Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (Richmond, Va.). Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has a rich place in American history, as it was affiliated with the only Southern medical school to graduate students during the Civil War. It continues to further…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.). Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been around for almost 140 years, and no hospital in Tennessee is more highly awarded or recognized than VUMC. VUMC includes 626-bed Vanderbilt University Hospital, 271-bed Monroe Carell Jr.…
UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas). The history of UT Southwestern Medical Center began in 1939, when Dallas clinical leaders and citizens organized the Southwestern Medical Foundation to promote medical education in the Dallas area. The Southwestern Medical College officially formed as…
UPMC Presbyterian (Pittsburgh). In 1893, Louise Lyle, the wife of a Presbyterian minister, founded UPMC Presbyterian, which was known as Presbyterian Hospital of Pittsburgh at the time. More than 120 years later, UPMC has become a national and global healthcare…
University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle). In 1959, University of Washington Medical Center opened as University Hospital, one of the country’s smallest teaching hospitals at the time. However, UW Medical Center now sits as the flagship of UW Medicine, one of…
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University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville). The history of University of Virginia Medical Center dates back to the days of Thomas Jefferson, who founded the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The school dedicated its first hospital in 1901, a…
University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. University of Rochester Medical Center was founded in 1921 after two men, Abraham Flexner and Benjamin Rush Rhees, MD, pushed for the idea of a medical school and hospital at a university. One of…
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City). University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was founded in 1898 as a 65-bed hospital with a 200-seat amphitheater for clinical instruction. After many growth spurts, the 705-bed teaching hospital and Level I…
University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland). UH Case Medical Center, a 1,032-bed tertiary academic medical center and flagship of the University Hospitals system, was founded in 1866. The hospital formally affiliated with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine…
University Hospital (Salt Lake City). University Hospital, the flagship facility of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health Care, opened to the public in 1965 as the University of Utah Medical Center. After several expansions and additions, the hospital has…