Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has served North County's coastal communities since 1978, operating a 138-bed acute-care facility at the intersection of Santa Fe Drive and Interstate 5. The campus houses the region's first Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center and a CARF-accredited brain injury rehabilitation program, and its oncology services coordinate with cCARE Encinitas for chemotherapy, radiation planning, and long-term survivorship care. The BFHI-designated Family Birth Pavilion includes a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit operated in partnership with Rady Children's Hospital. PINC AI named Scripps Encinitas to its 100 Top Hospitals list among medium community hospitals, and U.S. News & World Report has rated its heart arrhythmia, heart failure, COPD, and stroke programs as high-performing — cardiac cases also route through Coastal Cardiovascular Care on the same campus. The Lusardi Tower expansion adds a three-story, 224,000-square-foot acute-care wing delivering expanded surgical, diagnostic, and inpatient capacity to the Santa Fe Drive campus.