Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a Los Angeles County facility, located in the city of Torrance, in the Southwestern region of the County.  Constructed in 1963, the 78 acre facility is licensed for 533 beds and 63 bassinets.

The Medical Center primarily serves the medically indigent residents of the Coastal Region of Los Angeles County, an area with a population of over two million.  The rich diversity of the patient population in age, race, and ethnicity reflects that of the surrounding communities.  The care delivered at Harbor includes a wide range of acute, ambulatory and highly specialized care.  The Medical Center is an integral part of the student-teaching, graduate and postgraduate programs of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is an 8 story hospital equipped for the care of medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric, gynecologic and psychiatric patients.  The acute unit contains 8 floors, 10 operating rooms, 8 intensive care units, several progressive care units, and a large emergency department.  Major construction is under way at Harbor-UCLA with expansion of the Operating Rooms, Emergency Department, and Intensive Care Units. The inpatient areas consist of 4-bed and 2-bed rooms.  In addition to the acute inpatient unit, the hospital complex includes a modern outpatient facility, extensive research laboratories, and the 22,000 square foot A.F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences.  A full service Medical Imaging Center offers the most up-to-date radiologic services.  In addition, the medical complex includes the Walter P. Martin Research Building, the St. John’s Cardiovascular Research Center, an NIH-sponsored Clinical Research Center, and other research laboratories for faculty investigators.