Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla is a level 1 trauma center anchored by the Barbey Family Emergency and Trauma Center, sharing its campus with the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute and Scripps Clinic’s John R. Anderson V Medical Pavilion. The hospital offers specialty programs in cancer care, heart surgery, orthopedic surgery, and labor and delivery services, including a level 3 neonatal ICU and a nationally designated comprehensive stroke center. In June 2025, Scripps Health opened the hospital’s new North Tower, a $664 million, eight-floor inpatient building with comprehensive mother-baby services, advanced-technology operating rooms and private patient rooms. The North Tower added 188 inpatient beds, bringing Scripps La Jolla’s licensed bed count up to 495 from 426 previously, plus another 36 neonatal ICU beds licensed to Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. About 3,200 babies are delivered at Scripps La Jolla each year. U.S. News & World Report ranked Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla No. 9 in California and No. 2 in San Diego for 2026-27, and the hospital also appears on Newsweek‘s list of World’s Best Hospitals for 2026.
