True to its Hollywood and entertainment roots, it’s the city where the healthcare facilities and schools feature stars’ names- the Steven Spielberg Pediatric Research Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. And it¹s a city of great clinical research substance where breakthroughs happen – from the first heart-lung transplant in 1988 to the current promising research using stem cells to discover a gene therapy for AIDs.

Los Angeles is full of extremes. While it’s home to some of the finest plastic surgeons in the country, you’ll never classify it solely as a city of appearances alone. Along with Boston, Los Angeles hosts two of the 17 Best Hospitals Honor Roll winners (the annual ranking by U.S. News and World Reports).

Medical Assistants
- Mean Annual Salary: $31,950
- Number Employed: 20,400

Medical and Health Services Managers
- Mean Annual Salary: $99,090
- Number Employed: 7,070

Biggest Employers
- Kaiser Permanente
- Ceders-Sinai Medical Center
- Catholic Healthcare West
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- White Memorial Medical Center
- USC University Hospital
- California Hospital Medical Center
- Providence Health Systems

Other Employers of Note
- Medical Management Consultants, Inc.
- WellPoint Health Networks
- Health Net, Inc.

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