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partner institution of the Keck School of Medicine of USC since
1885, Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center is one of the
largest academic medical centers in the country. The medical
center also provides critical access to health services for the
region’s medically underserved.
LAC+USC Medical Center
provides a full spectrum of emergency, inpatient and outpatient
services. These include medical, surgical and emergency/trauma
services in General Hospital. Women's and Children's Hospital
provides obstetrical, gynecological, pediatric and specialized
neonatal intensive care services as well as psychiatric services
for adults, adolescents and children.
Staffed by faculty of the Keck School of Medicine, USC
physicians provide patient care, lead clinical research and
oversee the training of more than 1,000 medical residents and
medical students at the medical center.
As one of the busiest public hospitals in the western United
States, LAC+USC Medical Center records nearly 50,000 inpatient
discharges, 200,000 emergency department visits, and 1 million
ambulatory care visits each year. Although construction has
begun for a replacement hospital, the current hospital offers
745 inpatient beds.
LAC+USC is the largest single provider of health care in L.A.
County, and treats more than 28 percent of trauma victims in the
region. In addition, LAC+USC operates one of only three burn
centers in the County and one of the few Level III Neonatal
Intensive Care Units in Southern California.
Keck School faculty lead the care for half of both AIDS
patients and sickle cell anemia patients in Southern California
and provide special clinical care programs for patients with a
number of diseases including multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and
others.
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