Southern California Hospital at Culver City

Southern California Hospital at Culver City is an acute care hospital in Culver City, California. It is located in the downtown area of Culver City, and serves West Los Angeles, providing 24-hour medical services. The hospital is home to the Southern California Hospital Heart Institute.

Southern California Hospital at Culver City
Prospect Medical Holdings
Southern California Hospital at Culver City, July 2019
Geography
Location	Culver City, California, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	For-profit hospital
Type	Community
Affiliated university	None
Services
Emergency department	Basic, physician on duty
Beds	420
History
Opened	1924
Links
Website	https://sch-culvercity.com//
Lists	Hospitals in California

The hospital has expanded from its original eight-bed clinic to 420 beds in three buildings.^[1]

History

Southern California Hospital was founded in 1925 by Dr. Foster Hull. In the 1970s, it became the David Brotman Memorial Hospital. In 1984, Michael Jackson was admitted to the hospital due to a serious burn that occurred during a shoot for a Pepsi TV ad. He gave his insurance payment to the hospital and, later that year, the care unit for burn victims was named the "Michael Jackson Burn Center".^[2] It closed in August 1987 due to financial problems.^[3]

The hospital re-opened in 2005, having been bought by Prospect Medical Holdings, and was re-named Southern California Hospital.^[4]

On January 12, 2025, Prospect Medical filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing assets of $1 billion and liabilities of $10 billion. The company had struggled with rising debt and interest costs.^[5]

Notable employees

• Tom Araya, bassist and vocalist for the American thrash metal band Slayer, worked there as a respiratory therapist in the early 1980s.^[6]