About

Our Mission

At Loma Linda University we strive to provide, to both physicians and patients, the highest quality radiological medical services available, ensuring that these services are provided with reasonable efficiency; to foster the continuation of quality care by the education of the physicians, patients and the community at large. We continually strive to improve the quality and efficiency of this health care service through dedicated medical research.

Our mission is to implement these goals of premium medical services, education, and research by the effective use of our professional staff and the competent and efficient handling of the technical equipment under the group’s supervision.

Among the many investments made by the Department of Radiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center–in modern technology, medical expertise, and highly skilled technologists–the most important investments are those we place in people: the individuals we serve and who serve with us. Through them, we invest in the future.

The department’s primary concern is for the quality of care we provide our patients. The sections within the Department of Radiology are uniquely dedicated to this goal. Each section is staffed by fully certified physicians, specialists, and subspecialists, as well as by physicists, technologists, and support personnel. Both our diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology staff make patient care their highest priority.

In addition, the Department of Radiology offers a structured, broad-based accredited residency training program in diagnostic radiology. Over 280,000 radiologic examinations a year are performed. The radiology group is exceptionally cohesive and enjoys excellent relationships with referring specialty practice groups within the university system. Residents are exposed to the academic and clinical practice of radiology, with the ultimate goal being the successful completion of boards and subsequent proficient practice of radiology, whether in the private or the academic setting.

Diagnostic Radiology Program Directors

Faculty Directory

Residency Program Director

Erica Kinne, MD

Associate Program Director

Eric Peters, MD

Assistant Program Director

Jen Burns-Benggon, MD

Assistant Program Director

Kaci Dudley, MD

Integrated IR/DR Program Directors

Faculty Directory

Residency Program Director

Kyle Cooper, MD, RPVI

Associate Program Director

Erica Kinne, MD

Campus Transformation

The Loma Linda University Health system encompasses six hospitals, including the Adult University Medical Center (371 beds), the Children’s Hospital (343 beds), Medical Center – East Campus (134 beds), Behavioral Medicine Center (89 beds), Medical Center Murrieta (112 beds), and Surgical Hospital (28 beds). Additionally, radiology residents rotate at the VA Loma Linda Hospital, Professional Plaza, and Faculty Medical Clinics. All rotating sites are located within 3 miles of the main hospital.

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371 beds

University Medical Center

343 beds

Children’s Hospital

134 beds

Medical Center – East Campus

89 beds

Behavioral Medicine Center

112 beds

Medical Center Murrieta

28 beds

Surgical Hospital

1,077 beds

Total

Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) is the teaching hospital for Loma Linda University, which includes schools of allied health professions, behavioral health, dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and religion on the university campus in Loma Linda, California.

Level 1 Trauma Center

The medical center serves as a level 1 trauma center for San Bernardino County and the rest of the Inland Empire. The hospital has two helipads for use by an air ambulance or other helicopter medical transport. The medical center also serves as a:

Comprehensive Stroke Center
Transplant Institute
Children’s Hospital
Cancer Center
Proton Treatment and Research Center

San Bernardino the largest County in the area

The main tower of the center was built in 1967 and is 11 stories high. It is one of the tallest buildings in the Inland Empire. Because of its height and white coloration, it is possible to view the main hospital building from various locations around the San Bernardino valley and mountains. The hospital is currently undergoing a seismic upgrade project, with a new building scheduled to be opened towards the end of 2020.

We are known for

Loma Linda University Medical Center made international news on October 26, 1984, when Dr. Leonard L Bailey transplanted a baboon heart into Baby Fae, an infant born with a severe heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Baby Fae died a few weeks later; however, this effort led to the infant heart transplant program, with transplantation of human-to-human infant transplants. LLUMC is also home to the Venom E.R., which specializes in snake bites.

Facts & Figures

Upcoming

Events

AUR Conference 2016

September 10, 2020

IPR Conference 2016

September 10, 2020

ARRS Conference 2016

September 10, 2020

History

Loma Linda (Spanish for ‘”beautiful hill”‘) is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States, that was incorporated in 1970. The population was 23,261 at the 2010 census, up from 18,681 at the 2000 census. The central area of the city was originally known as Mound City; its eastern half was originally the unincorporated community of Bryn Mawr.

In popular culture

Loma Linda University Medical Center is featured in Venom ER, an Animal Planet program focusing on snakebite treatment at the hospital.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Loma Linda had a population of 23,261. The population density was 3,094.3 people per square mile (1,194.7/km²). The racial makeup of Loma Linda was 47.8% White (11,122 persons; 37.0% Non-Hispanic White); 8.7% African American (2,032 people); 0.4% Native American (97 people); 28.3% Asian (6,589 people); 0.7% Pacific Islander (154 people); 8.7% from other races (2,022 people); and 5.4% from two or more races (1,245 people). Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5,171 people (22.2%).

The Area

Geography

Loma Linda is located in southwestern San Bernardino County and is considered part of the Inland Empire. It is bordered on the north by San Bernardino, on the east by Redlands, on the west by Colton, and on the south by Riverside County. An area of unincorporated territory in Riverside County separates Loma Linda from the city of Moreno Valley to the south. The remnants of Bryn Mawr, an unincorporated community formerly located between Loma Linda and Redlands, was annexed by the City in 2008.

The city is in the southern San Bernardino Valley. The southern third of the city is known as the South Hills; this rugged and hilly area at the northwestern end of The Badlands is a city-owned open space reserve protected by a local initiative. San Timoteo Creek flows from southeast to northwest through the city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19 km²), 99.99% of it land.

Longevity

Residents in Loma Linda have one of the highest rates of longevity in the United States. Writer Dan Buettner has labeled Loma Linda a Blue Zone, an area where the longevity is appreciably higher than the national average and a substantial proportion of the population lives past 100 years. Buettner’s 2008 book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, attributes Loma Linda’s longevity rate to Adventist cultural health and diet practices.

Information obtained from Wikipedia.