Keck Hospital of USC

The Keck Hospital of USC, formerly USC University Hospital, is a private teaching hospital of the University of Southern California (USC). The hospital is part of the USC Keck School of Medicine. They are located on the USC Health Sciences Campus, which is adjacent to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, east of Downtown Los Angeles.[2]

Keck Hospital of USC
Keck Medical Center of USC
Geography
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Organization
Care systemPrivate
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Southern California
Services
Beds411 as of 2009 [1]
History
Opened1991[1]
Links
Websitewww.keckmedicine.org
ListsHospitals in California

In 2019, the Keck Hospital of USC was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the 16th-best hospital out of more than 6,000 medical centers in the United States, and fourth in the West Coast after the Stanford University Medical Center.[3]

History

It was started by National Medical Enterprises (later renamed Tenet Healthcare). Tenet Healthcare sold the hospital and a cancer center to USC in 2009 for $275 million after three years of litigation between the parties.[1]

References
  1. Girion, Lisa (2009-02-11). "USC buys 2 disputed hospitals on campus". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. "Our Hospitals and Clinic Locations". Keck Medicine of USC. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. "2019-20 Best Hospitals Honor Roll and Medical Specialties Rankings". Health.usnews.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.



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