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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cedars-Sinai Medical Centeris a non-profit,tertiary,915-bedteaching hospitaland multi-specialtyacademic health science centerlocated inLos Angeles,California.[1][2][3][4]Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital has a staff of over 2,000physiciansand 10,000 employees,[5][6]supported by a team of 2,000 volunteers and more than 40 community groups.[7]As of 2022–23,U.S. News & World Reportranked Cedars-Sinai among the top performing hospitals in the western United States.[8][9]Cedars-Sinai is a teaching hospital affiliate ofDavid Geffen School of Medicineat theUniversity of California, Los Angeles(UCLA), which was ranked in the top 20 on the U.S. News 2023 Best Medical Schools: Research.[10]

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Health System
View of North and South Towers of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Map
Geography
Location8700Beverly Boulevard,Los Angeles,California,United States
Coordinates34°04′31″N118°22′50″W/ 34.075198°N 118.380676°W/34.075198; -118.380676
Organization
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeTeaching
Religious affiliationJewish
Affiliated universityUCLA
PatronKaspare Cohn
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds1,120 beds
SpecialityGeneral
Helipads
HelipadFAALID:CA46
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 62 × 62 19 × 19 concrete
H2 80 × 80 24 × 24 asphalt/concrete
History
Opened1902, 1918, 1961
Links
Websitecedars-sinai.org
ListsHospitals in California

Cedars-Sinai focuses on biomedical research and technologically advanced medical education based on an interdisciplinary collaboration between physicians and clinical researchers.[11]The academic enterprise at Cedars-Sinai has research centers covering cardiovascular, genetics, gene therapy, gastroenterology, neuroscience, immunology, surgery, organ transplantation, stem cells, biomedical imaging, and cancer, with more than 500 clinical trials and 900 research projects currently underway (led by 230 principal investigators).[12][13]

Certified as alevel I trauma centerfor 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.[14]Named after theCedars of LebanonandMount Sinai,Cedars-Sinai's patient care is depicted in theJewish Contributions to Medicinemural located in the Harvey Morse Auditorium.[15]

History

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Entrance to old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, 1956
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Hollywood

Cedars of Lebanon Hospital

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Founded byJewishbusinessman Kaspare Cohn, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital was established as the Kaspare Cohn Hospital in 1902.[16][17]At the time, Cohn donated a two-story Victorian house at 1441 Carroll Avenue in theAngeleno Heightsneighborhood of Los Angeles. The hospital had just 12 beds when it opened on September 21, 1902, and its services were initially free.[17]From 1906 to 1910, Dr.Sarah Vasen,the first Jewish female doctor in Los Angeles, acted as superintendent.[18]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.[17]It gradually transformed from a charity-based hospital to a general hospital and began to charge patients.[19]In 1930, the hospital moved to 4833 Fountain Avenue, where it opened as Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, named after the religiously significantLebanon cedarstree (Cedrus libani), which were highly sought after and used to buildKing Solomon'sTemple in Jerusalem.Cedars of Lebanon Hospital could accommodate 279 patients and was large and comprehensive, with all of the components of a modern medical facility.

Mount Sinai Hospital

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Meanwhile, in 1918, theBikur CholimSociety opened a two-room hospice, the Bikur Cholim Hospice, when theGreat Influenza Pandemichit the United States of America.[19]In 1921, the hospice relocated to an eight-bed facility in Boyle Heights and was renamed Bikur Cholim Hospital.[19]On November 7, 1926, it was renamed Mount Sinai Hospital and moved to a 50-bed facility on Bonnie Beach Place in Los Angeles.[17][19]Later, in 1950, a new Mount Sinai Hospital was built on land donated by Emma and Hyman Levine at 8700 Beverly Boulevard.[17]They had purchased 3.5 acres of land and donated the property to Mount Sinai Hospital under the auspices of their foundation.[20]

Merger of Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital

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Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital merged in 1961 to form Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[21][19][22]The unification of the two hospitals was made necessary by population growth and modern medical progress. A donation of $4 million by theMax FactorFamily Foundation allowed the construction of the main hospital building, which broke ground on November 5, 1972, and opened on April 3, 1976.[23]The new hospital was designed jointly byAlbert C. Martin & AssociatesandCharles Luckman Associates.[24]The main contractor wasRobert E. McKee, Inc.[25]While the main hospital buildings were being built the Thalians Mental Health Center also designed by Martin and Luckman was being constructed. The main contractor was theDel E. Webb Corporationand the Thalians Center was completed in 1973.[26]

