{{short description|Hospital in California, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox hospital | name = MarinHealth Medical Center | image = MarinHealth Medical Center from Mount Tam, February 2026.JPG | caption = MarinHealth Medical Center viewed from [[Mount Tamalpais]] in 2026 | org_group = Marin Healthcare District | coordinates = {{coord|37|56|50|N|122|32|10|W|region:US|display=inline, title|name=MarinHealth Medical Centerl}} | address = 250 Bon Air Rd<br />Greenbrae, [[California]] 94904 | country = US | affiliation = [[UCSF Medical Center]] | emergency = [[Trauma center#Level III|Level III Trauma center]] | beds= 114 | opened = 1952 | website = {{URL|https://www.mymarinhealth.org/}} }}
'''MarinHealth Medical Center''', formerly known as '''Marin General Hospital''', is a nonprofit district hospital and [[Trauma center#Level III|Level III Trauma Center]] in [[Greenbrae, California]]. The hospital is owned by the Marin Healthcare District, a public agency, and operated by the nonprofit MarinHealth system. It is the primary acute-care facility serving [[Marin County, California|Marin County]].
== History == Marin General Hospital opened in 1952, wholly administered by the Marin Healthcare District, which was established 6 years prior.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mission and History |url=https://www.marinhealthcare.org/mission-and-history/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=Marin Healthcare District |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marin General Hospital {{!}} Marin Health and Human Services |url=https://www.marinhhs.org/community-resource-guide/marin-general-hospital |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=www.marinhhs.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/san-rafael-daily-independent-journal-1952-05-26 |title=San Rafael Daily Independent Journal (1952-05-26) |date=1952-05-26 |location=San Rafael, California}}</ref> In 1961, 116 beds were added.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Greenbrae Hospital {{!}} MarinHealth Medical Center |url=https://www.mymarinhealth.org/locations/medical-center/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=www.mymarinhealth.org }}</ref> In 1981, funding in the form of a bond was secured to construct the building's west wing, adding 78 beds. Four years later, the Marin Healthcare District Board entered into a 30-year leasing agreement with the nonprofit Marin General Hospital Corporation, who entered an affiliation with [[California Healthcare System|California Healthcare Systems (CHS)]] shortly after. In 1995, ownership and operation was transferred to [[Sutter Health]] following their acquisition of CHS. On June 30, 2010, Marin Healthcare District resumed control of Marin General Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colliver |first=Victoria |date=2010-06-10 |title=Sutter transfer of Marin General Hospital nears |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sutter-transfer-of-marin-general-hospital-nears-3260566.php |access-date=2025-09-25 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> On July 30, 2019, Marin General Hospital became MarinHealth Medical Center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-30 |title=Marin General Hospital, connected clinics and physician groups rebranded as MarinHealth |url=https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/article/industry-news/marin-general-hospital-connected-clinics-and-physician-groups-rebranded-as/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |newspaper=[[The Press Democrat]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-30 |title=Marin General to rebrand: 5 things to know |url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/strategy/marin-general-to-rebrand-5-things-to-know/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |magazine=[[Becker's Hospital Review]]}}</ref> As part of the change, the Marin General Hospital Foundation became the MarinHealth Foundation.<ref name=":0" /> Then, in 2020, a new {{Convert|260,000|sqft|adj=on}} hospital building named the "Oak Pavilion" opened. The new building is home to Emergency & Trauma, Surgery, Maternity, Imaging, and Radiology departments, as well as 114 private rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quackenbush |first=Jeff |date=2019-07-30 |title=Marin General, physician groups rebranded as MarinHealth |url=https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/article/industry-news/marin-general-hospital-connected-clinics-and-physician-groups-rebranded-as/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=[[The North Bay Business Journal]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Quackenbush |first=Gary |date=2021-12-20 |title=Top Projects: Oak Pavilion at MarinHealth Medical Center |url=https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/article/article/what-it-took-to-build-327-bed-oak-pavilion-at-marinhealth-medical-center/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=[[The North Bay Business Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MarinHealth Medical Center - Oak Pavilion |url=https://healthcaresnapshots.com/projects/10750/marinhealth-medical-center-oak-pavilion/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250903184906/https://healthcaresnapshots.com/projects/10750/marinhealth-medical-center-oak-pavilion/ |archive-date=2025-09-03 |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=Healthcare Snapshots}}</ref>
== Operations == Currently, the hospital is open 24/7, has 327 beds, and receives 70% of the county's ambulance traffic.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=MarinHealth Medical Center |url=https://www.vituity.com/locations/marinhealth-medical-center/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=www.vituity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maa |first=John |last2=Levin |first2=Jonathan |last3=Minnis |first3=James |last4=Stahl |first4=Benjamin |last5=Carroll |first5=Meaghan |last6=Pajari |first6=Laura |last7=Alfrey |first7=Edward |date=July 2022 |title=A 22-year history of treating intentional falls from the Golden Gate Bridge at Marin Health Medical Center |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9207349/ |journal=Surgery Open Science |volume=9 |pages=91–93 |doi=10.1016/j.sopen.2022.05.002 |doi-access=free|issn=2589-8450 |pmc=9207349 |pmid=35734345}}</ref> The hospital has been affiliated with UCSF for several decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MarinHealth |url=https://www.ucsfhealth.org/about/our-affiliates/marinhealth |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406103112/https://www.ucsfhealth.org/about/our-affiliates/marinhealth |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=UCSF Health}}</ref>
== Notable patients ==
* [[Peter H. Behr]], California state senator and environmentalist who died of [[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Former-Sen-Peter-Behr-Marin-elder-statesman-3131573.php|title=Former Sen. Peter Behr, Marin 'elder statesman'|last=Horowitz|first=Donna|date=March 11, 1997|website=[[SFGate]]|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> * [[Richard Ramirez]], American serial killer who died of complications secondary to [[B-cell lymphoma]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2013-jun-17-la-me-In-nightstalker-died-of-complications-due-to-lymphoma-also-had-hep-c-20130617-story.html|title='Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez died of complications from lymphoma|last=Winton|first=Richard|date=June 17, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website}} *[https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/hospital/050360/view-all?city=Greenbrae&state=CA&zipcode= Marinhealth Medical Center] [[Medicare.gov]] *[https://hcai.ca.gov/data/supplier-diversity-reports/hospital/marinhealth-medical-center/ MarinHealth Medical Center] [[California Department of Health Care Access and Information]]
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