About the Medical Center
About Us
UCLA West Valley Medical Center, formerly West Hills Hospital, joined UCLA Health in March 2024, expanding access to world-class care for residents of the San Fernando Valley and beyond. Located on a 14-acre campus, this 260-bed community hospital strengthens UCLA Health’s commitment to providing exceptional, high-quality care, closer to home.
As a fully integrated part of UCLA Health, UCLA West Valley Medical Center upholds the highest standards in clinical excellence and patient-centered service. Through myUCLAhealth, the secure electronic health record system, patients and providers can easily stay connected across UCLA Health locations.
World-Class Patient Care
UCLA West Valley Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, delivered with compassion, convenience and clinical expertise. It includes an expansive emergency department (ED), which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is the only UCLA Health hospital with a dedicated Burn Center, one of the only burn programs in the region offering both inpatient and outpatient care.
To support critically injured patients, the hospital features an on-site helipad atop the emergency department for rapid transport. The emergency department is a STEMI receiving center and is pediatric certified.
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Key Hospital Features
- 24/7 emergency services
- On-site helipad for critical transport
- UCLA Health Regional Burn Center provides the highest level of burn care available for adults and children, including two dedicated hyperbaric oxygen chambers for burn injury treatment.
- Full range of diagnostic and interventional cardiology services, including rhythm management, echocardiography, vascular sonography, EKG and electrophysiology
- Integrated electronic health record system (myUCLAhealth)
- 24/7 UCLA Health Transfer Center for streamlined access to care
Floor-By-Floor
The 1st floor features the main lobby and patient admitting area, along with a café for visitors and staff. It also houses the emergency department, gastrointestinal (GI) lab and business offices.
The 2nd floor houses critical and surgical services. This includes the intensive care unit (ICU), the dedicated burn ICU, radiology and imaging services, the hospital’s main operating rooms (ORs), cardiac catheterization labs, and the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).
The 3rd floor features same-day surgery services, providing pre- and post-operative care for patients undergoing outpatient procedures.
The 4th floor is home to the UCLA Health Regional Burn Center, which includes 27 inpatient beds, a hydrotherapy room and two hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers. This floor also includes the orthopedic inpatient unit.
The 5th floor includes general medical-surgical and telemetry inpatient units, supporting patients who require continuous monitoring and routine hospital care.
The 6th floor houses additional inpatient units, including cardiac telemetry units for patients who need advanced heart monitoring and specialized cardiovascular care.
By the Numbers
- 14-acre campus with room for future expansion
- 260 licensed beds
- 30 emergency treatment rooms
- 63,000 annual emergency department visits
- 33 intensive care beds, including 25 ICU and 8 burn ICU beds
- 7 operating rooms, plus 1 cardiac OR and 1 cystology suite
- 2 inpatient hyperbaric oxygen chambers and 2 hydrotherapy rooms for burn treatment
- 2 state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs
- 90 telemetry beds with central monitoring
- 1st Accredited Chest Pain Center in Los Angeles County
- Ranked in the top 10% nationally for heart attack treatment response time
Hospital Leadership
Johnese Spisso, MPA
President, UCLA Health
CEO, UCLA Hospital System
Donald David, MD
Chief Medical Executive, UCLA West Valley Medical Center
Dave Morgan
Chief Operating Officer, UCLA West Valley Medical Center
Coleen Wilson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer, UCLA West Valley Medical Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Nursing