Kern Medical is a leading Central Valley healthcare organization, a modern 222-bed hospital, a comprehensive offering of primary care and specialty clinics, and a large body of highly skilled doctors, nurses, technicians, and other health-care providers.
With the area’s only Level II Trauma Center and teaching hospital, many of our services are unmatched in the region. Our volunteers, our charitable foundation, and our own employees eagerly support our mission of health and safety.
As a public hospital, we are committed to serving the people of our community. Our care, while sophisticated, comes with compassion, respect, and kindness in a community of diverse needs.
We invite you to review the services, capabilities and information we offer. Thank you for your interest in Kern Medical.
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Our Department of Family Medicine provides inpatient and outpatient care to families of the community, including adult, pediatric and obstetric patients.
At Kern Medical, our physicians specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and are designed to meet the needs of patients in both the hospital and in an outpatient setting.
Our newly-renovated Birth Center offers a wide range of pre-and postnatal support for mothers and babies.
Kern Medical offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art women’s health services delivered by board-certified physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology.
Kern Medical’s Department of Pediatrics provides an extensive range of inpatient and outpatient services, from well-child care to the treatment of the most challenging and life-threatening illnesses.
Kern Medical offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient surgical services, with a focus on new patient-centered technologies such as robotic and minimally invasive procedures.
Kern Medical proudly offers a comprehensive array of medical services for the residents of the Central Valley.
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Access your personal health record online with the Patient Portal.
Since 1934, Kern Medical has been training residents and health care professionals in our community.
The mission of the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical is to increase education and awareness surrounding coccidioidomycosis.