Alta Bates Summit Medical Center(Berkeley)

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Name :

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center(Berkeley)

Address  :

2450 Ashby Avenue

Town  :

Berkeley

State  :

California

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

94705

Phone  :

510 204 4444

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

kempc2@sutterhealth.org
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Family Practice
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematologist
  • Internal Medicine
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Paediatrics
  • Pain Management
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatrist
  • Pulmonology
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 468

Description
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center offers comprehensive services designed to meet the health care needs of the diverse communities of the greater East Bay Area

A Tertiary referral center the medical center is the East Bays largest private notforprofit medical center and an affiliate of Suffer Health

Alta Bates Summits 100 year tradition of committment and service continues today with recognition as one of the nations top hospitals for clinical excellence and patient safety


MISSION STATEMENT

quotWe enhance the health and well being of people in the communities we serve through compassion and excellencequot

History
Summit Medical Center Alta Bates Medical Center sutter health completed their affiliation process in January 2000 Both Summit and Alta Bates brought to the new organization nearly a century each of experiencecommitment and caring Both hospitals not only carried on tradition of their foundersbut they responded well to the changing needs of a diverse community and the demands of a technological era

Alta Bates originally Alta Bates Sanitarium was founded as an eightbed hospital for women and their infants in 1905 by Nurse Alta Alice Miner Bates Alta Bates has always cared for its community in times of crisis the 1906 and 1989 major earthquakes the devastating flu epidemic of 1918 and two catastrophic urban fires in 1923 and 1991 Today Alta Bates includes the Herrick Campus once known as Herrick Hospital and Health Center Alta Bates has distinguished itself particularly in the area of women and infant services cardiovascular services burn treatment cancer care bone marrow transplantation rehabilitation services and mental health

Summit Medical Center grew out of and continues the traditions begun nearly a century ago by Providence Samuel Merritt and Peralta Hospitals We are proud of that history and today continue the tradition of providing highquality accessible healthcare to those who face social and economic barriers Summit is comprised of the Merritt Pavilion the Providence Pavilion the Peralta Pavilion Samuel Merritt College and the Health Education Center

Together Alta Bates and Summit make up the East Bays largest private notforprofit medical center with three campuses two acute care hospitals birthing services and a full array of the most advanced specialty services

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center has made community healthcare a priority We are proud of our many areas of clinical excellence including cardiovascular behavioral health women and infants orthopedics rehabilitation and oncology care For nearly 100 years we have been tending to the medical needs of the greater East Bay
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