UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco). In 1906, a major earthquake struck San Francisco and the rest of the northern California coast, resulting in devastating fires. The University of California decided to build a teaching hospital on the Parnassus campus in…
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UC San Diego Medical Center. The history of the 392-bed UC San Diego Medical Center traces back to 1966, when the University of California assumed the lease of the former county hospital and began operating the hospital as University Hospital.…
The University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City). The Kansas medical scene came to a crescendo in the early 1900s as the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Lawrence was created. Then, in 1906, Simeon Bell, MD, donated the land and…
Stanford Hospital & Clinics (Palo Alto, Calif.). Leland Stanford, a famous politician and railroad tycoon from the 1800s, founded Stanford University in 1885. After adopting the medical school located in San Francisco, Stanford Medicine came into its own in the…
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix). When the Sisters of Mercy first came to Phoenix in 1892, their goal was to start a parish school. But after seeing the suffering of tuberculosis patients, they started a sanitarium three years…
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Sentara Norfolk (Va.) General Hospital. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital’s origins date back to 1888, when the 25-bed Retreat for the Sick was founded in downtown Norfolk. Now, the 525-bed hospital is flagship for the 12-hospital Sentara Healthcare system. U.S. News…
Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare Shea Medical Center. Established in 1984 as a small hospital near Loop 101 and Shea Boulevard outside Scottsdale, Shea Medical Center has grown to become a reliable provider of care and medical research. U.S. News & World…
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). Rush University Medical Center was established with Rush Medical College, which received its charter in 1837, just two days before the city of Chicago was officially incorporated. Today, the medical center has more than 400…
Providence Portland (Ore.) Medical Center. The history of Providence Portland Medical Center traces back to the Sisters of Providence, who arrived in Washington State in 1856 and began caring for the sick. Providence Portland Medical Center is part of Providence…
NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City). Founded in 1841, NYU Langone Medical Center is home to a number of scientific and medical advancements, such as discovering the mosquito transmission of yellow fever, creating the first department of forensic medicine…