Lankenau Medical Center

Lankenau Medical Center
Main Line Health
Geography
Location	Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	39°59′17″N 75°15′43″W / 39.988°N 75.262°W / 39.988; -75.262Coordinates: 39°59′17″N 75°15′43″W / 39.988°N 75.262°W / 39.988; -75.262
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Hospital type	Teaching
Network	Planetree Alliance
Services
Standards	Joint Commission
Emergency department	Yes
Helipad	FAA LID: 9PA9
Beds	331
History
Founded	1850
Links
Website	http://www.mainlinehealth.org/Lankenau
Lists	Hospitals in Pennsylvania

Lankenau Medical Center is a 331-bed tertiary care, teaching hospital and research institute in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Its Emergency Department is certified by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center.^[1] An FAA-certified rooftop helipad is available for medevacs.^[2]

It is a founding member of Main Line Health, a community-based not-for-profit health system, that also includes Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Riddle Hospital, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Mirmont Treatment Center, and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research.

History

Lankenau Hospital was founded in 1860 as the "German Hospital of Philadelphia" on Morris Street in North Philadelphia. with the entry of the United States into World War I in 1917, many German institutions took new names. The German Hospital became "Lankenau Hospital" after John D. Lankenau, a successful, German-born Philadelphia businessman who had been one of the hospital's first leaders.

The hospital moved to larger facilities at Girard and Corinthian Avenues in North Philadelphia in 1884. In December 1953, Lankenau moved to Wynnewood on the Main Line, occupying the site of the former Overbrook Country Club.

In 2010, the hospital became "Lankenau Medical Center".^[3] Today, it serves southeastern Pennsylvania by offering a wide variety of primary and specialty clinical services, residency and fellowship programs, and research programs emphasizing treatment for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes.

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Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania

Founded 1713

Communities

Educational Institutions

Primary & Secondary Schools	Lower Merion School District Belmont Hills Elementary School Cynwyd Elementary School Gladwyne Elementary School Merion Elementary School Penn Valley Elementary School Penn Wynne Elementary School Bala Cynwyd Middle School Welsh Valley Middle School Harriton High School Lower Merion High School Baldwin School French International School of Philadelphia Friends' Central School Gladwyne Montessori School The Haverford School Merion Mercy Academy Rosemont School of the Holy Child Saint Margaret School Shipley School Torah Academy Waldron Mercy Academy

Colleges and universities	Bryn Mawr College Harcum College Rosemont College St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Saint Joseph's University Haverford College

Regional Rail Stations

Medical facilities

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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