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.[27]TheBurns and AllenResearch Institute, named forGeorge Burnsand his wife,Gracie Allen,is located inside the Barbara and Marvin Davis Research Building.[28]Opened in 1996, it houses biomedical research aimed at discovering genetic, molecular and immunological factors that trigger disease.[29][30][31][32][33]

In 2006, Cedars-Sinai added the Saperstein Critical Care Tower with 150 ICU beds.[29]

In 2008,Cedars-Sinai served 54,947 inpatients, 350,405 outpatients, and 77,964 visits to the emergency room.[34]Cedars-Sinai received high rankings in 11 of the 16 specialties, ranking in the top 10 fordigestive disordersand in the top 25 for five other specialties as listed below.[35]

In 2013, Cedars-Sinai opened its 800,000-square-foot Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion, which consists of eight stories of program space located over a six-story parking structure, on the eastern edge of its campus at the corner of San Vicente Boulevard and Gracie Allen Drive. Designed by the architectural firmHellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum,the pavilion brings patient care and translational research together in one site. The Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion houses the Cedars-Sinai's neurosciences programs, the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Regenerative Medicine Institute laboratories, as well as outpatient surgery suites, an imaging area, and an education center.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

Rankings

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In 2022–23,U.S Newsranked Cedars-Sinai the best hospital in California (beatingUCLA Medical Centerwhich topped in 2021–22 rankings), and 2nd best in the United States (only behindMayo Clinic). Cedars-Sinai ranked as follows in adult medical specialties in the nationwideU.S. NewsBest Hospitals 2022–23 report:[45]

Specialty Ranking
Cancer 11
CardiologyandHeart Surgery 3
DiabetesandEndocrinology 12
Ear, Nose, and Throat (Otolaryngology) 3
GastroenterologyandGI surgery 2
Geriatrics 10
Nephrology Not ranked
NeurologyandNeurosurgery 7
ObstetricsandGynecology 15
Orthopedics 3
Psychiatry Not ranked
PulmonologyandLung Surgery 3
Rehabilitation Not Ranked
Rheumatology Not Ranked
Urology 3

Cedars-Sinai ranked as follows in the 2009 Los Angeles area residents' "Most Preferred Hospital for All Health Needs" ranking:[46]

Specialty Ranking
Digestive disorders 10
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery 13
Endocrinology 19
Neurology and Neurosurgery 15
Respiratory Disorders 29
Geriatrics 33
Gynecology 23
Kidney disease 20
Orthopedics 26
Urology 38

Worthmagazineselected Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute as one of the United States' Top-25 Hospitals for Cardiac Bypass Surgery.[47]

Cedars-Sinai's Gynecologic Oncology Division was named among the nation's Top 10 Clinical Centers of Excellence by Contemporary OB/GYN in 2009.[48]

Research

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Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles, Mark Goodson Building (2024)

Cedars-Sinai is one of the leading institutes for competitive research funding from the National Institutes of Health. As an international leader in biomedical research, it translates discoveries into successful treatments with global impact.[49]Cedars-Sinai investigators pair basic scientific research in areas of stem cell biology, immunology, neuroscience and genetics, with clinical and translational discoveries, to continue advancing medical breakthroughs.[49]Total research expenditure in 2020–21 was $252 million.[50]In fiscal year 2021, Cedars-Sinai received $93 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health.[51]

Some notable research areas and organized research units at Cedars-Sinai are:[52]

  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  • Biomanufacturing Center
  • Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Research Center
  • Cancer Research
  • Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
  • Center for Cardiac Arrest Prevention
  • Center for Integrated Research in Cancer and Lifestyle
  • Center for Neural Science and Medicine
  • Center for Outcomes Research and Education
  • Diabetes and Obesity Research
  • Digestive Diseases Research
  • Division of Informatics
  • Endocrinology Research
  • Genetics and Genomics Research
  • Heart Research
  • Imaging Research
  • Immunology and Infectious Diseases Research
  • Medically Associated Science and Technology
  • Neurosciences Research
  • Pulmonary Research
  • Regenerative Medicine Research
  • Surgery Research
  • Women's Health Research

Cedars-Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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TheCedars-Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences(formerly known as the Cedars-Sinai's Graduate Research Education division), established in 2008, is a graduate college at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. It offers PhD and Masters programs in Biomedical Sciences and healthcare fields.[53]There are more than 100 faculty, and over 150 enrollment; the Dean is Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP.[54]

