Facilities

The UC San Diego Medical Center is located in the community of Hillcrest, and commands a beautiful view of Mission Valley, Downtown San Diego and Mission Bay. It is the major facility of the UCSD Healthcare System and the primary teaching facility of the UCSD School of Medicine, with 440 beds and a full-time faculty in all areas of medicine. About a quarter of the rotations are spent at the UCSD Medical Center, including our Family Medicine Inpatient Service, Internal Medicine Wards, and Emergency Department. Despite its purchase from the County of San Diego by the University of California in the 1970’s, the UCSD Medical Center continues to attract a disproportionate share of under-funded patients for medical care. Our Family Medicine Inpatient Service continues its commitment to this population of patients by providing inpatient care for these patients on a regular basis throughout the year.

Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health is a 245-bed advanced medical center that opened November 20th, 2016. Its medical services include advanced surgery, cancer care, cardiac rehabilitation, clinical trials, birthing options and more. Its striking architectural design is complemented by a 150-piece Healing Arts Collection. Residents rotate here as interns on the Labor and Delivery Service and in the NICU. Our Residents also enjoy inpatient experiences at Thornton Pavilion, an additional  inpatient facility with 120 beds that is part of Jacobs Medical Center

The newest continuity location, the UC San Diego La Jolla clinic also houses our sports medicine fellows. Clinical services include care of acute problems, office procedures, and Sports medicine services to treat a wide range of musculoskeletal complaints.

4th & Lewis Clinic is about 6 blocks away from the Hillcrest hospital, an easy walk. The clinic provides care for large number of ethnically diverse patients who have complex medical problems. Faculty has a variety of interests: Pediatrics, Geriatrics; OB (one of them does C-sections), Dermatology and Practice Management.

Scripps Ranch Clinic is located in northern San Diego approximately 20 minutes north of Hillcrest Hospital and 20 minutes east of Jacobs Medical Center. The clinic provides care ethnically diverse patients. The faculty has diverse interests including OB, Sports Medicine, Dermatology, Pediatrics, and Practice Management.

Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center is a 219-bed facility serving the inpatient needs of the majority of the children of San Diego County. The state-of-the-art hospital is located about 10 minutes from the UCSD Medical Center and provides our residents with the opportunity to care for children with a variety of diseases with supervision provided by UCSD faculty and community pediatricians. In addition to Pediatric Wards, our residents also enjoy excellent rotations in the Pediatric Emergency Room and Urgent Care.

The Veteran’s Administration Hospital is located in La Jolla directly adjacent to the UCSD School of Medicine. It is a large facility with about 800 beds. Faculty, residents and medical students of the UCSD School of Medicine staff the hospital and care for its patient population. Our residents do rotations in Medical Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Behavioral Health at the VA.