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Date:12/4/2007

only facility of its kind in the United States until 2003. Loma Linda University Medical Center, a Seventh-Day Adventist institution, is among the largest private medical educational centers in the United States and the only one in inland southern California. The Medical Center is also the only Level 1 Regional Trauma for four inland southern California counties. Since its beginning in 1905, Loma Linda University Medical Center has been serving the worldwide community and is the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton radiation therapy for cancer. The Medical Center, along with the Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus and Loma Linda University Behavioral Medical Center, has nearly 900 patient beds and serves over 33,000 inpatients and 650,000 outpatients annually. Loma Linda University Medical Center has some of the leading clinical programs in the United States including outpatient surgery and neonatal care. It is licensed for 72 neonatal intensive care beds and is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world.

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