The latest expansion to the Palomar UC San Diego Health Escondido campus brings a stand-alone, 52-bed acute rehabilitation hospital that will serve patients suffering from neuro disorders, stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and amputation. The facility was officially unveiled to the public today through a ribbon-cutting ceremony and small group tours. The Palomar UC ... Read more

Congratulations to our lab teams at Palomar UC San Diego Health Enterprise and Palomar UC San Diego Health Poway, who received national accreditation from the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) based on results of a recent on-site inspection. Palomar UC San Diego Health’s labs are one of 8,000 CAP-accredited facilities worldwide. ... Read more

The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) has awarded the Poway Birth Center with two Quality and Engagement Awards. The Birth Center was one of only 18 hospitals to receive the “Super Star Award” in the small birth volume category for exhibiting high levels of engagement in the Maternal Data Center. The Birth Center also ... Read more

Patients at Palomar Medical Centers in Poway and Escondido saved the lives of 31 people last year by donating their organs, eyes and tissue through the organ registry program. To bring awareness to the opportunity to save lives, Palomar UC San Diego Health staff held a short ceremony recognizing National Donate Life Month and raised ... Read more

If he didn’t respect his mother’s wishes so much, he probably would have ended up organizing tours in a Nepali forest or expeditions in the Himalayan mountains instead of saving lives in an Intensive Care Unit. Palomar UC San Diego Health Escondido Chief of Medical Staff Elect Kanchan Koirala, M.D., has worked as a critical ... Read more