Sharp healthcare stephen birch Hospital


  • OWNER: Sharp Healthcare
  • LOCATION:  San Diego, California
  • SIZE: 315,621 square feet 
  • COST: $135 Million 
  • ARCHITECT: NBBJ
  • PERSONAL ROLES: Fred Powell: PM/ PA during Construction administration while employed at NBBJ.                                                                                                                                                                          Jean-Claude Constandse: PA/ during Construction Administration while employed at NBBJ.
  • ​COMPLETED: ​2009 while employed at NBBJ

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The Stephen Birch Healthcare Center at Sharp Memorial Hospital features operating suites and intensive-care beds. The operating suites use boom technology to suspend equipment from the ceiling. The ceiling-mounted equipment gives the surgeons and surgical staff more mobility during procedures and also improved infection control. Surgical equipment for the operating suites includes the da Vinci Surgical System to perform robotic, minimally invasive surgery. A feature of the hospital is that every room is a private room with its own bathroom, at no extra cost to the patient, and with sleeping space for a family member or loved one to stay the night. The hospital has a larger Emergency and Trauma Center with 37 emergency treatment bays and 10 emergency observation beds and a new surgery center with 10 surgery suites. The new center is nearly 300 percent larger than that in the original building. The center now has 52 beds, including 4 trauma beds. The center also includes a cardiac and stroke center, a 64-view CT scanner to provide the most advanced CT scans, two radiological suites dedicated for X-rays taken directly in the Emergency and Trauma Center, an area to perform lab tests in the center for quickest results and more. A garden is located off the main lobby. Family lounges are located on each floor of the hospital.


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