Cedars-Sinai is the largest nonprofit hospital in the western United States, and is internationally renowned for its patient care and physician roster. It is centrally located and has 24-hour emergency service.

Founded in 1901, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles began with four beds in a converted private home. Today, it is affiliated with the University of Southern California School of Medicine, and has become a world resource for advanced pediatric care.

The 314-bed nonprofit hospital receives 180,000 visits per year from patients ranging in age from newborn to 18. Through its multidisciplinary leadership in pediatric and adolescent medicine, CHLA has been a pioneer in "family-centered care," including support services for parents and siblings.

Every year since beginning its annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue in 1990, U.S. News & World Report magazine has listed Childrens Hospital Los Angeles among the country's top five pediatric facilities (or first in all but three eastern states). The CHLA medical staff is composed of 350 community physicians and more than 250 hospital-based doctors who are members of the University Childrens Medical Group (UCMG), the largest pediatric multispecialty medical group in the United States. They routinely top the "best doctors" rankings of various periodicals and books.

Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center is a 387-bed, acute-care hospital located on two campuses in the San Fernando Valley.

The hospitals house the San Fernando Valley Heart Institute, the San Fernando Valley Orthopedic Institute, the San Fernando Valley Women's Center, the Women's Pavilion & Resource Center, the Diabetes Care Center, and the Center for Integrative Medicine.

Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center is a 387-bed, acute-care hospital located on two campuses in the San Fernando Valley.

The hospitals house the San Fernando Valley Heart Institute, the San Fernando Valley Orthopedic Institute, the San Fernando Valley Women's Center, the Women's Pavilion & Resource Center, the Diabetes Care Center, and the Center for Integrative Medicine.

Healthy Families offers low cost insurance for children and teens, extending health, dental, and vision coverage to children who do not have insurance and do not qualify for free Medi-Cal.

Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a non-profit, community-based organization that serves the San Fernando Valley from two hospital locations - Roscoe Boulevard Campus in Northridge and the Sherman Way Campus in Van Nuys. Both campuses provide 24-hour-a-day behavioral health crisis response services.

Roscoe Boulevard Campus began serving the San Fernando Valley in 1955; today it is a major primary and specialty care facility with 426 beds and a life-saving trauma unit. The hospital provides complete surgical, medical, pediatric and obstetrical care including perinatology and neonatology, as well as specialized heart surgery capabilities, acute rehabilitation, and comprehensive cancer care at the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Cancer Center.

Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a non-profit, community-based organization that serves the San Fernando Valley from two hospital locations - Roscoe Boulevard Campus in Northridge and the Sherman Way Campus in Van Nuys. Both campuses provide 24-hour-a-day behavioral health crisis response services.

The Sherman Way Campus, in Van Nuys, is a 209-bed acute care, nonprofit hospital, providing a wide range of women's services, emergency care and psychiatric services, bilingual prenatal and maternity services, pulmonary rehabilitation, and the Center for Wound Care.

There are more than 245 Ronald McDonald Houses in 26 countries, offering support and practical assistance to families with very sick children. It's a safe bet that your local chapter can always use volunteers.

Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, a 337-bed acute-care facility, has been serving the healthcare needs of West Los Angeles and Santa Monica since 1926. Highly regarded for its primary and specialty care, the medical center features many outstanding clinical programs, including its women's and children's services, emergency services, and family medicine programs.

The labor and delivery area is very modern and offers bath tubs in each room, as well as a view of the Pacific Ocean from most. Recovery rooms are all private.

UCLA Medical Center is known worldwide for its pioneering technological contributions, including advancements in organ transplantation, artificial insemination, and ultrasound. It is ranked number one in the West by U.S. News and World Report's annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals."

More than 120 of UCLA's physicians are cited in "The Best Doctors in America," which is based on an extensive poll of thousands of medical specialists.

UCLA Medical Center has over 600 beds and offers patients of all ages comprehensive care, from routine to highly specialized medical and surgical treatment. Services include specialized intensive care units, state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient operating suites, a Level-1 trauma center, and the latest diagnostic technology.

Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, located within the Medical Center, offers complete well-child care, plus a full range of specialty health services for children from birth through adolescence. It includes a 120-bed inpatient unit, as well as comprehensive outpatient care programs.

Also part of the Medical Center is the Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Doris Stein Eye Research Center.

The Valley Community Clinic provides comprehensive medical, counseling, and health education services for those in need. The clinic has been a "family doctor" for the hard working, uninsured people of the San Fernando Valley since 1970; no one is ever turned away for inability to pay.

The clinic offers Reflective Parenting Workshops, in which parents can learn new ways to communicate with children and effective behavioral interventions.

Located in the western corner of the San Fernando Valley, West Hills Hospital & Medical Center boasts the full continuum of care. In addition to the 236-bed main hospital, several medical office buildings and pharmacies are on this site. Other buildings on campus house outpatient surgery, medical imaging services, outpatient rehabilitation/fitness services, and oncology care.