Hospital Facilities

Check out all of the Facilities UC San Diego Health has to offer!

UCSD Hillcrest

422 bed county safety-net hospital and tertiary referral center
Culturally and socioeconomically diverse patient population
Robust inpatient and outpatient program for care of patients living with HIV
Level 1 trauma center
Regional burn center for children and adults
Comprehensive Stroke Center
Primary site for internal medicine training (wards, MICU, sub-specialty electives, ED and more)
Located in Hillcrest, near downtown San Diego and the airport
- Lively, safe and walkable neighborhood where many residents live

VA Medical Center

366 bed state-of-the-art, tertiary care facility and top-performing VA
Regional referral center for Southwestern US
Provides care for the > 200,000 veterans residing in San Diego!
Level 2 Geriatrics Emergency Department
Spinal Cord Injury Floor
In-hospital palliative unit
Site for internal medicine training (wards, VA ICU, sub-specialty electives, ED and more)
Located in La Jolla on the UC San Diego campus
- Connected to the School of Medicine by short walking bridge
- < 10 minute walk to UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center
- < 10 minute walk to undergraduate campus/University Bookstore
- UCSD shuttle available between La Jolla and Hillcrest campuses

CVC

The first dedicated cardiovascular center in San Diego
General and Intensive-Care level cardiology
Top Heart Transplant Center
Advanced Heart Failure Center
Adult Congenital Heart Disease program
World-renowned Chronic Thromboembolic and Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Residents rotate here on the CVC rotation and for cardiology electives
Located in La Jolla, attached to the Jacobs Medical Center and a < 10 minute walk to the VA and UCSD School of Medicine campus

Jacobs

Opened in 2016 as a 245-bed addition to the existing 128-bed Thornton hospital
Connected to the Cardiovascular Center
State-of-art facilities
Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Busy high-risk obstetrics and newborn floor
Unique features include:
- Bone Marrow Transplant floor
- Linked with UCSD’s Moore’s Cancer Center, a designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, with robust oncologic care
  - ranks among the top centers in the nation conducting basic and clinical cancer research, providing advanced patient care, and serving the community through outreach and education programs
- Palliative-focused hospital medicine ward
- Robust solid-organ transplant programs
- Primary site for care of patients with Cystic Fibrosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Attached to a large outpatient subspecialty center
Residents rotate here on NICU, newborn nursery, and internal medicine electives
Located in La Jolla, < 10 minute walk from the UCSD School of Medicine and the VA Medical Center

551 beds and the largest children's hospital in California by volume
Regional referral center
San Diego county's only Regional Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
Level III NICU
Every pediatric subspecialty is offered!
The heart of pediatric services for the greater San Diego area
Multiple unique multi-disciplinary teams, including:
- Center for Gender Affirming Care
- Lifelong Cerebral Palsy Center
- Down Syndrome Center
- Center for Child Protection
- Autism and Neurodevelopmental Institute
- Comprehensive Neuromuscular Clinic
- Kawasaki Disease Program
- And more!
Home to the only pediatric skilled nursing facility in California, the Helen Bernardy Center
Primary site for pediatrics training (wards, PICU, sub-specialty electives, and more)
About a 10-minute drive from Hillcrest and 15-minute drive from UCSD La Jolla Campus

Located on the UC San Diego undergraduate campus in La Jolla
Houses the UCSD School of Medicine offices, auditorium, classrooms, and state-of-the-art simulation facilities.
Home to a 9,000-square-foot state-of-the-art clinical skills and simulation center which includes:
- 18 exam rooms with video capabilities
- A simulated hospital room
- A simulated intensive care unit
- A simulated emergency room
- A simulated operating room
Includes a 6,800-square-foot medical and surgical procedures teaching laboratory with 22 stations