Founded in 1888, this 408-bed acute care teaching hospital – the largest of its kind between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area – is committed to patient safety and providing the highest quality health care to the growing communities of greater Santa Barbara.
With annual admissions of more than 19,000 patients, 40,000 emergency department visits, and 2,800 births, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is renowned for its comprehensive maternal-child services and Cottage Children's Hospital, cardiac, neurosurgical, and oncology programs, a level II trauma center, Cottage Residential Center, and outpatient services that include the Cottage Center for Advanced Imaging, outpatient surgery, psychiatric and chemical dependency services, and the MacDougall Eye Center.
Its medical staff of more than 600 includes specialists in all major clinical areas, many of whom are involved in the training and education of new physicians in the hospital's internal medicine, general surgery and radiology residency programs.