An 874-bed academic medical center founded in 1824, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the flagship hospital of Jefferson Health’s 33-hospital system, one of the top 15 nonprofit academic health systems in the U.S. It is also home to the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, and a level 1 trauma center. The hospital is listed among the top two best hospitals in the Philadelphia region by U.S. News & World Report, with multiple nationally ranked programs, including orthopedics, ophthalmology, and neurology and neurosurgery. The hospital continuously advances clinical breakthroughs and innovation in patient care, as evidenced by the hospital’s recent completion of the nation’s first living donor resection and partial liver transplantation with delayed total hepatectomy, expanding treatment options for patients with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver. Among Jefferson’s many innovations is the same day/next day cancer care program, which since its inception in the summer of 2024 has already connected more than 2,000 patients with oncology specialists within 24 to 48 hours of a new or suspected cancer diagnosis. As the clinical centerpiece of Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is directly supported by more than $84 million in active National Institutes of Health funding and more than 178 federal research awards, reflecting its strength as a leading clinical, academic and research institution.
