Overview

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is one of three Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (SPTCs) in the state.  However, Cedars-Sinai is unique because it is the only federally designated Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) to treat patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other high-consequence infectious disease (HCID) 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.