Saint John’s Health Center is the beneficiary of the Saint John’s Santa Monica 5000 5k and 10k Race.

With over 30,000 patient visits each year, Saint John’s 24-hour Emergency Department provides life saving services to our community each and every day. In addition to providing comprehensive emergency care, the Saint John’s Emergency Department features a Fast Track program to efficiently treat life’s minor bumps and bruises – Faster In, Faster Out!

Saint John’s is rebuilding its entire Health Campus. Your participation in the Saint John’s Santa Monica 5000 will help us complete the new Saint John’s Emergency Department – so we can be here for you when you need us most.

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Saint John’s is the hospital of choice for physicians with national reputations in cancer, orthopedics, cardiac care and women’s health services. The John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s receives international acclaim for translational research in melanoma, breast and colon cancer, bringing hope to cancer patients from around the globe. Other areas of research include prostate and liver cancer.

Saint John’s nurses are renowned for their innovation, skill and compassion at the bedside. Through education, orientation and merit programs, Saint John’s nurses set the gold standard for inpatient care in Los Angeles and enhance Saint John’s “Top Hospital” status.

In keeping with its health mission, Saint John’s is committed to promoting wellness to help people live better, longer. Through the Flora L. Thornton Community Education Program, thousands of lives have been touched - and changed - by annual speaker series, seminars and workshops. In partnership with Santa Monica City Cable, the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles and Tidings, Saint Joint physicians volunteer their time to share medical information with the community each week. The award winning Saint John’s Magazine is the product of an exciting collaboration between the Health Center, Saint John’s Health Center Foundation and acclaimed Los Angeles Magazine.

Saint John’s health outreach programs touch the lives of a broad spectrum of underserved families throughout greater Los Angeles. The Health Center is proud to partner with the Venice Family Clinic, St. Joseph’s Center, Ocean Park Community Center, Westside Health Coalition, WISE Senior Services/Center for Healthy Aging, Saint John’s Child and Family Development Center, Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition, Westside Mental Health Network, Westside Domestic Violence Network, Westside Family Health Center, Santa Monica Child Care Task Force, Lifelong Learning Community Partnership, the Serra Project, the Flora L. Thornton Community Health Education Program, the Interfaith Initiative for Wellness, Senior TLC (Teaching Lifestyle Changes) and Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District, to name a few.

Over 250 Saint John's volunteers support Saint John’s mission by lending their time and talent in 45 departments throughout the Health Center. Innovative programs such as “Angels in the ER” and “Pawsitive Pet Therapy Program,” help reduce the stress and bring comfort to patients and their families while visiting the Health Center.

With the help of many wonderful friends, Saint John’s is rebuilding the entire Health Campus. The planned Women’s Health Services Unit in the Howard Keck Diagnostic and Treatment Center, now under construction, will create a unique, patient oriented venue to care for women at all stages of their lives. Additions to the Irene Dunne Guild NICU in the Maria Shriver Nursery will support Saint John’s renowned labor and delivery services. The Health Center is also constructing additional inpatient rooms, surgery suites, CathLabs, diagnostic, imaging and clinical services and enhancing emergency services to meet future needs of the community.

By participating in Saint John’s Santa Monica 5000, you are helping Saint John’s complete the new Emergency Department – We appreciate your support!

To learn more about how you can help Saint John's in other ways, visit www.stjohns.org.

We’ll see you at the races!