1979 UCSD's Nurse Midwife program becomes the first in California to be fully accredited. The Internal Medicine Group opens a practice on the UCSD campus in La Jolla. The Life Flight helicopter program is inaugurated. The Teratogen Registry is made a statewide service. Stroke Hot Line begins operation.
Stroke unit is dedicated.
Joint Transplantation Program begins. 1984 Hyperbaric Medicine Center opens. The Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment is established. UCSD Medical Centers designated the only Level I Trauma Center for San Diego County. The Comprehensive Diabetes Program begins.