Massachusetts General Hospital
Main entrance of Massachusetts General Hospital
Location
Place	55 Fruit Street, Boston Massachusetts, (US)
Coordinates	42°21′46.10″N 71°04′07.07″W / 42.3628056, -71.0686306Coordinates: 42°21′46.10″N 71°04′07.07″W / 42.3628056, -71.0686306
Organization
Care System	Medicare (US)
Hospital Type	Teaching
Affiliated University	Harvard Medical School
Services
Emergency Dept.	Level I trauma center
Beds	898
History
Founded	1811
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in Massachusetts

Massachusetts General Hospital (often abbreviated to "Mass General" or just "MGH") is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a biomedical research facility in Boston, Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. This article describes policy-related systems For the article on hospital networks which are sometimes referred to as health care systems see Hospital network. This article refers to Medicare, a United States health insurance program A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for A teaching hospital is a Hospital that in addition to delivering medical care to patients also provides Clinical education and training to future and current doctors A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Harvard Medical School ( HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University and currently the #1 medical school in America as ranked by U A trauma center is a Hospital equipped to provide comprehensive Emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries List of Hospitals in Massachusetts ( US state) sorted by location A teaching hospital is a Hospital that in addition to delivering medical care to patients also provides Clinical education and training to future and current doctors Harvard Medical School ( HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University and currently the #1 medical school in America as ranked by U

It is owned and operated by Partners HealthCare (which also owns Brigham and Women's Hospital and North Shore Medical Center). Partners HealthCare is a Non-profit organization that owns several Hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH is the largest Hospital of Longwood Medical and Academic Area, in the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of The North Shore Medical Center (abbreviated NSMC) is a Hospital complex on the North Shore of Massachusetts. MGH is part of the consortium of hospitals which operates Boston MedFlight and is a member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Boston MedFlight (BMF is a Non-profit organization that provides emergency transport to Boston area hospitals Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Centeris the largest National Cancer Institute (NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the nation

History

Founded in 1811, the original hospital was designed by the famous American architect Charles Bulfinch. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Charles Bulfinch ( August 8 1763 – April 15 1844) was an early American Architect, and has been regarded by many It is the third oldest general hospital in the United States, and the oldest and largest in New England. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the John Warren, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Harvard Medical School, which was located in Cambridge then, spearheaded the move of the medical school to Boston. Warren's son, John Collins Warren, along with James Jackson, led the efforts to start the Massachusetts General Hospital. Since all those who had sufficient money were cared for at home, Massachusetts General Hospital, like most hospitals that were founded in the 19th century, was intended to care for the poor. ^[1] During mid- to late-1800s, Harvard Medical School was located adjacent to Massachusetts General Hospital.

The hospital's work with developing specialized computer software systems for medical use in the 1960s lead to the development of the MUMPS programming language, which stands for "Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System", an important programming language and data-base system heavily used in medical applications such as patient records and billing. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Mumps or epidemic Parotitis is a Viral disease of the Human species A major patient database system called File Manager, which was developed by the Veterans Administration (now the Department of Veterans' Affairs), was created using this language. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA) is a government-run military Veteran benefit system with Cabinet -level status

Early use of anesthesia

It was in the Ether Dome of MGH on October 16, 1846 that one of the first demonstrations of ether was presented to the medical profession to produce insensibility to pain by William Thomas Green Morton, a Boston dentist. The Ether Dome was the operating room of the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear colorless and highly Flammable liquid with a low Boiling point and a An operation was performed on that date to remove a blood vessel tumor from the neck of a Cambridge, Massachusetts printer, William Abbott. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. The MGH Chief of Surgery, John Collins Warren performed the surgery and remarked "Gentlemen this is no humbug. " News of the remarkable "new" invention rapidly traveled around the world. The actual first documented use of ether to render a patient unconscious prior to surgery was performed on March 30, 1842, by Dr. Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear colorless and highly Flammable liquid with a low Boiling point and a Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Crawford Long of Danielsville, Georgia. Crawford Williamson Long ( November 1, 1815 &ndash June 16, 1878) was an American Physician and Pharmacist best known for Danielsville is a city in Madison County, Georgia, United States. The term anesthesia was suggested for the insensible state by Oliver Wendell Holmes, then a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr, (August 29 1809 &ndash October 7 1894 was a Physician by profession but achieved fame as a Writer; he was one of the best A modern anesthesia department was established at the hospital in 1936 under the leadership of Henry Knowles Beecher. The Ether Dome still exists and is open to the public. It is one of the oldest operating theaters in existence. It contains a remarkable painting of the event by Warren and Lucia Prosperi.

