Our Community Hospital & Long history

1962: A new, architecturally modern Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula opens on Holman Highway.

1971: Work is completed on the distinctive dome’s addition over the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Fountain Court and 72 additional rooms, including a mental health center.

1981: Community Hospital Foundation is created to serve as the parent/holding company for the hospital and related subsidiaries.

1982: The former Eskaton Monterey Hospital in downtown Monterey becomes part of Community Hospital.

1983: Community Hospital opens a 42,000-square-foot addition to the main building.

1988: Community Hospital opens the Outpatient Surgery Center.

1991: Expansion of the Rehabilitation Services department at Community Hospital takes place.

1992: An expansion/renovation project was completed that included a new obstetrics unit, partial new construction/renovation to expand the emergency department, cardiopulmonary services, medical records, pharmacy, business office, central registration, new entrance lobby, and auditorium.

1996: The Family Birth Center at Community Hospital opens, bringing single-room maternity care to local families.

1997 – The remodeled downtown Monterey facility (formerly Eskaton Monterey Hospital) reopens as the Hartnell Professional Center, housing outpatient mental health services, the Recovery Center, the Cardiopulmonary Wellness Program and diagnostics, a satellite laboratory, and X-ray facility.

1999: The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Community Hospital opens, providing state-of-the-art cancer diagnosis, treatment, and support for patients and their families.

2002: Community Hospital's new Breast Care Center begins operating in Monterey.

2004: Community Hospital’s Ryan Ranch Outpatient Campus opens, offering a Sleep Disorders Center, Diabetes and Nutrition Therapy, imaging services, a laboratory, and hospice resources.

2005: A remodeling/expansion emergency room services project was completed.

2006: Community Hospital’s South Pavilion opens with a new Emergency department, eight new operating suites, and a state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit.

2007: Community Hospital’s Forest Pavilion opens, adding 120 spacious patient rooms, each with a private bathroom and shower, daybeds for family or visitors to spend the night, and views of the surrounding pine forest or waterfall and Healing Garden.

In 2008, the unit expanded to 12 beds.

2009: The first Peninsula Primary Care (now Montage Medical Group) office opens in Carmel.

2012: Community Health Innovations, the area’s first population healthcare organization, is established to provide coordinated care and disease management to Monterey citizens.

2013: The transitional care unit (TCU), an ODH-approved skilled care and rehabilitation service designed for relatively short-term patients (30 days or less), officially opened its doors.

2014: Community Hospital opens an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, providing multidisciplinary rehabilitation services to individuals who have suffered an acute illness, injury, or accident resulting in significant functional decline.

Pulmonary Medicine of Wooster was the first to move into the new space and began seeing patients there in December 2017.

2018: Bertie Bialek Elliott gives $105.8 million to Montage Health to create Ohana, a groundbreaking mental health program for children and young people.

2020: Montage Health mobilizes efforts to care for the community as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world.