LAC+USC is now Los Angeles General Medical
Center! New name. New look. Always World-Class Care. Jorge Orozco is Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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Los Angeles, CA
90033
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Founded in 1878, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical center is one of the nation’s largest academic medical training institutions. For more than a century, the medical center has enjoyed a successful partnership with the University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine, serving the Southern California Region.
The Los Angeles County General Hospital and the University of Southern California Medical School were first affiliated in 1885, five years after USC was founded. It was originally established as a 100-bed hospital with 47 patients and has trained thousands of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals.
The Medical Centers history began as families from the East Coast and Midwest came to Southern California, and the population surged. New communities of immigrantsformed outside the city limits of Los Angeles and high rates of infant mortality and infectious disease were reported in the media. The growing rates of infectious diseases contributed to Los Angeles County’s decision to build a new facility in the 1920s. The Los Angeles County General Hospital opened in December 1933. Its size was 1 million square feet, and its cost was $12 million. Its art-deco construction earned it the nickname the Great Stone Mother and had 1359 licensed beds. Infectious diseasesinfluenced the design of the new facility, with its verticalstacks of wards separated by stairwells and elevators to reduce the flow of patients, visitors, and staff, and the spread of infectious agents. As infectious diseases subsided, the hospital was converted to provide general acute care and specialty care.
In 1942, the capacity of the county hospital was expanded to nearly 3800 beds to accommodate injured military personnel returning from World War II. Postwar population growth in Los Angeles County and suburbanization had a profound impact on Los Angeles and its health care system. These communities were thriving, with industries, jobs, and neighborhoods with single-family dwellings. During the postwar population surge of the 1950s, industries, jobs, and money followed the mostly White families to the growing suburban communities. The 2051 MARENGO STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90033 OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS previously prospering central and east Los Angeles communities became home to a growing number of low-income families who were predominantly black and latino. By the 1960s, the hospital had become a medical complex that included the General Hospital, the Pediatric Pavilion, the Psychiatric Hospital, and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. It was renamed the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center in 1978.
