MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (LBMC), formerly known as Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, is a

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. It is the flagship hospital of the MemorialCare Health System. The hospital is accredited by the

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. Long Beach Memorial is one of only 3 hospitals in California with a 320 Slice CT Scanner and preventive technology and programs such as the Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscope (ENB) and the Division of Interventional Neuroradiology. The hospital includes facilities such as the MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute, the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute, the MemorialCare Rehabilitation Institute, the MemorialCare Orthopedic Institute, the MemorialCare Neuroscience Institute, MemorialCare Joint Replacement Center, Stroke Program and the Emergency Department and Trauma Center. Miller Children's Hospital is located on the campus of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.

History

Long Beach Memorial was first established as Seaside Hospital in 1907, co-founded by

Fanny Bixby Spencer Fanny Weston Bixby Spencer (November 6, 1879 - April 30, 1930), also referred to as Fanny Bixby was an American philanthropist and antiwar writer. She joined the fledgling Long Beach police force in January 1908, making her one of the country's ea ...

and Dr. A.C. Sellery. Seaside Memorial Hospital was incorporated on June 23, 1937. In 1960, the hospital moved to its present location; Seaside Park now occupies the original site. In April 2012, Susan Melvin,

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, clinical professor at UCI-School of Medicine and

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, assumed the position of Chief Medical Officer.

Rankings and awards

The hospital first received Magnet designation by the

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(ANCC) in 2013 and again in 2018. In the 2017 report card from the Leapfrog Group, an employer-backed nonprofit group focused on health care quality, Long Beach Memorial received a B. In the 2017 ''U.S. News & World Report'' nation's best hospital rankings, Long Beach Memorial is ranked 7th in Los Angeles County.

Union

Registered Nurses of LBMMC have been represented by the

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since 2001, a labor union and professional nurses association.

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External links

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center official siteThis hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
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