
UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest is the flagship academic medical center of UC San Diego Health and a leading teaching hospital affiliated with the UC San Diego School of Medicine. It provides comprehensive specialty and quaternary care to San Diego County and beyond.
Specialties include organ transplantation, cardiovascular surgery, oncology (Moores Cancer Center), neurosurgery, and complex surgical care. UCSD Hillcrest is home to a Level I Trauma Center and serves as a major referral center for difficult cases throughout Southern California and beyond.