Founded in 1888, this 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 than18,000 patients, 38,000 emergency department visits, and 2,500 births, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is renowned for its comprehensive maternal-child and pediatric services (Cottage Children's Hospital), cardiac, neurosurgical, and oncology programs, a level II trauma center, and outpatient services that include sophisticated diagnostic radiology, outpatient surgery, psychiatric and chemical dependency services, and a comprehensive 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.

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