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St. Vincent Medical Center: Compassionate, High-Quality Care

St. Vincent Medical Center is a world-renowned 347-bed acute care and referral center, with a staff that includes 610 physicians, more than 1,100 associates, and nearly 200 volunteers working to assist in the care for each patient. Our specialty services include multi-organ transplantation, cardiac care, cancer care, treatment of ear and hearing disorders, and spine care. In addition, we serve our surrounding community with health outreach programs.

MULTI-ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

St. Vincent’s Multi-Organ Transplant Center (MOTC) specializes in kidney and kidney/pancreas transplantation. We are a nationally and internationally recognized facility and the first to perform a human islet-cell transplantation to treat insulin-dependent diabetics. We are also pioneers in living donor kidney transplantation. The MOTC provides preliminary patient consultations, intermediary physician communication, financial consultation and post-transplant counseling.

CANCER CARE

The primary goal of St. Vincent’s Cancer Treatment Center is to be both aggressive and compassionate in the fight to beat cancer. We offer a variety of treatment options for our patients including medical and radiation oncology, surgery and cancer vaccines. The Cancer Treatment Center is also responsible for supporting and promoting the hospital’s oncology services through cancer control programs, patient, professional, and community education, patient support services and community outreach.

HEART CARE

Since the 1950s, the St. Vincent Medical Centers has offered leading-edge interventional procedures and advanced surgical techniques. As specialists in heart care, we were the first on the West Coast to perform successful open-heart surgery and have received five-star quality ratings from HealthGrades, an award-winning resource that objectively rates more than 5,000 hospitals in the United States. We offer an excellent Cardiac Cath Lab for interventional procedures, and are committed to supporting and enhancing our heart services through comprehensive research and technology assessment, and educational and community outreach services.

TREATMENT OF EAR & HEARING DISORDERS

The House Ear and Neurosurgery Center at St. Vincent Medical Center offers expert diagnoses and advanced surgical and medical treatment for disorders relating to the ear, facial nerve, skull base, balance disorders, otolaryngaric allergy and related illnesses. This Center offers an array of treatment possibilities and is a pioneer of acoustic tumor surgery techniques, research in ear and balance disorders and multi-channel implants for adults and children.

SPINE CARE

The Los Angeles Spine Surgery Institute at St. Vincent Medical Center is revolutionizing the treatment of spinal disorders with surgical and non-surgical treatments, education and exercise programs. The Institute provides the most comprehensive care for athletes and non-athletes alike by combining the talents of a multi-disciplinary group of specialists.

CENTER FOR HEALTH & HEALING

The Center for Health & Healing (CHH) incorporates modern medicine with ancient teachings to treat body, mind and spirit. The licensed, certified practitioners treat stress-related disorders, musculoskeletal problems, smoking addiction, negative side-effects of cancer treatment, chronic pain, illness and more. The Center for Health & Healing offers acupuncture/acupressure, herbal therapy, nutritional guidance, massage therapy, yoga, and movement and relaxation therapies.

2131 W. Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90057-0092 · (213) 484-7111