Overview

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is 1 of 3 Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (SPTCs) in the state.  However, Cedars-Sinai is unique because it is the only federally designated SPTC to treat patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other highly-infectious special pathogens for all of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 9. These areas include American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.