Cottage Health System, formed in 1996 as the not-for-profit parent organization of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (including Cottage Children’s Hospital), Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital is guided by a volunteer board of directors from the greater Santa Barbara community and provides the residents of the Central and South Coast with exemplary health care, continuous improvements in medical practice, and a commitment to our communities.

With a combined total of nearly 500 beds, over 20,000 annual admissions, over 50,000 annual ER visits and 2,800 births each year, the Cottage Health System hospitals excel at patient care and patient satisfaction. We provide renowned maternal-child and pediatric services, including a designated “Baby-Friendly” birth center; comprehensive cardiac, neurosurgical, and oncology programs; emergency services, the only Level II Trauma Center in the region, and a level IV trauma center in Goleta; and outpatient services that include sophisticated diagnostic radiology, outpatient surgery, psychiatric and chemical dependency services, and a comprehensive eye center.

Our medical staff of more than 500 physicians includes specialists in all major clinical areas, many of whom participate in the training and education of some of the top medical residents in the country in our internal medicine, general surgery, and radiology residency programs.