UCSD Medical Center

The UCSD Medical Center is a major research hospital located in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, California. Along with the UCSD Thornton Hospital in La Jolla, it is the primary teaching center of the UC San Diego School of Medicine, and School of Pharmacy.

The 386 bed Hillcrest Center, and 119 bed UCSD Thornton hospital make up the UCSD Medical Center. Special facilities include the Shiley Eye Center, Moores Cancer Center, and the Trauma Center in Hillcrest (which are the only comprehensive cancer center, and one of the two level 1 Trauma Centers in the region, the other is Scripps Mercy Hospital).

UCSD Medical Center is highly regarded in the field as it provides a significant amount of healthcare in San Diego. UCSD Medical Center was named among the best in the nation by US News and World Report in 2007 in six specialty areas. UCSD Medical Center ranked 8th in respiratory disorders, 18th in rheumatology, 30th in kidney disease, 30th in gynecology, 39th in cancer, and 50th in ear, nose, and throat.

Hillcrest Medical Center
UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest is the primary hospital for the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

The region's only academic medical center offers both primary care and specialized services, including a full range of surgery, diagnosis and management of genetic disease, neurology, orthopedics, oncology and the Sleep Medicine Center.

The recently renovated 386-bed hospital at UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest is also the primary site for such regional services as the Comprehensive Organ Transplant Program, Bone Marrow Transplantation, San Diego Regional Burn Center, Infant Special Care Center (NICU), UCSD's Birth Center, San Diego County's Only Level I Trauma Center and the National Institutes of Health-Designated Clinical Research Center.

Thornton Hospital
UCSD's 119-bed John M. and Sally B. Thornton Hospital and Perlman Ambulatory Care Center opened in the summer of 1993.

Thornton Hospital is a medical-surgical facility that offers a full range of services, including surgery, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, orthopedics, oncology, reproductive medicine and pulmonary medicine.

Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
Established in 1979, the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center is one of just 39 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States. Such centers are prominent among the leading institutions in the nation dedicated to scientific innovation and clinical excellence. UCSD is the only Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Diego and Imperial counties to have earned this honor.

In 2007, US News and World Report ranked the UCSD Medical Center 39th in the nation for cancer treatment.

Shiley Eye Center
At the UCSD Shiley Eye Center, patients of all ages receive the finest eye care available. From basic eye exams to the most advanced diagnostic tests and sophisticated surgery, the physicians and staff at the Shiley Eye Center provide comprehensive eye care services at one convenient location.

The Abraham Ratner Children's Eye Center is immediately adjacent to Shiley and is the only dedicated eye facility in the San Diego region designed to meet the special vision needs of children.

Eye care services offered at UCSD Shiley Eye Center include cataract surgery, cornea transplants, glaucoma diagnosis and treatment, low vision services, neuro-ophthalmology, optometry and contact lens service, pediatric ophthalmology, plastic surgery, refractive surgery, retina care and trauma repair.

Future Plans
On May 18, 2007 the UC Regents approved a plan to build an additional 125 to 150 bed inpatient tower in La Jolla.