Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

PROVIDING QUALITY HEALTHCARE IS OUR PRIORITY. WE ALSO IMPROVE HEALTH THROUGH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS.

CLINICAL CARE:CEDARS-SINAI IS A NONPROFIT ACADEMIC HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION SERVING THE DIVERSE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. WITH PIONEERING MEDICAL RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEFINING THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE, AND WIDE-RANGING COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES, CEDARS-SINAI IS SETTING NEW STANDARDS FOR QUALITY AND INNOVATION INPATIENT CARE.(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)(CONTINUED)IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER REPORTED 270,700 INPATIENT DAYS (APPROXIMATELY 740 PER DAY), AND 886,835 OUTPATIENT VISITS. THERE WERE 44,882 INPATIENT ADMISSIONS, AND 80,317 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. CEDARS-SINAI'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SERVES THE ENTIRE REGION AS ONE OF ONLY FOUR REMAINING LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (AND THE ONLY ONE NOT OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT), WITH STAFFING AND TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT THE MOST SEVERELY INJURED ACCIDENT AND NATURAL DISASTER VICTIMS. AS ONE OF THE LARGEST ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, CEDARS-SINAI PROVIDES MANY HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SERVICES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT MOST OTHER HOSPITALS, AND WHICH REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERT STAFFING. FOR EXAMPLE, IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, CEDARS-SINAI PERFORMED 130 HEART TRANSPLANTS, AMONG THE MOST OF ANY HOSPITAL IN THE WORLD. PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART DISEASE COME TO CEDARS-SINAI BECAUSE OF THE EXPERTISE OF ITS CARDIOLOGISTS AND CARDIAC SURGEONS, AND BECAUSE CEDARS-SINAI HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO OFFER HEART TRANSPLANTS AS WELL AS NEWER TECHNOLOGIES TO TREAT ADVANCED HEART DISEASE. CEDARS-SINAI'S SERVICES FOR CANCER PATIENTS ARE SIMILARLY BROAD IN SCOPE AND SIZE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, CEDARS-SINAI CANCER SERVED 8,103 INPATIENTS AND 368,414 OUTPATIENTS AND DELIVERED 53,011 INFUSIONS.CEDARS-SINAI IS COMBATING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITH GRIT, EXPERTISE AND COMMITMENT. CEDARS-SINAI'S CLINICIANS, LEADERSHIP, DONORS, PATIENTS AND PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS BANDED TOGETHER TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO WERE ILL, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DISEASE AND ITS WIDE-RANGING EFFECTS, AND SERVE THE NEIGHBORS IN NEED. TO ASSIST PATIENTS EXPERIENCING ONGOING COVID-19 SYMPTOMS, CEDARS-SINAI LAUNCHED THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY COVID-19 RECOVERY PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF EACH PATIENT AND CONNECTS THEM TO APPROPRIATE SPECIALTY CARE, INCLUDING CARDIOLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, AND PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION. THE PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CEDARS-SINAI RESEARCHERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PATIENTS WHO SUFFER DEBILITATING EFFECTS FOR MONTHS FOLLOWING THEIR INFECTION. MORE THAN 1,000 PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM COVID-19 HAVE BEEN SERVED SO FAR. THE PROGRAM WAS HONORED AS THE 2021 "BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE" BY THE LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL.

RESEARCH:CEDARS-SINAI SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIAN-RESEARCHERS WERE ENGAGED IN MORE THAN 2,300 ACTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND 759 CLINICAL TRIALS AIMED AT ADVANCING NEW TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HEART DISEASE, BRAIN DISORDERS, CANCERS AND INNUMERABLE OTHER CONDITIONS. CEDARS-SINAI IS ALSO PIONEERING RESEARCH THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. CEDARS-SINAI PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS PUBLISHED OVER 2,700 FACULTY PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)(CONTINUED)WHILE SOME OF THESE RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE FUNDED IN PART OR IN WHOLE BY FUNDS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH OR OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, MANY ARE FUNDED BY CEDARS-SINAI, ESPECIALLY SEED GRANTS TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE NEW RESEARCH. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, CEDARS-SINAI PROVIDED $103,307,330 TOWARD RESEARCH PROJECTS, WHILE NIH AND OTHER GRANTS PROVIDED $152,569,623.IN CEDARS-SINAI LABORATORIES AND CLINICS, INVESTIGATORS DEVELOP AND TEST NEW IDEAS, EXPLORE THE GENETIC UNDERPINNINGS OF DISEASE, REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF STEM CELLS, LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY, AND ASSESS HOW GENDER AND METABOLISM AFFECT HEALTH. CEDARS-SINAI PUSHES FORWARD THE FRONTIERS OF BIOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE TO PIONEER PRECISION THERAPIES, NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS AND SOPHISTICATED NEW SURGICAL TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WORLDWIDE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, FOR EXAMPLE, CEDARS-SINAI HAD MORE THAN 100 ACTIVE COVID-19 RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDERWAY TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE CORONAVIRUS AND FIND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS.

TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS:FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE CLINIC, FROM HIGH SCHOOLERS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS, CEDARS-SINAI IS AN EPICENTER OF EDUCATION, MENTORING AND INSPIRATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FUTURE LEADERS. CEDARS-SINAI'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION IS KEY TO ENSURING A LEGACY OF HIGH-QUALITY SCIENCE AND PATIENT CARE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, CEDARS-SINAI'S NET COST OF PROVIDING THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS WAS $101,684,971.(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)(CONTINUED)619 MEDICAL STUDENTS WERE IN CLINICAL TEACHING ROTATIONS IN NEARLY 100 SPECIALTY AND SUBSPECIALTY AREAS AT CEDARS-SINAI IN FISCAL YEAR 2021. AT ITS NINTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT, THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AWARDED 17 DOCTORAL AND 33 MASTER'S DEGREES.