Sharp Grossmont Hospital is East San Diego County's largest hospital, operating 562 licensed beds on Grossmont Center Drive in La Mesa since opening in 1955 as part of the Sharp HealthCare system. The campus houses a dedicated neuroscience hospital for advanced brain and spine procedures, the David and Donna Long Cancer Center, a full-service Women's Hospital with labor and delivery, and a recently expanded Emergency & Critical Care Center that added 90 beds including 24 ICU beds — cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology share referral pathways with Cardiovascular Institute of San Diego. U.S. News & World Report ranks the facility number 7 in the San Diego metro and number 49 in California, with High Performing designations across 13 adult procedures and conditions including stroke, heart failure, COPD, pneumonia, hip replacement, and maternity care. Pre-surgical dental clearance for cardiac and joint replacement candidates routes through East County oral health providers like Authentic Dental Designs on Fletcher Parkway. Highest-acuity capabilities include TAVR transcatheter aortic valve replacement, robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery via the da Vinci Surgical System, and AJCC-staged oncologic resection protocols through the Long Cancer Center's multidisciplinary tumor board.