Our Vision, Mission and Values are statements of who we are, who we plan to be, and how we relate to and support each other in the delivery of quality health care to our patients.

Vision: To be the center of an integrated, regional health care delivery system, which excels in patient-centered care, medical education, and research.

Mission : To provide high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care through leadership in medical practice, education, and research. Services are provided through an integrated health care delivery system to residents of Los Angeles County regardless of ability to pay.

Values:

We are a community that cares about people and their health.

Each of us is a leader as well as a team player in our campus community.

Community means caring, belonging, trusting and sharing pride in our achievements.

All members choose to be active learners, listeners and innovators.

Recognition and commitment to excellence are values we cherish.

Energy is focused on patient care, education and research.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, approximately six miles from the Pacific Ocean. Harbor-UCLA is a public teaching hospital that is well known for its academic excellence and commitment to disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles. The hospital is funded by the County of Los Angeles and serves as one of the main teaching hospitals for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Harbor-UCLA supports 35 residencies including Surgery, Medicine, Transition Year, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Neurology, Pathology, Radiology, Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, OMFS, and Emergency Medicine. There are 450 residents in the Harbor-UCLA specialty and subspecialty residency programs, 240 full-time faculty, and over 800 clinical/volunteer faculty.

The main hospital is an eight-story building containing 556 licensed available beds. It contains Medical and Surgical Wards (348 beds), Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units (44 beds), Renal Transplant Intensive Care Unit (6 beds), Coronary Care Unit (6 beds), Acute Respiratory Unit (6 beds), Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (18 beds), Perinatal Nursery (55 beds), Pediatrics Ward (34 beds), and Psychiatry Inpatient Wards (39 beds).

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center provides extensive outpatient and diagnostic care as well. The Edward J. Foley Primary Care and Diagnostic Center (PCDC) is a 53,000 sq ft, three-level clinical care facility housing General Internal Medicine clinics, Medicine Specialty Clinics, Community Health Plan Clinics, the Urgent Ambulatory Care Clinic, and areas for outpatient diagnostic procedures and outpatient surgery. The PCDC also houses the cardiac catheterization facilities.

The A.F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences is a full-service library that has over 27,000 books, 30,000 bound journals and receives over 800 subscription periodicals. The library also houses audiovisual programs, computers, literature search capability and audiovisual equipment and provides free photocopying to house staff and faculty. All house staff and faculty also have full access to thousands of online journals, textbooks, and academic resources.

The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center comprises 120,000 square feet of active research space. The Institute has 250 investigators, over 1000 employees, and an annual research budget of $60 million. It is one of the largest independent research centers in California and one of the top 15 in the United States. It conducts biomedical research, provides education and training of scientists, and provides a variety of community services such as nutritional assistance, childhood immunization, anti-violence programs and various disease education initiatives. Today, nearly 1,000 research projects and clinical trials are being conducted at LA BioMed, advancing scientific understanding in order to improve medical outcomes and promote innovation in such areas as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infectious diseases, vaccine research, autoimmune disorders, inherited disorders, male contraception, developmental disorders, various aspects of women's health, and pediatric health problems.