Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a teaching and research hospital located in Los Angeles, California. The hospital is involved in research in areas such as genetics, cancer and neuroscience. Many celebrities have used their medical services.Hoover's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Company Description

1. Organ transplantationCedars-Sinai Medical Center: Excellence in Care Provided to Transplant ...
2. Stroke careCedars-Sinai Medical Center: Measuring the Quality of Care Given to Stroke Patients at Cedars-Sinai
3. Neonatal intensive care unitCedars-Sinai Medical Center: Neonatal Intensive Care at Cedars-Sinai
4. Lung cancer treatmentCedars-Sinai Medical Center: Measuring the Quality of Lung Cancer Treatment at Cedars-Sinai
5. Inpatient rehabilitationCedars-Sinai Medical Center: Quality of Care at Cedars-Sinai's Specialized Clinical Areas

1. 1902: Received its start as Kaspare Cohn Hospital, when the Los Angeles Jewish community had concerns about the growing health needs in the area.
2. 1910: Moved and was renamed Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
3. 1961: Known as the Los Angeles Jewish Medical Center
4. 1972: Started construction on a new medical center with a $4 million gift from the foundation of the Max Factor family.
5. April 3, 1976: First patients were admitted to the new Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Today Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has become known for its excellence in patient care and is one of the largest non profit hospitals in the western U.SCedars-Sinai Medical Center: Historical Perspective

While in the hospital in 2007, Dennis Quaid's twins survived a near fatal drug overdose of the blood thinner Heparin. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was fined $25,000. The Quaids have also filed a lawsuit against Baxter Healthcare Corp., the maker of Heparin.MSNNBC: Overdose Reportedly Sickens Quaid Twins (November 21, 2007) Huffington Post: LA Hospital Fined For Quaid Twins Overdose (March 21, 2008)