Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Encyclopedia : C : CE : CED : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | ||
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| Location | Los Angeles, California | |
| Beds | 809 general, 68 psychiatric | |
| Affiliation | Private | |
| Certification | Level I | |
| Speciality | General | |
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|colspan="2"|http://www.csmc.edu/
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-famous hospital located in Los Angeles.
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HistoryCedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables.Cedars of Lebanon was founded on September 21, 1902 as Kaspare-Cohn Hospital. In 1910, it moved to Whittier Boulevard and then in 1930 to 4833 Fountain Avenue, where it was renamed Cedars of Lebanon. Foreshadowing Cedars-Sinai as "the hospital of the stars," Lebanon had a roster of famous patients: Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Cedric Hardwicke, Curly Howard, John Huston, Juliana of the Netherlands, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley. Lucille Ball gave birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. there. Judy Garland gave birth to Liza Minnelli there. Natalie Cole and Micky Dolenz were born there, as were Charles Correll's son, Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee's son, Rod Taylor's daughter, and Guy Williams's son. Gracie Allen, Darin, George Gershwin, Van Heflin, Jorge Negrete, Clifford Odets, Edna May Oliver, Alice Pearce, Jim Tully, and Clifton Webb died there. Benjamin Feingold was on the Pediatrics staff. Myron Prinzmetal worked there. Jesse Leonard Steinfeld did an internship there. Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables was started by the Bikur Cholim Society in 1918, as a two-room hospice. It was renamed Bikur Cholim Hospital in 1921 after relocating to a Boyle Heights residence. It changed its name again to Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables in 1923, and moved in 1926 to a larger facility on Bonnie Beach Place. The current Beverly Boulevard site was purchased by Emma and Hyman Levine and donated to the hospital. The new building opened in 1955. Donations from the Max Factor Family Foundation allowed the construction of the current main hospital building, which opened on November 5, 1972. [link] Current statusCedars-Sinai is California's largest private hospital with over 8,000 employees and 900 beds. In 2001, there were 77,347 visits to the emergency room. [link]. In fiscal year 2003, Cedars-Sinai served 46,854 inpatients and 194,172 outpatients. [link]\"Dumping\" controversyModern Healthcare magazine reported that Cedars-Sinai agreed to pay $40,000 to settle federal charges of "dumping" (refusing to treat low-income patients at a possible financial loss by sending them to other facilities) in 1999 without admitting to violating federal law. The hospital was again accused in 2005 of "dumping" Medi-Cal emergency room patients [link].Mentions in Fiction
 Cedars-Sinai is featured in the movie Volcano. It is also featured in Carl Hiassen's novel Basket Case. A robot hospital in the animated series Futurama is called Cedars-Sinewave ("Bendin' in the Wind"). Employees, Staff and OfficersCedars-Sinai is run by a Board of Directors having as many as 42 members. The members elect a chair, who directs the Chief Executive Officer. Current and former Board members include Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, John Mack, and Sherry Lansing.Many employees are represented by Service Employees International Union. Registered nurses voted to be represented by the California Nurses Association in 2002, but have been engaged in a dispute with the hospital Board of Directors over recognition of the nurses' unionization vote. The hospital's workforce is very diverse, with a majority of the registered nurses of Filipino or other Asian ethnicities. Famous doctorsSteve Broidy was Founding Life Chairman of the hospital. Jeremy Swan co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter while at Cedars. David Ho was a resident there.List of famous patients
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