Mount Auburn Hospital

Mount Auburn Hospital
Caregroup Healthcare System

Main Entrance from Mount Auburn Street
Geography
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°22′28″N 71°08′02″W / 42.374414°N 71.133776°WCoordinates: 42°22′28″N 71°08′02″W / 42.374414°N 71.133776°W
Organization
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Harvard Medical School
Services
Beds

213

Occupancy Rate = 76%
History
Founded 1886
Links
Website http://www.mountauburnhospital.org/
Lists Hospitals in Massachusetts

Mount Auburn Hospital is a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.[1] It was founded in 1886 as the first hospital in Cambridge and until 1947 was known as Cambridge Hospital.[2]

Mount Auburn Hospital's first building, the Parsons Building, built 1886

Notable births

Notable deaths

Radiology Department

The Department of Radiology was founded by Dr. Richard Schatzki. He was the first to describe the most common cause of difficulty swallowing, now known as the Schatzki ring. The department has an active radiology residency program.

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Mount Auburn Hospital. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "A Legacy of Excellence - A History OF Mount Auburn Hospital". Mount Auburn Hospital. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ Bell Blake (2010). Fire & Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics. Fantagraphics Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-60699-166-4.

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