UCLA Medical Center

Year Founded: 1955

Employees: 5,000

CEO: Dr. Michael Karpf

Licensed Beds: 668

1997

Occupancy Rate: 67.3%

Births: 1,397

Deaths: 674

Emergency Room Visits: 20,042

Surgical Operations

Inpatient: 12,408

Outpatient: 12,570

This has been a lucrative time for UCLA Medical Center. In one of the largest corporate cash gifts ever, Mattel Inc. donated more than $25 million to the hospital for the rebuilding of its Children’s Hospital. The facility is expected to have 109 beds and, once complete, will be named Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA.

Currently, two buildings house the 668-bed Medical Center and its two affiliated hospitals the 110-bed Children’s Hospital, and the 188-bed Neuropsychiatric Hospital. Later this month, plans are expected to be approved for the Medical Center’s new state-of-the art facility, which would replace its existing complex that was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

The existing UCLA Medical Center, originally opened in 1955, has a three-pronged focus patient care, medical education and research. It is especially known for its advancements in organ transplantation and artificial insemination. The hospital admits more than 300,000 patients a year, and houses more than 1,000 doctors and 3,500 nurses, technicians, therapists and supply personnel.

Karen Teitelman