Johns Hopkins Hospital
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a teaching hospital in Baltimore, Maryland (USA). It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins. It is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest hospitals[1], and it has topped U.S. News and World Report's ranking of American hospitals for 17 consecutive years.[2]
The hospital's main medical campus in East Baltimore is served by the easternmost station on the Baltimore Metro Subway.
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[edit] History
Johns Hopkins, a Baltimore merchant and banker, left an estate of $7 million when he died on Christmas Eve 1873, at the age of seventy-eight. In his will, he asked that his fortune be used to found two institutions that would bear his name: "The Johns Hopkins University" and "The Johns Hopkins Hospital." At the time that it was made, Hopkins' gift was the largest philanthropic bequest in the history of the United States. Toward the end of his life, Hopkins selected twelve prominent Baltimoreans to be the trustees for the project and a year before his death, sent a letter telling them that he was giving "thirteen acres of land, situated in the city of Baltimore, and bounded by Wolfe, Monument, Broadway and Jefferson streets upon which I desire you to erect a hospital." He wished for a hospital "which shall, in construction and arrangement, compare favorably with any other institution of like character in this country or in Europe" and directed his trustees to "secure for the service of the Hospital, physicians and surgeons of the highest character and greatest skill." [3]
Most importantly, Hopkins told the trustees to "bear constantly in mind that it is my wish and purpose that the [hospital] shall ultimately form a part of the Medical School of that university for which I have made ample provision in my will." By calling for this integral relationship between patient care, as embodied in the hospital, and teaching and research, as embodied in the university, Hopkins laid the groundwork for a revolution in American medicine. Johns Hopkins' vision, of two institutions in which the practice of medicine would be wedded to medical research and medical education was nothing short of revolutionary.
Initial plans for the hospital were drafted by surgeon John Shaw Billings, and the architecture designed by John Rudolph Niernsee and completed by Edward Clarke Cabot of the Boston firm of Cabot and Chandler in a Queen Anne style.[4] When completed in 1889 at a cost of $2,050,000, the hospital included what was then state-of-the art concepts in heating and ventilation to check the spread of disease.
[edit] Rankings
U.S. News & World Report - 2007 Rankings by Medical Specialty[5]
| Specialty | Rank |
|---|---|
| Urology | 1 |
| Gynecology | 1 |
| Ear, nose, and throat(Otolaryngology) | 1 |
| Rheumatology | 1 |
| Ophthalmology | 2 |
| Psychiatry | 2 |
| Geriatrics | 2 |
| Neurology and Neurosurgery | 2 |
| Respiratory Disorders | 3 |
| Pediatrics | 3 |
| Endocrinology | 3 |
| Digestive Disorders | 3 |
| Oncology | 3 |
| Cardiology | 4 |
| Orthopedics | 5 |
| Kidney Disease | 6 |
| Rehabilitation | 21 |
[edit] External links
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System website
- Johns Hopkins Medicine website
- Baltimore, Maryland, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
[edit] Citations and footnotes
- ^ Amazon.com: Here is My Hope: A Book of Healing and Prayer: Inspirational Stories of Johns Hopkins Hospital: Randi Henderson,Richard Marek: Books
- ^ Best Hospitals 2007 Honor Roll - US News and World Report
- ^ Harvey, A.M., Brieger, G.H., Abrams, S. L., McKusick, V.A., A Model of Its Kind, A Centennial History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore) 1989.
- ^ Dorsey, John & Dilts, James D., Guide to Baltimore Architecture (1997) p. 203-4. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland ISBN 0-87033-477-8
- ^ "America's Best Hospitals 2007: Johns Hopkins Hospital" U.S. News & World Report, Accessed October 8, 2007.
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