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California Pacific Medical Center

California Pacific Medical Center is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in California and a Sutter Health affiliate. Exceptional patient care is combined with medical and nursing education as well as research. In addition to primary and acute care, the Medical Center is recognized as a regional referral center providing access to advanced medicine to communities throughout California.

California Pacific is comprised of the four oldest hospitals in San Francisco. The Davies Campus, formerly Davies Medical Center, was founded in 1852 to help San Francisco’s German-speaking immigrants find work, shelter, food, clothing and health care. The Pacific Campus was founded in 1857 as the West’s first medical school. The St. Luke’s Campus was founded in 1871 by the Episcopalian Church and the California campus was founded in 1875 as the Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children, a hospital run by women, for women.

California Pacific Medical Center 2009 statistics:

CPMC Medical Staff: 1,023
St. Luke's Medical Staff: 171
Outpatient Visits: 496,297
Acute Care Cases: 29,519
Births: 6,821
Emergency Department Visits: 74,165
Employees: 6,990
Volunteers: 1,233

Some of California Pacific Medical Center's most widely recognized clinical, research and community programs include:

• California Pacific Medical Center Foundation
• California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
• Child Development Center
• Coming Home Hospice
• Community Health Programs Department
• Community Health Resource Center
• Forbes Norris MDA/ALDS Research & Treatment Center
• Institute for Health & Healing
• Irene Swindells Alzheimer's Residential Care Center
• Microsurgical and Limb Salvage Services
• Organ Transplantation
• Pacific Vision Foundation
• Pediatric Specialty Services
• Rehabilitation Services
• Women & Children Center
• Whitney Newborn ICU Follow-Up Clinic