UCLA Medical Center*** has 540 general inpatient beds, 11 rehabilitation beds, 100 pediatric beds, 23 operating rooms, 1,500 full-time physicians, more than 2,500 ancillary support staff, 44,466 annual inpatient admissions, 11,344 annual inpatient surgical procedures, and 790,000 annual emergency room visits. visits, 790,000 annual emergency room visits, and an average hospital stay of 6.79 days.
UCLA Medical Center has been ranked as one of the top five hospitals in the nation and one of the best hospitals in the Western United States for 25 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" survey. In addition, UCLA Medical Center is ranked in the top 10 in the nation for many of its therapeutic services, including oncology, diabetes, endocrinology, ophthalmology and neurology.
The UCLA Medical Center has been awarded the Nobel Prize to 14 people, and AIDS was first discovered at the hospital in 1981. The medical center was built at a cost of $800 million and has been called "the most technologically advanced hospital in the world.
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UCLA Medical Center - Hospital Conditions
The hospital is a world leader in many disciplines, and is the hospital of choice for Hollywood movie stars and dignitaries. President Reagan's primary care hospital. Now it is developed into a world-class hospital, the new medical building hospital each floor is in accordance with a particular specialty needs to be equipped with a full set of necessary support equipment and supplies, each floor has its own pharmacy, dialysis, ventilator-assisted treatment room and resident's lounge, the humanized design of the patient free of fatigue running around.
Each room can be converted to an intensive care unit if needed, allowing for continuous care of critically ill patients in the same room. The operating rooms are equipped with fully integrated audio-visual systems and state-of-the-art medical equipment. A Level I Trauma Center with multiple trauma rooms and specialized CT scanners allows physicians to quickly see what is wrong with a patient once they arrive. The Intensive Care Unit utilizes a "line of sight" approach to ensure that critically ill patients receive 360-degree care.
UCLA Medical Center - Medical Services
UCLA Medical Center's multidisciplinary group of physicians and researchers are dedicated to providing care for adult and pediatric patients in the areas of organ transplants, cancer, reconstructive transplants, HIV/AIDS, geriatrics, cardiology, integrative medicine, mental health, minimally invasive technology, robotic surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, spine and brain disorders, and medical services. medicine, spine and brain disorders, and urology for cutting-edge scientific medical care.
UCLA Medical Center - Impact
Named one of the top hospitals in the U.S.
Excellent hospital in the Los Angeles area
Hospital with the best-ranked heart transplant program in the U.S.
Honored with the U.S. Hospital Quality and Safety Award
Home to the world's top physician organizations
Honored with the America's Hospital for Excellence in Heart Failure Care
America's Best Children's Hospital
Selected as AARP Magazine's Top Hospital
UCLA Medical Center - Honors for Achievement
In the 1950s, performed the first cardiac surgery in the western U.S.
Developed one of the earliest techniques for monitoring the fetus.
In the 1960s, performed the first mother-to-infant kidney transplant.
In 1964, first to apply cytotoxicity testing to tissue matching for organ transplantation, a technique that has become the international standard for tissue matching.
In 1976, Professor Michael E Phelps, the founder of PET technology, established a world-class center for clinical application and technical research of PET at the hospital, which has given the hospital an unparalleled advantage in early detection of cancer.
In 1976, UCLA performed the world's first total shoulder replacement.
In 1981, UCLA was the first to report on a retrograde coronary perfusion technique of the heart that could be used in the treatment of acute myocardial ischemia.
In 1998, UCLA developed Herceptin, which was approved by the FDA for breast cancer treatment.
In the 1990s, pioneered the first heart transplant in the U.S., as well as the first small bowel and liver transplants in the western U.S.
In 2001, UCLA plastic surgeon Dr. MarcHedrick isolated stem cells from aspirated fat cells, which can be differentiated into tissues such as bone, muscle, cartilage, and fat.
Since 2000, medical experts have pioneered countless groundbreaking innovations: heart bypass with the carpal artery; living unrelated livers and interlocking liver exchanges; the first hand and face transplants in the U.S.; and the pioneering use of telemedicine robots, to name a few.