Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is a hospital located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located between Market Street and Powelton Avenue, and N. 38^th Street and N. Sloan Street.

Presbyterian was founded in 1871 by the Alliance of Philadelphia Presbyteries as a 45-bed facility on 2.5 acres. The original name was "Presbyterian Hospital of Philadelphia". It has since grown into a 300-bed institution with various nationally recognized medical institutes, specialty centers and research programs. The Philadelphia Heart Institute was the region's first outpatient pulmonary care facility. The Scheie Eye Institute has received national attention for expertise and service.

Presbyterian's School of Nursing, founded in 1887, has a long history of imbuing the medical center with an increased awareness and importance placed on the value on nursing in the treatment of patients. As a result, nurses at Presbyterian are recognized by the medical center for improving the quality of care it strives to provide.

In 1995, Presbyterian Medical Center, as it was then known, joined the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS). This has provided them access to and benefits from the resources of the Health System, as well as the University's School of Medicine. The Health System recently changed the official name to "Penn Presbyterian Medical Center".