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Massachusetts General Hospital
US News Honor RollBoston, Massachusetts
#4 Overall (US News)#3 World (Newsweek)
National Specialty Leader
🏆#1 for Psychiatry
Excellence in treating complex psychiatric cases
Top 10 National Rankings
Psychiatry
#1 in Nation
Neurology & Neurosurgery
#3 in Nation
Diabetes & Endocrinology
#4 in Nation
Cancer
#6 in Nation
Orthopedics
#8 in Nation
Ear, Nose & Throat
#5 in Nation
Key Highlights
- ✓World's largest hospital-based research program
- ✓Third-oldest general hospital in the United States
- ✓#3 hospital in the world (Newsweek)
- ✓Most NIH funding of any independent hospital (~$500M)
Notable Achievements
- ★First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia (1846)
- ★Home to multiple Nobel Prize laureates
- ★Original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School
- ★1,200+ clinical trials at any given time
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 1811
- Beds
- 1,045
- Employees
- 27,000+
- Patient Volume
- 50,000+ admissions
- Research Budget
- $1.2+ billion
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
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