title: Kern Medical Center
text: # Kern Medical Center
  
  Kern Medical is a 222-bed teaching hospital located in Bakersfield, California in central California's San Joaquin Valley. The hospital was founded in 1867.
  
  ## Notable staff
  
  * Selma Calmes, co-founder of the Anesthesia History Association, former chair of the department of anesthesiology.
  * Hans Einstein
  