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Where We Serve Our Communities

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Expanding Our Reach to Serve You Better

Sutter Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system serving more than 3.5 million patients in California. With a sharp focus on delivering comprehensive, exceptional and equitable care, our 14,000+ clinicians and 57,000+ employees serve patients through Sutter's hospitals, clinics, imaging and surgery centers, and home health services.

Sutter patients can access high-quality coordinated care across our entire system. We are continuing to improve access by recruiting more physicians and clinicians into our system and opening 160 hospital beds by 2025 and 25 new ambulatory care centers across our California footprint by 2027. 

Greater Central Coast Division 

Leadership

  • Kurt Ransohoff, M.D.: President

Scope of Service

  • 165,000 patients in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties
  • 700,000 visits per year
  • 1,100+ employees
  • Outpatient services: Sutter Sansum Medical Foundation and Sansum Medical Group Santa Barbara.
    • 24 locations, 2 ambulatory surgery centers
    • 269 clinicians
    • Serving Greater Central Coast since 1921 

Award-Winning Care

  • America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2025, Newsweek: Foothill Surgery Center at Sansum Clinic
  • Elite status, America’s Physician Groups: Standards of Excellence survey
  • Highest rating, California Office of the Patient Advocate: Clinical quality and patient experience

Expansion Plans

  • New breast imaging center to enhance care and screening access for tens of thousands of women
  • Continued investment in clinical services and expanded access to care for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County residents

Community Investment

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