Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital was founded in 1891 and has grown to become a sophisticated 443-bed non-profit acute care medical center committed to providing the best possible health care.   The largest healthcare facility on the California coast between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has a medical staff of more than 500.  Of particular importance to neurosurgery, there is both a neonatal and pediatric ICU staffed by pediatric specialists of every discipline. Focused radiation therapy (X-knife) and image guided surgery are available.