| Industry | Health care |
|---|---|
| Founded | La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States (1902) |
| Founder(s) | Adolf Gundersen |
| Headquarters | La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States |
| Employees | 5,723 |
| Website | www.gundluth.org/ |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center a comprehensive health care network including one of the nation's largest multi-specialty group medical practices, regional community clinics, hospital, home care, behavioral health services, vision centers, pharmacies, and air and ground ambulances.[1]
Gundersen Lutheran's flagship campus is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[2]
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Dr. Adolph Gundersen, who arrived in 1891 from Norway, was the founder of Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. Adolf Gundersen graduated from University of Oslo. In 1893 Adolf Gundersen married Helga Isaksaetre with whom he had eight children. Four of the sons, Gunnar, Alf, Sigurd B. Sr. and Thorolf joined their father in his first clinic, which opened in 1930 on the outskirts of the city. In 1944, three of the physician sons created Gundersen Medical Foundation (now known as Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation).[3]
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center is the designated Western Clinical Campus for the University of Wisconsin Medical School and School of Nursing.
During 2007, Gundersen had 14,164 admissions, 1,597 births, and 23,192 Emergency and Trauma Center visits. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center is also an ACS verified Level II Trauma Center. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center has been named among the Top 100 in the nation 13 times in the last 11 years. There are approximately 6,316 employees as well as 434 physicans and 259 physician assistants and nurse practitioners from the Gundersen Lutheran Clinic on staff.[4]
Gundersen Lutheran has been named one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation for cardiovascular care for the fifth time in 2008 by Thomson Reuters, a company that examined the performance of 970 U.S. hospitals and found that the top 100 hospitals had mortality rates 26 percent lower for bypass surgery and costs that averaged $1,542 less per case. Gundersen Lutheran also received the honor in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007.[5]
Gundersen Lutheran's Environmental Promise states[6]: We will meet 100 percent of our energy needs for our facilities by 2014 by creating renewable energy and improving energy efficiency.
As part of its ongoing energy efficiency efforts, new buildings at Gundersen Lutheran are designed with the environment, staff and patients in mind. One example is the underground parking ramp that opened on the health system’s La Crosse campus in 2008 with solar panels.[7]
Gundersen Lutheran's flagship campus is located on the south side of La Crosse. There are also 24 satellite clinics in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.