Building for the Future

Scripps La Jolla has a proud past. Established by Ellen Browning Scripps on Prospect Street in the village of

La Jolla in 1924, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla originally boasted 57 hospital beds to serve the community. As the

community’s needs grew, so did Scripps La Jolla and in 1964, the hospital moved to its current Genesee Avenue location

(where it was the only building on the mesa). Today Scripps is preparing to meet the community’s future needs well into

the 21st Century by rebuilding Scripps La Jolla as a destination medical campus and a regional health care resource.

The patient-focused master plan, which spans the next 25 years, includes a new hospital, research and graduate medical education facilities, and medical offices designed to meet the needs of the San Diego region and of patients who travel here to receive world-class health care.

In an era of health care reform, collaboration is more important than ever before. The new medical campus will be the center for cardiovascular services across the Scripps system. Scripps also recently signed a 10-year comprehensive agreement with Kaiser Permanente to be the exclusive provider of cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology for Kaiser patients in San Diego County. This agreement allows Scripps to maintain its standing as the largest cardiovascular program in the region, which means health care infrastructure and expertise can be used to best serve the community.

The master plan includes replacing and enhancing existing facilities at Scripps La Jolla. Scripps has had a community plan in place for more than 20 years that allows for a total of 682 hospital beds. This plan is predicated on projected community need trends and will provide a regional campus where patients can have all their health care needs met in one place. Scripps La Jolla has 389 beds today, is expected to have the same number of beds upon the completion of the first and second hospital towers, and 531 beds upon the project’s completion in 2035. The plan has been submitted and is currently in review by the City of San Diego.

Under the plan, the existing hospital will be razed and a new hospital will be built to meet the state’s unfunded mandate, Senate Bill 1953 (1994), which requires that all acute care hospitals in California must meet heightened seismic standards through retrofitting, replacement or removal from service by 2030.

Questions? Email them to lajollainfo@scrippshealth.orgFind more information about the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Master Plan at scripps.org/lajollaplan

scripps memorial hospital la jolla 25-year master plan

S Y S T E M W I D E I M P R O V E M E N T S

The Scripps La Jolla campus master plan is part of

improvements being made throughout the Scripps Health

system. Projects include a new emergency department and critical

care building, medical office building and parking structure at

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas; the new Conrad Prebys

Emergency and Trauma Center, a new parking structure and

central energy plant at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego; the

new Scripps Proton Therapy Center and the Scripps Radiation

Therapy Center. Other facility improvements include seismic

upgrades and investment in new information technology.

A B O U T S C R I P P S

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps,

Scripps Health is a $2.3 billion nonprofit integrated health system based

in San Diego, Calif. Scripps treats a half-million patients annually through

the dedication of 2,600 affiliated physicians and 13,000 employees among

its five acute-care hospital campuses, home health care services, and an

ambulatory care network of physician offices and 23 outpatient centers

and clinics. Scripps is also at the forefront of clinical research, genomic

medicine, wireless health and graduate medical education. With three

highly respected graduate medical education programs, Scripps is a

longstanding member of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

For information about supporting the Scripps vision through

philanthropy, please contact the Scripps Health Foundation at

800-326-3776 or visit scrippshealthfoundation.org

4275 Campus Point Court, CP 10 San Diego, CA 92121 1-800-SCRIPPS•scripps.org

T I M E L I N EThe master plan for construction currently contemplated, but subject to change, will span from 2011 to 2035, creating a campus to serve for most of the 21st Century. Projected completion dates are:

2013 – Medical Office Building •The120,000-square-foot,five-storymedical

office building will house supportive programs and services, including disease education and prevention services as well as medical offices.

2014 – Central Energy Plant •Anewcentralenergyplantwillreplacethe

existing central energy plant and will provide utility services to support the new hospital.

2015 – On-campus roadway realignment •Anewon-campusentryandroadway

realignment will allow for maximum use of the 43-acre site.

2015 – Hospital Tower 1 •Theseven-story,383,000-square-foottower

will be the hub of the Scripps Cardiovascular Institute. It will feature 108 in-patient beds in private rooms, 60 intensive care beds, six state-of-art operating rooms and as many as six cardiac catheterization labs.

2015 – Medical Office Building•The175,000-square-footmedicaloffice

building is linked to the first new hospital tower to provide for integrated services between the inpatient and outpatient environments of care.

2020 – Hospital Tower 2 •Inadditiontomedicalandsurgicalpatient

rooms, the second hospital tower will house the emergency department and a regional trauma center.

2025 – Hospital Tower 3 •Migrationofhospitalin-patientserviceswill

continue to Hospital Tower 3.

2025 – Outpatient parking structure

2035 – Medical Office Building •Thismedicalofficebuildingisslatedto

be six stories and 150,000 square feet.