Training Facilities
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles General Medical Center is one of the largest public hospital and medical training centers in the United States and the largest single provider of healthcare in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles General Medical Center is one of the busiest public hospitals in the Western United States, with over 39,000 inpatient discharges and one million ambulatory patients visits, annually. The affiliation between the Los Angeles county medical center and the University of Southern California, dates back to 1885, five years after USC was founded. LAC+USC Medical Center's state-of-the-art 600 bed facility is a Level I trauma center and provides healthcare services for the region's medically underserved. It is the residency training center for approximately 1000 post graduate medical trainees (in all fields of medicine and surgery).
Site Clinical Rotations:
Coronary Care Unit
Cardiology Consultative Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Level 1)
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Cardiac Rehab
Echocardiography
Advanced Imaging
Nuclear Cardiology
Keck Medical Center
Keck Medical Center of USC is a tertiary academic health care system with 401 acute care and ICU beds. The hospital system includes the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the eight original comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. The medical center is a referral hub for complex cardiac care including percutaneous coronary and structural intervention, advanced cardiac surgery, heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support, and complex electrophysiologic ablation techniques. Keck Medical Center has been ranked #16 by U.S. News and World Report in the 2019-2020 Best Hospitals Honor Roll and the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery division has been ranked #11 nationally in 2019-2020. Its internationally renowned faculty care for patients, teach and conduct research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the region’s first medical school.
Site Clinical Rotations:
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Service
Mechanical Circulatory Support Service
Cardiology Consultative Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Level 2)
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Non-Invasive Imaging
Nuclear Cardiology