Entrance to old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, 1956
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a hospital located in Los Angeles, California, USA.
History
From 1906 to 1910, Dr. Sarah Vasen, the first woman doctor in Los Angeles acted as superintendent of what was then the Kaspare Cohn Hospital.[1]
In 1910, it moved to Whittier Boulevard and then in 1930 to 4833 Fountain Avenue, where it was renamed Cedars of Lebanon after the religiously significant Lebanon Cedar, used to build King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in the Bible. Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Hospitals merged in 1961 to form Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. [2]
Donations from the Max Factor Family Foundation allowed the construction of the current main hospital building, which opened on November 5, 1972.[3]
Current status
In 2001, there were 77,347 visits to the emergency room.[4] In fiscal year 2003[update], Cedars-Sinai served 46,854 inpatients and 194,172 outpatients.[5] In 2007, Cedars-Sinai was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the 17th-best hospital out of 5,462 medical centers in the United States. As a medical center in the Los Angeles area, it has a known past of competing with UCLA the city's foremost medical center. UCLA is ranked 3rd in the nation. [6] It received high rankings in ten of the sixteen specialties, ranking in the top 10 for digestive disorders and in the top 25 for eight other specialties as listed below.[7]:
Cedars-Sinai lists many celebrities as patients in its history. Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, Christopher George, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Dolla, River Pheonix, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Andy Kaufman, Britney Spears, Julia Roberts, Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Wentz, Jonathan Brandis, Nicole Richie, Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Owen Wilson, Isabel Sanford, and rappers Eazy E, Kanye West, The Notorious B.I.G., among many others, have received treatment there over the years.
Famous doctors
Jeremy Swan co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter together with Willie Ganz while at Cedars.[1] David Ho was a resident there when he encountered some of the first cases of what was later labelled AIDS.[2]
Dr. Keith Black is a world famous neurosurgeon, who is best known for treating otherwise inoperable brain tumors.
Dr. Steven Shapiro and Dr. Leo Gordon have received renown for treatment of gastro-intenstinal disorders. Cedars-Sinai ranks #8 in hospitals in the United States for gastroenterology.
Famous Celebrities
Frank Sinatra died at 10:50 pm on May 14, 1998 at Cedars, he was 82.
Sheri Lewis had under went treatment at Cedars on August 2, 1998, but had died at the age of 65 after developing viral pneumonia.
Andy Hallett died Sunday, March 29, 2009, at Cedars in Los Angeles after having problems breathing. Brady says he has battled the heart condition for the past five years. He was 33.
Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Nicole Richie, Halle Berry, Cobie Smulders, Jessica Alba & Lisa Leslie had given birth to their first children here.
Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly's newborn twins had each been given an accidental overdose, about 1,000 times the normal dosage, of the blood thinner Heparin by the staff of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and the survival of the babies was in question.
Jacques Stambouli's three children were all born at Cedar's Sinai.
Jonathan Brandis was brought to Cedars and was pronounced dead on November 12, 2003 at about 2:45 p.m. He hanged himself at his apartment and died from his injuries.[8]
Barry White visited Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was treated after a stroke. On July 4, 2003, he died after suffering from renal failure.
Eazy-E died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from AIDS on March 26, 1995.
KTLA News Anchorman Larry McCormick was treated for complications of cancer. He died at age 71.
The Notorious B.I.G was brought to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on March 8, 1997, after being shot in a drive-by shooting. He was pronounced dead at 1:15 AM the next day.
Michael Jackson first child Prince Michael Jackson or Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. was bore here by Debbie Rowe
The hospital was also a continuous set used for hospital scenes on Beverly Hills, 90210 during its ten year run.
Current Campaign
Cedars-Sinai's current fund-raising campaign, discovering for life, aims at raising $350 million to fuel lifesaving research.
References
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