Adventist Health Glendale

Last updated

Adventist Health Glendale
Adventist Health
Adventist Health Glendale logo.png
Adventist Health Glendale
Geography
Location1509 East Wilson Terrace, Glendale, California, United States
Coordinates 34°9′2.48″N118°13′49.09″W / 34.1506889°N 118.2303028°W / 34.1506889; -118.2303028
Organization
Care system Private hospital
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type Acute-care hospital [1]
Religious affiliation Seventh-day Adventist Church
Services
Beds515 [1]
Helipad Aeronautical chart and airport information for CL06 at SkyVector
History
Former name(s)Glendale Sanitarium
Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital
Glendale Adventist Medical Center
Opened1905
Links
Website www.adventisthealth.org/glendale/
Lists Hospitals in California

Adventist Health Glendale is a non-profit hospital campus in Glendale, California, United States, that is owned by Adventist Health. Adventist Health Glendale, located on Wilson Terrace, near California State Route 2 and California State Route 134, is one of the city's oldest businesses, founded in 1905, a year before Glendale was incorporated as a city. It was then known as Glendale Sanitarium, and it occupied the former Glendale Hotel, a 75-room Victorian structure on what is now Broadway Avenue.

Contents

History

In 1905, the Seventh-day Adventist Church purchased the Glendale Hotel from real estate developer Leslie C. Brand, and transformed the Victorian era building into Glendale Sanitarium with 75 rooms. [2] [3] In 1905, 1917 and 1920, the medical facility expanded. [3] In 1922, Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital had outgrown its location in the city. [3] In 1924, a new medical facility opened east of Glendale for $1.25 million. [3] In 1973, the medical facility performed its first cardiac surgery. [2] At the end of July 2017 Glendale Adventist Medical Center changed its name to Adventist Health Glendale. [4]

Murders

Dr. Peter Martin Keller husband of Nettie Florence Keller was shot to death by a patient at Glendale Sanitarium on October 1, 1931. [5]

Efren Saldivar, a respiratory therapist at Adventist Health Glendale until 1998, came to be dubbed the "Angel of Death" when he confessed to 50 murders of patients through the injection of muscle-paralyzing drugs, though he later retracted the confession. In 2002, he was charged with six murders and pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to prison for life. Many more patients are believed to have been murdered. [6] [7]

Events

Adventist Health Glendale is involved in many annual events such as Glendale Downtown Dash [8] held on daylight savings day every March, the American Cancer Societys Relay for Life[ citation needed ] and American Heart Associations Saving Strokes.[ citation needed ]

Medical mission work

Starting in 2015 Adventist Health Glendale has had a partnership with Armenia Fund to provide medical services to Noyemberyan Hospital, in Noyemberyan, Armenia. For each medical mission trip Adventist Health Glendale buys large amounts of medical equipment, surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, and other required medical/surgical items. [9] And Armenia Fund ships the medical supplies to Noyemberyan hospital. 5,750 patients have been given care in internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonology, gynecology, neurology, orthopedics, and pediatrics. 235 surgeries were done, from gallbladder, hernia, orthopedic, and maxillofacial procedures to remove lumps and tumors. [10] [11] [12]

Services

The services of Adventist Health Glendale are behavioral medicine, cardiology, diabetes, diagnostic imaging, drug rehabilitation, emergency department, Home health, hospice, laboratory, neonatal care, neuroscience, occupational therapy, oncology, pain management, pediatrics, physical therapy, radiology, sleep medicine, surgery, urgent care, wound care, and women's health [13]

Awards and recognitions

Awards

Recognitions

Notable patients

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Adventist Health Glendale". California Department of Health Care Access and Information . Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Mikailian, Arin (August 21, 2015). "Glendale Adventist Medical Center looks back on 110 years". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 13, 2025 via Glendale News-Press.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital". Loyola Marymount University William H. Hannon Library. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  4. Landa, Jeff (April 14, 2017). "Glendale Adventist Medical Center to rebrand in the summer". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 14, 2019 via Glendale News-Press.
  5. "Story: Keller, Nettie Florence". TEARA The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  6. "'Angel of Death' Pleads Guilty". CBS News . March 12, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  7. "Hospital 'Angel of Death' Gets Life Without Parole". Los Angeles Times . April 18, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  8. "Organizations: Boy Scouts wrapping gifts for donations". Los Angeles Times . December 4, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  9. "Glendale Adventist Leads Another Medical Mission to Noyemberian". The California Courier . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  10. "Seventy-Eight Surgeries Performed in Five Days as Armenia Fund, Adventist Health Glendale Conclude Medical Mission to Armenia". The Armenian Weekly . November 2, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  11. "Armenia Fund USA, Adventist Health to implement expanded Medical missions to Armenia and Artsakh". Armenia Fund . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  12. "'An enlightening experience:' Glendale Adventist volunteers travel to Armenia to deliver medical aid". Los Angeles Times . October 29, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  13. "Adventist Health Glendale". PracticeLink 25. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adventist Health Glendale". Healthgrades. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  15. "Adventist Health Glendale Recognized by CMS". Crescenta Valley Weekly . August 4, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  16. "Ray Combs, Former Host of 'Family Feud,' Dead of Suicide". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  17. "Paul Baghdadlian". Armenian Pulse Entertainment & Radio. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  18. "Milt Bernhart, 77; Trombonist's With Sinatra Drew Praise". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 18, 2019.