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About the Project
UC San Diego Health is our region’s only academic medical center and has served our community for more than half a century. Our Hillcrest medical campus has long been a beacon of hope and healing as we have innovated new therapies, trained thousands of new physician-scientists, and provided health care for San Diego.
The UC San Diego Health Hillcrest campus is a critical regional resource with a Level 1 Trauma Center, Regional Burn Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center. It provides care for all patients in the community including those who are uninsured and under-insured. Approximately 5,000 nurses, doctors, technicians, staff and administrators serve the needs of the community at the location.
We invite you to learn more about our ambitious vision for the future of our Hillcrest campus below.
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Project Overview
UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest is a critically important resource for bridging health care disparities in underserved communities, and the new pavilion will continue our commitment to bring the most advanced science and patient care to our communities to help people lead healthier, higher quality lives.
The ambitious Hillcrest campus project will further improve the exceptional care and medical education we are known to deliver and reinforce and support our vision, commitment and dedication to create a healthier world — one life at a time — through new science, new medicine and new cures, to the San Diego region and beyond for many decades to come.
For more information about the revitalization of UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest, see our Long-Range Development Plan.
Progress and Timeline
The revitalization of UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest will take place over approximately 15 years in five major phases It will be implemented in a manner that reduces construction impacts to the surrounding community while also ensuring that the existing critical campus functions remain operational.
The first major phase of construction began in November 2021 and completed July 2025. This initial phase established the gateway for the Hillcrest Campus and was comprised of five components: a 251,000 gross square foot outpatient pavilion; a parking structure with 1,800 parking spaces; an at-grade extension of First Avenue; a central utility plant; and new signalized intersection at Arbor Drive and Bachman Place.
Outpatient Project Timeline
Spring 2024
- Arbor Drive Improvements Complete and New Arbor Drive/Bachman Place
- Intersection Opens to East/South Through-Access (Bachman Place North/South Through-Access Remained Closed)
- Existing Bachman Parking Structure Demolition Began
Winter/Spring 2025
- New Central Utility Plant Complete
- New Outpatient Pavilion Opens for Patient Care
- Bachman Place Improvements Complete and North/South Through-Access Opens
Specialty Clinical Programs
The pavilion will house specialty clinical programs, including:
- Advanced imaging
- Audiology
- Breast health
- Digestive diseases
- Maternal and fetal medicine
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Otolaryngology
- Orthopedics
- Radiation oncology
- Urology
- Vascular surgery
- Outpatient surgery center
- Infusion center
Project Videos
Find out more about the project by watching the videos below. Watch two different time lapses of construction.