The list below features brief descriptions of San Diego's
excellent hospitals and specialty medical facilities. Most of them have physical
referral services, radiology, physical therapy, home health care and patient
education. As is the case in other major metropolitan areas, the health care
industry in San Diego has undergone a series of consolidations, acquisitions,
Specific services offered at each hospital may vary from the information
presented below due to partnerships and changes in facilities over the last
several years.
Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
6655 Alvarado Rd., San Diego (619) 287-270
This 231-bed acute-care hospital serves central and eastern San Diego County.
Services
include: intensive and critical care units, obstetrics, emergency care, laser
surgery, orthopedics, oncology, reproductive medicine and ambulatory surgery.
Fallbrook Hospital
624 East Elder St., Fallbrook (760) 728-1191
Fallbrook
Hospital is a smaller community hospital that serves north inland San Diego
County. This 146-bed general and acute-care facility is a part of the Community
Health System (Brentwood, TN). Services include: emergency room care, outpatient
surgery and cardiac rehabilitation.
Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic
10666 North Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla (858) 455-9100
Established in 1977, Green Hospital is located on Torrey Pines Mesa. This 173
bed hospital has a staff of more than 800. Its Anderson Outpatient Pavilion
offers outpatient services.
Services
include: intensive and critical care units, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatric
care, pediatric services, physical therapy, geriatric services, oncology, urgent
care, arthritis treatment, audiology, epilepsy surgery, insomnia treatment, in
vitro fertilization, organ and bone marrow transplantation, osteoporosis
program, heart, lung and vascular center.
Grossmont Hospital
5555 Grossmont Center Dr., La Mesa (619) 465-0711
With 450
beds, Grossmont Hospital is the largest health care provider in East County.
Part of the Sharp HealthCare program, this medical center serves more than
467,000 residents in its 750-square-mile service radius. Its David and Donna
Long Center for Cancer
treatment and Cardiovascular Diagnosis is an outpatient center providing day
treatment and diagnostic services and was the first of its kind in San Diego
County.
Services
include: hyperbaric medicine, total joint replacement, wound care, sleep
disorders, cardiovascular institute with chest pain center, senior resource
center, outpatient surgery center and transitional care unit.
Kaiser
Permanente San Diego Medical Center
4647 Zion
Ave., San Diego (619) 528-5000 Kaiser Permanente is one of the major health care
networks in the San Diego area. This 928-bed medical center, along with its 18
regional clinics and outpatient facilities, provides general and acute medical
care. Services include: special care nursery, cancer registry and oncology,
hospice, pediatrics, general surgery, nuclear medicine, orthopedics, intensive
care unit, urgent and emergency care and geriatric services.
Mary
Birch Hospital for Women
3003 Health Center Dr., San Diego (858) 541-3400
This 169-bed hospital is the largest medical center dedicated exclusively to
women's health care in San Diego County. The hospital delivers more babies than
any other hospital in California.
Services
include: twenty-two labor, delivery and recovery rooms and 61 bed neonatal
intensive care unit.
Mission
Bay Hospital
3030 Bunker Hill St., San Diego (858) 274-7721 Mission Bay
Hospital is a 128-bed medical/surgical facility
that serves
the beach
and Clairemont communities.
Services
include: intensive care unit, 24-hour emergency care, senior behavioral health,
physical therapy, geriatric services and wound care.
Palomar
Medical Center
555 East Valley Pkwy., Escondido (760) 739-3000
A
full-service 299-bed facility, Palomar Medical Center serves the inland area. It
boasts North County's only designated Level I trauma center and sleep lab, a
24-hour emergency department and the area's
finest cardiac,
oncology and
general/medical/surgical services. Its Birth Center provides mothers a
home like environment during labor, delivery and recovery.
Services
include: newly redesigned pediatric unit, Level II neonatal intensive care unit,
wound care, orthopedics, hospice and continuing care, mental health unit, sleep
disorders unit, home health care and outpatient surgery through the Escondido
Surgery Center.
Paradise Valley Hospital
2400 East Fourth St., National City (619) 470-4321
This 236-bed nonprofit acute-care community hospital is owned and operated by
Adventist Health and is home to the South Bay Rehabilitation Center and West
Health Care.
Services
include: intensive care, 24-hour emergency services, oncology, obstetrics,
pediatrics, senior and family health centers and outpatient surgery.
Pomerado Hospital
15615 Pomerado Rd., Poway (858) 485-6511 Pomerado Hospital
is one of the few medical centers in California to offer private rooms at
semi-private rates. Pomerado
started the first Sexual Assault
Response Team (SART) program in San Diego County. This Ill-bed facility is home
to a family-friendly Birth Center, Level II neonatal intensive care unit and,
through Villa Pomerado, offers long-term convalescent care.
Services
include: obstetrics and women's services, oncology, cardiology, behavioral
health services, ophthalmology, wound care, outpatient surgery and chemical
dependency treatment.
Scripps
Memorial Hospital Chula Vista
435 H St., Chula Vista (619) 691-7000 As a
159-bed facility, Scripps Memorial Hospital Chula Vista serves Chula Vista
residents and surrounding southern San Diego County residents.
Services
include: intensive care unit, critical care unit, obstetrics/gynecology,
emergency care, oncology, comprehensive outpatient center, diabetes
education program and neonatal intensive care unit.
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
354 Santa Fe Dr., Encinitas (760) 7546501 The 109-bed Scripps
Memorial Hospital Encinitas is on the coast of San Diego's North County. The
hospital is best
known for
its Women's
Health Pavilion Birthing
Suites and 32-bed rehabilitation center.
Services include: intensive care unit, critical care unit,
obstetrics/gynecology, emergency care and cancer
treatment.
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