment and the Senior Behavioral Health joint geriatric/psychiatric unit
  • Busy emergency department with over 50,000 annual visits

UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center

  • 418-bed hospital on the UC San Diego Health Sciences Campus in La Jolla
  • Encompasses several clinical and research sites, including:
    • Moores Cancer Center
    • Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center
    • Altman Clinical and Scientific Translational Research Institute
    • Shiley Eye Institute
  • Tertiary and quarternary referral center:
    • Advanced endoscopy
    • Advanced heart failure
    • Bone marrow transplantation
    • Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) program
    • Cystic fibrosis
    • Interventional pulmonology
    • Mechanical circulatory support and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
    • Solid organ transplantation
    • Stroke and neurocritical care

Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System

  • 296-bed primary and tertiary care center
  • Consistently top-performing VA Healthcare System
  • Serves over 200,000 veterans in the San Diego region
  • Regional VA Referral Center for advanced procedures and clinical care
  • Combined coronary care and medical intensive care unit
  • Consultation services across all medical subspecialties