UC Irvine Breaks Ground on $1.3 Billion Hospital

(L to R) James Pratt, associate vice chancellor and campus architect; Dr. Michael Stamos, dean, UCI School of Medicine; Dr. Steve A.N. Goldstein, vice chancellor, health affairs; UC Regent John Pérez, Chancellor Howard Gillman; Dr. Carrie Byington, executive vice president, UC Health; Irvine mayor Farrah N. Khan; Chad Lefteris, CEO, UCI Health; Brian Hervey, vice chancellor, university advancement. Courtesy of Steve Zylius

The University of California–Irvine (UCI) broke ground on a massive $1.3 billion medical complex on Nov. 16, marking the second full-scale hospital that UCI Health will have under its belt.

The complex, which was approved in January by the UC Board of Regents, will have a 144-bed, 350,000-square-foot acute care hospital with an emergency room, which will connect the UCI Health network throughout Orange County.