Doctors Medical Center

Doctors Medical Center (DMC) is a beautifully equipped, fully accredited 465-bed hospital with intensive care units for cardiac, neurology, surgery and cardiovascular care. The quality of the staff, teaching faculty and facility are excellent. DMC admits more than 12,000 patients annually and treats more than 70,000 patients in the emergency department each year. Recently, we received a 5-Star rating by HealthGrades for our Cardiac Care. In 2010, we were recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as top hospital for treating patients with cardiac conditions. US World&News featured DMC as the best hospital in Stanislaus County for cardiac care.

DMC's Womens and Childrens Center has 15 state of the art labor/delivery/recovery rooms and an excellent reputation which attracts about 4,500 deliveries per year. The Womens and Childrens Center also provides a level III Intensive Care Nursery, which has been essential for our high risk OB patients. In addition, this Center includes Perinatology, Neonatology, and Neonatal Transport Team.

Among the many specialty departments at DMC are the following:

Trauma Services

Air Med Team (air ambulance service); capabilities include medical, surgical, trauma, respiratory, obstetric/gynecology, neurology, neonate isolette and intra-aortic balloon pump. Residents with interest in the area can use elective time to fly with the Air Med Team. Trauma Surgery is kept busy by the helicopter air ambulance service bringing in cases varying from auto accidents to Yosemite climbing injuries.

Surgery

Cardiac/Open Heart, Orthopedic, Urology (including lithotripsy), General and Vascular, Neurosurgical and Trauma

Oncology

California Cancer Center as well as outpatient oncology at HSA

Neurology

Clinical Neurological Sciences Center

Additional Services Include

Home Health Agency, Hand Therapy Clinic, Radiology Department (including MRI, Spinal CT, and full invasive radiology), Laboratory, Dialysis Unit and Endoscopy Unit.