Partners Healthcare System
Partners Healthcare System
Partners is one of the leading academic healthcare systems in the world and the largest private not-for-profit biomedical research enterprise in the United States. Founded by Harvard Medical School's leading teaching hospitals -- Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital -- Partners also includes Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, McLean Psychiatric Hospital and over 4,000 Harvard faculty physicians.
http://www.partners.org/international
Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, Massachusetts
The Largest and Oldest Teaching Hospital of Harvard Medical School
Founded in 1811, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is recognized as a world leader in academic medicine and has made pivotal contributions to the advancement of medicine throughout history. In 1846, MGH was the first to use ether as an anesthetic, demonstrating to the world the performance of surgery without pain. In 1896, MGH produced the first X-ray image just 30 days after the technique was discovered in Europe. Then in 1925, MGH founded the nation's first tumor clinic, advancing a "specialist" approach to the study of disease. Today, MGH provides sophisticated, multidisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic care in every medical specialty and subspecialty. MGH employs over 3,900 specialist and sub-specialist physicians including research physicians, fellows and dentists. MGH maintains 898 acute care-beds. Its professional staff treated 47,878 patients and 1,440,766 outpatients and performed 34,072 surgical procedures in 2004.
U. S. News and World Report ranks the Massachusetts General Hospital as the 5th best hospital in the country, for demonstrating high levels of competence in 13 medical specialties. The MGH ranked among the "Top 5 Hospitals in America" for excellence in treating Digestive Disorders, Geriatric Care, Gynecology, Cardiac Care and Surgery, Hormonal Disorders, Kidney Disease, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Respiratory Disorders. MGH also ranked among the "Top 10 Hospitals in America" for medical excellence in Urology and Psychiatry.
http://www.massgeneral.org
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Innovation in Medicine. A Pioneer in Women's Health.
Boston, Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a world-renowned center for advanced patient care, research, and medical education. Their experienced staff is dedicated to providing care that always places the patient first. BWH is ranked 10th by U.S. News & World Report in its "Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals" for demonstrating high levels of competence in eight major medical specialties. BWH ranks among the "Top Five Hospitals in America" for excellence in treating Kidney and Gynecological Disease. BWH ranks among "America's Top 10 Best Hospitals" for excellence in treating Cardiac, Rheumatoid and Endocrine Disease.
http://www.brighamandwomens.org
Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare
Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate Specializing in Cancer Care
Boston, Massachusetts
Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare is dedicated to providing the highest quality care and the most advanced treatments for adults with cancer. Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare is comprised of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the founding members of the Partners HealthCare System - Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. All three hospitals are major teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School. Many kinds of cancer and blood disorders are treated within the 12 disease programs that are the cornerstone of Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, and it ranks among the "Top Five Hospitals in America" for Cancer Care.
http://www.cancercare.harvard.edu