Kern Medical is proud to be a tertiary referral center, academic teaching institution, and safety net hospital.

Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles.

Each year, more than 200 residents, fellows and medical students enroll in our UCLA-affiliated training programs, with residencies offered in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacy. Many of the physicians trained at Kern Medical remain to practice in the community. We also promote the education of clinical pharmacists, nursing students, respiratory therapists, lab techs and allied health professionals.

Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care.

We value innovation and continue to add new medical technologies, recruit outstanding physicians in new specialties, and strengthen our ties with UCLA.

As a topflight regional health care system, Kern Medical is a leading voice for health, healing and wellness in the Central Valley.

This school has multiple campuses

KERN Medical UCLA Affiliate
1700 Mount Vernon Avenue
Bakersfield
93306
California - United States