Torrance Memorial Medical Center takes its name from its founder, real estate developer, Jared Sidney Torrance, who was also the founder of the City of Torrance. Although he created the Torrance Hospital Association in 1920, Mr. Torrance died before seeing the hospital come to fruition. Mrs. Torrance fulfilled her husband's dream by opening the area's first hospital in 1925 on its original site on Engracia Avenue in what is known today as Old Downtown Torrance.
The current facility, located at 3330 Lomita Blvd., in Torrance opened in 1971. The new facility brought together two hospitals -- the 99-bed "Old" Torrance Memorial and the 96-bed Riviera Community Hospital. A nonprofit community medical center, Torrance Memorial Medical Center is governed according to its mission by an all-volunteer Board of Trustees which is made up of community members.
Today, with more than 3,000 employees, Torrance Memorial is one of the South Bay's largest employers. Its physician staff numbers over 1,000, and the volunteer corps also embraces nearly 900 members.