The school offers programs at the Masters and Doctoral levels. Didactic lectures are conducted at thePacific Design Centerwhile research is conducted at the medical center, specifically at theBurns and AllenResearch Institute (named forGeorge Burnsand his wife,Gracie Allen), which is located inside the Barbara and Marvin Davis Research Building on Cedars-Sinai campus.[28]Opened in 1996, it houses biomedical research aimed at discovering genetic, molecular and immunological factors that trigger disease.[29][55][31][32][33]In 2013 new research labs were created, when Cedars-Sinai opened its 800,000-square-foot Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion, which consists of eight stories of program space located over a six-story parking structure, on the eastern edge of its campus at the corner of San Vicente Boulevard and Gracie Allen Drive. Designed by the architectural firmHellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum,the pavilion brings patient care and translational research together in one site. The Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion houses the Cedars-Sinai's neurosciences programs, the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Regenerative Medicine Institute laboratories, as well as outpatient surgery suites, an imaging area, and an education center.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

PhD Program:

  • Biomedical Sciences

Masters Programs:

  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Health Delivery Science

Professional Training Programs:

  • Postdoctoral Scientist Program
  • Clinical Scholars Program
  • Research Internship Program

Notable staff

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Notable deaths

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This was also the death place of various celebrities such as the Amazing Spider-Man creatorStan Leedied on 12th November 2018,The Notorious B.I.Gdied on 9th March 1997,Michael Clarke Duncandied on 3rd September 2012,Pop Smokedied on 19th February 2020.[63]James Darrendied on 2nd September 2024 during his sleep

Controversy

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In 2008, state regulators found that Cedars-Sinai had placed theQuaid twinsand others inimmediate jeopardyby its improper handling ofblood-thinning medication.[64]

According to articles in theLos Angeles Timesin 2009, Cedars-Sinai was under investigation for significant radiation overdoses of 206 patients duringCT brain perfusion scansduring an 18-month period.[65][66]Since the initial investigation, it was found thatGEsold several products to various medical centers with faulty radiation monitoring devices.[citation needed]

In 2011, Cedars-Sinai again created controversy by denying a liver transplant tomedical marijuanapatient Norman Smith. They removed Mr. Smith from a transplant waiting list for "non-compliance of our substance abuse contract",[67]despite his own oncologist at Cedars-Sinai having recommended that he use the marijuana for his pain and chemotherapy.[68]Dr. Steven D. Colquhoun, director of the Liver Transplant Program, said that the hospital "must consider issues of substance abuse seriously", but the transplant center did not seriously consider whether Mr. Smith was "using" marijuana versus "abusing" it.[69]In 2012, Cedars-Sinai denied a liver transplant to a second patient, Toni Trujillo, after her Cedars-Sinai doctors knew and approved of her legal use of medical marijuana. In both cases, the patients acceded to the hospital's demand and stopped using medical marijuana, despite its therapeutic benefits for them, but were both sent back to the bottom of the transplant list.[70][71]Smith's death inspiredAmericans for Safe Accessto lobby for the California Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act (AB 258), which was enacted in July 2015 to protect future patients from dying at the hands of medical establishments prejudiced against the legal use of medical cannabis.[72]

Patient data security breaches

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On June 18 through June 24, 2013, six employees were terminated for inappropriately accessing 14 patient records around the timeKim KardashianandKanye West's daughter was born at the hospital.[73]On June 23, 2014, an unencrypted employee laptop was stolen from an employee's home. The laptop contained patient Social Security numbers and patient health data.[74]

Art collection

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First developed by philanthropistsFrederick and Marcia Weisman,Cedars-Sinai's modern and contemporary art collection dates to 1976 and includes more than 4,000 original paintings, sculptures, new media installations and limited-edition prints by the likes ofAndy Warhol,Robert Rauschenberg,Richard Diebenkorn,Sam Francis,Claes Oldenburg,Willem de Kooning,Raymond PettibonandPablo Picasso.At any given time, 90 to 95 percent of the collection is on display. Nine large-scale works are located in courtyards, parking lots and public walkways throughout the approximately 30-acre campus. The collection consists entirely of gifts from donors, other institutions and occasionally the artists themselves.[75]

There is a statue of Moses in the parking lot. However thetwo tablets of the covenantthat, according to the story, Moses received atMount Sinai,are blank on the statue. This led many people to ask, "why is Moses in the parking lot?" In response, the director of community engagement, Jonathan Schreiber, has given a brief lecture explaining the history of the statues role in the hospital merger.[76]

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