Current operations

The hospital has 898 beds and admits over 45,000 patients each year. The surgical staff performs over 34,000 operations yearly. The obstetrics service handles over 3,500 births each year. Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, "to stand by" is the surgical speciality dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during Pregnancy The hospital handles over 1 million outpatients each year at its main campus, as well as its five satellite facilities in Boston at Back Bay, Charlestown, Chelsea, Everett, and Revere. Architect Hisham N. Ashkouri, working in conjunction with Hoskins Scott Taylor and Partners, provided the space designs and schematics for the pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, and in-patient related floors, as well as the third floor surgical suites and support facilities. Hisham N Ashkouri (born August 15, 1948, Baghdad, Iraq) is a Boston and New York -based Architect.

In 2003, MGH was named the state's first Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association. Magnet recognition represents the highest honor awarded for nursing excellence.

In the fall of 2004, the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care opened. Boston Red Sox Mrs Yawkey's husband Tom became owner and president of the Boston Red Sox in 1933. This 440,000 square feet, ten floor facility is the largest and most comprehensive outpatient building in New England.

Bullfinch building, featuring Ether Dome

With more than 10,000 employees, the hospital is the largest non-governmental employer in Boston. The Ether Dome was the operating room of the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. It is sometimes jokingly described as "The Medical-Industrial Complex. A military-industrial complex (MIC is a concept commonly used to refer to Policy relationships between Governments national Armed forces, and industrial "

Massachusetts General Hospital is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and is its original teaching hospital. Harvard Medical School ( HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University and currently the #1 medical school in America as ranked by U MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $400 million.

Though it has its own chief of psychiatry, MGH is closely affiliated with nearby McLean Hospital, which is also affiliated with Harvard Medical School. McLean Hospital (pronounced 'Mc-Lane' is a Psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. Harvard Medical School ( HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University and currently the #1 medical school in America as ranked by U

It consistently ranks as one of the country's top hospitals in U.S. News and World Report. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D In 2007, Massachusetts General Hospital ranked 5th overall from among 5,462 medical centers with a #1 ranking in psychiatry^[2] as well as high rankings in endocrinology, orthopedics, respiratory disorders, geriatrics, digestive disorders, neurology and neurosurgery, kidney disease, heart, rheumatology, cancer, urology, gynecology, and ear, nose, and throat. Psychiatry is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat Mental disorders in Humans Psychiatric Endocrinology (from Greek grc ἔνδον endon, "within" grc κρῑνω krīnō, "to separate" and grc -λογία Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedics) is the branch of Surgery concerned with injuries to or conditions involving the Respiratory Disease is the term for Diseases of the Respiratory system. Geriatrics is the branch of Medicine that focuses on health care of the elderly Gastroenterology ( MeSH heading is the branch of Medicine whereby the Digestive system and its disorders are studied Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central, Peripheral nervous system and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical Nephrology (from Greek nephros, " Kidney " and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit Heart disease is an Umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the Heart. Rheumatology is a sub-specialty in Internal medicine and Pediatrics, devoted to the Diagnosis and therapy of Rheumatic diseases. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Urology is the branch of Surgery that focuses on the Urinary tracts of males and females and on the reproductive system of males Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system ( Uterus Otolaryngology is the branch of Medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Ear, Nose, Throat, and head and neck disorders ^[3] Since 1994, MGH has been awarded the most research funding for an independent hospital by the National Institutes of Health ^[4], receiving over $285 million dollars alone in 2004 ^[5]. MGH is also home to the world-renowned Mallinckrodt General Clinical Research Center. The Mallinckrodt MGH General Clinical Research Center ( GCRC) is a research center at Massachusetts General Hospital.

