UC San Diego Medical Center

UC San Diego Health System - Hillcrest

UC San Diego Medical Center is the focal point for our education and community service missions. The hospital recently engaged in several large project improvements, including an expansion of emergency and trauma services, and seismic retrofitting, representing an $80 million investment.

Services Include:

• Surgery
• Diagnosis and management of genetic diseases
• Neurology
• Orthopedics
• Advanced Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center

The 392-bed hospital at UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest also houses:

• Blood and Marrow Transplantation
• The area's only Regional Burn Center
• A Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• The only hospital-based Birth Center in the area
• Level I Trauma Center (one of only two in the county)
• National Institutes of Health-Designated Clinical Research Center