For the eighth year in a row, Clovis Community Medical Center has been voted by Fresno Bee readers as “Best Hospital” in the region.

“We are so grateful to our community for their continued trust and support — especially through what has been a most challenging year in healthcare,” said John Kass, vice president of operations at the hospital. “This honor is a testament to the passion, resiliency and hard work of our amazing doctors and staff.”

This year, the Clovis Chamber of Commerce is also honoring the hospital as its “Business of the Year” for the extraordinary work Clovis Community did in caring for people through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Continued growth to keep up with Valley needs

Since its start in 1965 as a 35-bed hospital at DeWitt and Sierra avenues near Old Town Clovis, the medical center has grown in scope and reputation. It has been nationally recognized for clinical and patient experience, especially in labor and delivery care, and in hip and knee replacement surgery.

In 1988, the hospital moved to what was then a rural part of Clovis off Herndon and Temperance avenues and soon became one of the busiest outpatient surgery centers in the area. The hospital has expanded rapidly over the past decade to meet the growing needs of the Central San Joaquin Valley. A $300 million expansion, launched in 2008, nearly doubled the hospital’s capacity to 208 all-private rooms.

The current campus houses the Marjorie E. Radin Breast Care Center and the 100,000-square-foot Community Cancer Institute, which brings together oncology services including imaging, radiation treatments, chemotherapy and support services. A multi-specialty team of doctors and therapists coordinate to expedite cancer care.