MGH is located at 55 Fruit Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The campus is in an area formerly known as the West End, adjacent to the Charles River and Beacon Hill. The West End of Boston Massachusetts is a neighborhood bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south the Charles River to the west and northwest North The Charles River is a small relatively short River in Massachusetts, USA, that separates Boston from Cambridge and Other places are also named Beacon Hill. Beacon Hill is a neighborhood of Boston Massachusetts, covering approximately one square The closest MBTA stop is Charles/MGH on the Red Line. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA) is "a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Charles/MGH Station is located at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Charles Street in Boston Massachusetts. On 27 March 2007, the new Charles/MGH station was opened with new renovations, including handicap accessible elevators ^[6]. Charles/MGH Station is located at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Charles Street in Boston Massachusetts.

Trivia

MGH crest

• MGH nurses were featured in a four-part, front-page series in The Boston Globe entitled "Critical care: The making of an ICU nurse", which is being used in nursing schools throughout the country. Critical care nursing is the field of Nursing with a focus on the care of the critically ill or unstable patients
• There are five main food service areas for the general public. Public is of or pertaining to the people relating to or affecting a nation state or community opposed to private; as the public treasury a road or lake They include the Eat Street Cafe in the lower level of the Ellison Building, the Blossom Street Cafe in the Cox lobby, Coffee Central in the White lobby, Tea Leaves and Coffee Beans in the Wang Ambulatory Care Center, and Coffee South in the Yawkey outpatient center.
• MGH is referred to as "MBH" or "Man's Best Hospital" in Samuel Shem's satirical novel, The House of God; also as "Man's Greatest Hospital". Samuel Shem is the Pen-name of the American Psychiatrist Stephen Joseph Bergman (1944- The House of God is a Satirical novel by Samuel Shem (a Pseudonym of the Psychiatrist Stephen Bergman published in 1978
• There have been several mentions of Massachusetts General Hospital in fictional television series and movies:
  • In the series "St. Elsewhere", the doctors of St. St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. Elsewhere often make references to Boston General Hospital, which could be interpreted as a reference to MGH.
  • In the series Arrested Development, Tobias Fünke reports that he had previously worked at the hospital as chief resident in psychiatry for two years. Arrested Development is a character-driven American television Sitcom about a formerly wealthy habitually Dysfunctional family. This is a list of the main characters from the Fox television Comedy series Arrested Development.
  • In the series Alias, Arvin Sloane mentions that Sydney's psychiatrist trained at the hospital. Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J
  • In the movie Sleeping with the Enemy, an MGH neurologist gives the characters played by Julia Roberts and Patrick Bergin a ride on his sailboat off the coast of Cape Cod. Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 psychological thriller Film based on a 1987 novel of the same name by Nancy Price starring Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967 is an American - Academy Award winning Film actress and former Fashion model. Patrick Connolly Bergin (born February 4, 1951) is an Irish actor Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost
  • In the movie Malice, the lead character played by Alec Baldwin is an MGH-trained surgeon with a "God complex". Malice is a film written by Aaron Sorkin, Jonas McCord and Scott Frank. Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3 1958 is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -winning American
  • In an episode of House, Dr. House, also known as House MD, is an American Medical drama, which debuted on the FOX network on November 16 2004 Gregory House fakes brain cancer in order to participate in a clinical trial at the MGH. The experimental anti-depressant would have given Dr. House, addicted to painkillers, a powerful high.
  • In an episode of Grey's Anatomy, Lexie Grey explains that she was supposed to have an internship at "Mass Gen" (referring to the hospital by a moniker that is almost never applied to the hospital in real life) but that she remained in Seattle as a result of the untimely death of her mother. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama.
  • In an episode of The Onion News Network, a video podcast from The Onion, MGH was featured in a story titled "Anonymous Philanthropist Donates 200 Human Kidneys To Hospital. For the vegetable see Onion. The Onion is an American " fake news " organization "
  • In an episode of the X-Files MGH is shown when Agent Scully is brought to NYU Medical Center.
• Residents, students, and area paramedics have fondly referred to the hospital as "Massive Genital Hospital. "
• In Jan Karon's novel series, the Mitford Years, the local doctor, Walter "Hoppy" Harper, was an intern at MGH, having graduated from Harvard School of Medicine. Jan Karon (b 1937 in Lenoir North Carolina) is an American writer novelist and children's book author Harvard Medical School ( HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University and currently the #1 medical school in America as ranked by U

References

External links

• History of MGH
• ARCADD, Inc.