In just four decades, UC San Diego Health Sciences has gained international recognition as the place where discoveries are delivered – bringing breakthroughs from the research bench to patients’ bedsides. UCSD Health Sciences is composed of clinical and academic entities – UC San Diego Health System, UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
UC San Diego Health System is the only academic health system in the San Diego region; its mission is to provide excellent and compassionate patient care, advance medical discoveries and educate the health care professionals of tomorrow.
In 2010, UC San Diego Health System was named one of the top 15 teaching hospitals in the country by Thomson Reuters. For the past 17 years, it has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best hospitals in the nation in multiple specialties. More than 80 UC San Diego Health System doctors were recently named by the San Diego County Medical Society as the best physicians in the region.
UC San Diego Health System is composed of UC San Diego Medical Center, Thornton Hospital, Moores Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Center, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center and Jacobs Medical Center (opening in 2016), as well as other primary and specialty practices of UC San Diego Medical Group located throughout southern California.
UC San Diego Medical Center and Thornton Hospital operate under one license with a combined licensed capacity of 548 beds; both hospitals cover four main service lines – surgery, cardiovascular, cancer, and women and infants – in addition to many other specialties. UC San Diego Medical Center houses UC San Diego Stroke Center, the area’s only Regional Burn Center, and is one of only two Level I Trauma Centers in San Diego County. It includes a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and is the only hospital-based Birth Center in the area. For more information about UC San Diego Health System, visit health.ucsd.edu.
Specialties
Cancer, Sports Medicine, Cardiovascular, Orthopedics, Surgery, Trauma Center, Women and Infants, Burn Center, Birth Center
New hires at UC San Diego Health System
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Director of Performance Excellence
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Family Health Centers of San Diego, Chief Operations Officer
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Pulmonary Function Lab Manager
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Los Angeles County - University Southern California Hospital, Senior Respiratory Care Practitioner
UC San Diego Health System Activity on LinkedIn
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UC San Diego Health System has a new Assistant III
Vicki McElheny is now Assistant III, was Community Relations Assistant at Cox Communications
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UC San Diego Health System has a new Development Assistant for Orthopaedic Surgery
Natasha Montazeri is now Development Assistant for Orthopaedic Surgery
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UC San Diego Health System has a new Fiscal/Personnel Specialist
Lisa Rhodes is now Fiscal/Personnel Specialist
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UC San Diego Health System has a new Assistant Admin Analyst
David Firestein is now Assistant Admin Analyst, was Game Advisor at GameStop
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UC San Diego Health System has a new Senior Writer, Principal Gifts
Shauna McKenna is now Senior Writer, Principal Gifts
