Johns Hopkins Hospital

The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the founding institutions of modern American medicine and the birthplace of numerous famed medical traditions, including rounds, residents, and house staff. Several medical specialties were founded at the hospital, including neurosurgery by Harvey Williams Cushing and Walter Dandy, cardiac surgery by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, and child psychiatry by Leo Kanner. Johns Hopkins Children's Center which serves infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21, is attached to the hospital.

Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Medicine
The hospital's Bloomberg Pavilion, hosting the Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Geography
Location1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates39°17′46″N 76°35′30″W
Organisation
Fundingfederal and private
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityJohns Hopkins School of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds1,091
Helipads
HelipadFAA LID: 0MD3 and 17MD
Number Length Surface
ft m
1 rooftop
(concrete)
2 rooftop
(concrete)
History
Opened1889
Links
Websitehopkinsmedicine.org
ListsHospitals in U.S.
Other linksJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Johns Hopkins Hospital Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location601 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1889
ArchitectCabot & Chandler, and others
Architectural styleQueen Anne style
NRHP reference No.75002094
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 1975

Johns Hopkins Hospital is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest hospitals and medical institutions. For 21 consecutive years from 1991 to 2020, it was ranked as the best overall hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. In its 2019–2020 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital on 15 adult specialties and 10 children's specialties; the hospital came in 1st in Maryland and third nationally behind the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In 2021, the hospital marked 32 consecutive years of placing in the top five hospitals in the nation.

The hospital's founding in 1889 was made possible from a philanthropic bequest of over $7 million by city merchant, banker, financier, civic leader, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins, which at the time was the largest bequest in the history of the United States. The hospital is located at 600 North Broadway in Baltimore.

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