Sanford USD is the largest hospital in South Dakota and a teaching hospital for the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. It has 545 beds and 4,000 employees on staff. Sanford is the only verified level two adult and pediatric trauma center by the American College of Surgeons in South Dakota. The organization serves more than 1 million patients and 220,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. Each year, Sanford provides 5.2 million outpatient and clinic visits, 82,848 admissions and 127,875 surgeries and procedures.
