| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | |
| Cedars-Sinai Health System | |
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| View of North and South Towers | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Not forprofit |
| Hospital type | Academic health science centre |
| Affiliated university | UCLA, USC, WGU, Other |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 958 beds |
| History | |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.csmc.edu/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in California |
Originally established as Kaspare Cohn Hospital in 1902, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a non-profit, tertiary 958-bed hospital and multi-specialty academic health science centre located in Los Angeles, California, United States.[1] Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over 2,000 physicians and 10,000 employees.[2][3] A team of 2,000 volunteers and more than 40 community groups support a patient-base of over 16,000 people.[4] Over 350 residents and fellows participate in more than 60 graduate medical education programs.[5]
Cedars-Sinai focuses on biomedical research and technologically advanced medical education — based on an interdisciplinary collaboration between physicians and clinical researchers.[6] The facility has research centers covering cardiovascular, genetics, gene therapy, gastroenterology, neuroscience, immunology, surgery, organ transplantation, stem cells, biomedical imaging and cancer — with more than 800 research projects underway (led by 230 Principal Investigators).[7][8]
Certified as a level I trauma center for adults and pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai trauma-related services range from prevention to rehabilitation and are provided in concert with the hospital's Department of Surgery.[9] Cedars-Sinai is affiliated with the California Heart Center, University of Southern California and David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
As of 2009, U.S. News & World Report rankings placed Cedars-Sinai in 11 adult specialties including #10 for gastroenterology, #15 in heart and heart surgery and #15 in neurology and neurosurgery.[10] Located in the Harvey Morse Auditorium, Cedar-Sinai's patient care is depicted in the Jewish Contributions to Medicine mural.[11]
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Founded and financed by businessman Kaspare Cohn, Cedars-Sinai was established as the Kaspare Cohn Hospital in 1902.[12][13] At the time, Cohn donated a two-story Victorian home located at 1441 Carroll Avenue in the Angeleno Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles to the Hebrew Benevolent Society to create the hospital as a memorial to his brother Samuel.[13] Just 12 beds when opening on September 21, 1902, the hospital's services were initially free.[13]
From 1906 to 1910, Dr. Sarah Vasen, the first female doctor in Los Angeles, acted as superintendent.[14] In 1910, the hospital relocated and expanded to Stephenson Avenue (now Whittier Boulevard) where it had 50-beds and a backhouse containing a 10-cot tubercular ward.[13] It gradually transformed from a charity-based hospital to a general hospital and began to charge patients.[15]
The hospital relocated again in 1930 to 4833 Fountain Avenue, where it was renamed Cedars of Lebanon after the religiously significant Lebanon Cedar, used to build King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in the Bible and could accommodate 279 patients.[13][15] In 1918, the Bikur Cholim Society opened a second Jewish hospital, the Bikur Cholim Hospice, when Great Influenza Pandemic hit America.[15] In 1921, the hospice relocated to an 8-bed facility in Boyle Heights and was renamed Bikur Cholim Hospital.[15] In 1923 the Bikur Cholim Hospital became Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables.[16]
On November 7, 1926, a newly-named Mount Sinai Hospital moved to a 50-bed facility on Bonnie Beach Place.[13][15] In 1950, Emma and Hyman Levine donated their property adjacent to Beverly Hills, and by 1955 the construction completed and Mount Sinai Hospital opened on 8700 Beverly Boulevard (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center).[13] The original building stood until 1994 when it was damaged in the Northridge earthquake. Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Hospitals merged in 1961 to form Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[15][17]
Donations from the Max Factor Family Foundation allowed the construction of the current main hospital building, which broke ground on November 5, 1972 and opened on April 3, 1976.[18]
In 1994, the Cedars-Sinai Health System was established, comprising the Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation, the Burns and Allen Research Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[19] The Burns and Allen Research Institute, named for George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, is located inside the Barbara and Marvin Davis Research Building.[20] Opened in 1996, it houses biomedical research aimed at discovering genetic, molecular and immunological factors that trigger disease.
In 2006 the Medical Center added the Sapperstein Critical Care Tower with 150 ICU beds.
In fiscal year 2008[update], Cedars-Sinai served 54,947 inpatients and 350,405 outpatients, and there were 77,964 visits to the emergency room.[21] Cedars-Sinai received high rankings in eleven of the sixteen specialties, ranking in the top 10 for digestive disorders and in the top 25 for five other specialties as listed below.[22]
Cedars-Sinai ranks as follow in the Los Angeles area residents' "Most Preferred Hospital for All Health Needs" ranking:[23]
| Specialty | Ranking |
|---|---|
| Digestive Disorders | 10 |
| Cardiology | 15 |
| Endocrinology | 19 |
| Neurology and Neurosurgery | 15 |
| Respiratory Disorders | 29 |
| Geriatrics | 33 |
| Gynecology | 23 |
| Kidney Disease | 20 |
| Orthopedics | 26 |
| Urology | 38 |
In 2009, Cedars-Sinai Hospital was ranked in 11 specialties U.S. News & World Report.[22]
Worth Magazine selected Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute as one of the United States’ Top 25 Hospitals for Cardiac Bypass Surgery.[24]
Cedars-Sinai’s Gynecologic Oncology Division was named among the nation’s Top 10 Clinical Centers of Excellence by Contemporary OB/GYN in 2009.[25]
On January 20, 2009, Becker’s ASC Review included Cedars-Sinai in their 15 Hospitals with Great Cardiovascular Programs.[26] The hospital was also included in Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Review's 18 Hospitals with Great Neurosurgery Programs on September 25, 2009.[27]
According to articles in the Los Angeles Times, Cedars-Sinai is under investigation for significant radiation overdoses of 206 patients during CT brain perfusion scans during an 18-month period.[30][31] Since the initial investigation, it was found that GE sold several products to various medical centers with faulty radiation monitoring devices.
State regulators had also found that Cedars-Sinai had placed the Quaid twins and others in immediate jeopardy by its improper handling of medication.[32]
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