is a world famous
Hospital located in
Los Angeles .
Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in
1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables.
Cedars of Lebanon was founded on
September 21 ,
1902 , as Kaspare Cohn Hospital. In
1910 , it moved to Whittier Boulevard and then in
1930 to Fountain Avenue, where it gained the name Cedars of Lebanon.
Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables was started by the Bikur Cholim Society in
1918 , as a two-room hospice. It gained the name "Bikur Cholim Hospital in
1921 , as it was then located in a
Boyle Heights residence with only 8 beds. It changed its name to Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables in
1923 , and moved again in
1926 to a larger facility on Bonnie Beach Place. The current Beverly Boulevard site was originally purchased by Emma and Hyman Levine and donated to the hospital. The new building opened in
1955 .
Donations from the
Max Factor Family Foundation allowed the construction of the current main hospital building, which opened on
November 5 ,
1972 .
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Cedars-Sinai has over 8,000 employees and over 900 beds. In 2001, there were 77,347 visits to the emergency room.
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In Fiscal Year 2003 , Cedars-Sinai served 46,854 inpatients and 194,172 outpaitents.
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Cedars-Sinai is featured in the movie
Volcano . It is also featured in
Carl Hiassen's novel ''Basket Case''.
A robot hospital in the animated series ''
Futurama '' is called Cedars-Sinewave ("
Bendin' In The Wind ").
Cedars-Sinai is run by a Board of Directors having as many as 42 members. The Board members elect a chair, who directs the Chief Executive Officer. Current and former Board members include producer and director
Steven Spielberg , producer
Jeffrey Katzenberg , former
Los Angeles Urban League president
John Mack , William Morris Agency Chairman
Norman Brokaw , and former
Paramount Pictures president
Sherry Lansing .
Many employees are represented by
Service Employees International Union . Registered nurses voted to be represented by the
California Nurses Association in 2002, but have been engaged in a dispute with the hospital Board of Directors over recognition of the nurses' unionization vote.
The hospital's workforce is very diverse, with a majority of the registered nurses of Filipino or other Asian ethnicities.
Steve Broidy was Founding Life Chairman of the hospital.
World-renowned AIDS researcher
David Ho was a resident there.
