Cottage Health System, formed in 1996 as the not-for-profit parent organization of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital  and its affiliated Cottage Children’s Hospital and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital , is guided by a volunteer board of directors from the greater Santa Barbara community and provides the residents of the Central and South Coast with exemplary health care, continuous improvements in medical practice, and a commitment to our communities.

With a combined total of more than 20,000 annual admissions, 50,000 annual ER visits and 2,800 births each year, Cottage Health System hospitals excel at patient care and patient satisfaction. CHS has a uniquely comprehensive range of services for a hospital system serving a region and population of our size. We provide renowned maternal-child and pediatric services; comprehensive cardiac, neurosurgical, and oncology programs; emergency services; Level II Trauma Center; and outpatient services that include sophisticated diagnostic radiology, outpatient surgery, psychiatric and chemical dependency services, and a comprehensive eye center.

Our medical staff of more than 700 physicians includes specialists in all major clinical areas, many of whom participate in the training and education of some of the top medical residents in the country in our internal medicine, general surgery, and radiology residency programs.