Cedars-Sinai is a nonprofit academic healthcare organisation that combines clinical care, research and education. Founded in 1902 and based in Los Angeles, California, it is the largest nonprofit hospital in the western United States and one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centres in the country. Its clinical programmes range from primary care to specialised treatment of rare, complex and advanced illnesses, with particular standing in heart disease, cancer and brain disorders. The organisation operates 915 licensed beds and employs 2,993 physicians, more than 4,700 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff.
Research at Cedars-Sinai spans artificial intelligence research, biomedical and translational science, cardiac stem cell research, minimally invasive surgical techniques, targeted cancer drug discovery, and work on heart disease, cancer and brain disorders. The institution has a record of pioneering achievements in areas including cardiac stem cells, minimally invasive surgery and precision cancer drugs.
Through Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University, the organisation offers PhD programmes in biomedical and translational science as well as in artificial intelligence research, linking its research agenda to graduate training. Cedars-Sinai serves a diverse Los Angeles community and is internationally renowned, with a stated mission of transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients.
