Torrance Memorial Medical Center continuously ranks first in the South Bay in overall quality and for having the best doctors and nurses (National Research Corporation) and has been voted South Bay’s Best Hospital 2011 by Daily Breeze readers. With 401 inpatient beds and associated facilities, Torrance Memorial is an innovative nonprofit hospital. Since its founding in 1925, the hospital has earned its reputation by offering high quality and advanced healthcare services including burn care, surgical services and treatment for cancer and heart disease. Torrance Memorial – named a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission; Breast Imaging Center of Excellence; Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence; and an American Heart Association Gold honoree as well as an American Stroke Association Bronze winner.