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About Hopkins
What is the mission of Johns Hopkins?
Johns Hopkins is committed to providing the very best in three critical areas of medicine: teaching, research, and patient care. Good teaching in the medical, nursing and public health schools ensures that the expertise of our faculty is passed on to new generations of health professionals. Extensive research extends the boundaries of medical knowledge. High quality patient care ensures that every patient receives the best that Hopkins is capable of giving.
How does Johns Hopkins compare with other medical centers?
Johns Hopkins Hospital has been ranked #1 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of America's Best Hospitals for the past 14 years. Hopkins doctors also are highly regarded by their peers. A 1995 survey called "The Best Doctors in America" published in American Health Magazine, listed 41 Hopkins doctors among the best in the United States, more than any other medical center.
What are some of Hopkins' contributions to medical research?
Hopkins has pioneered many clinical and research advances throughout its more than 110-year history. Hopkins physicians are responsible for pioneering surgery for breast cancer (1889), heart surgery (1944), and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (1958). Hopkins researchers are also responsible for numerous inventions, including the rechargeable cardiac pacemaker, an implantable insulin pump, and contributions to the understanding of the human gene map. These advances complement the many institutional firsts at Johns Hopkins, such as the first combined hospital and medical school in the United States, the first schools of nursing and public health, and the first children's hospital to be integrated into an academic medical center, to name a few.
Who was Mr. Johns Hopkins?
A businessman, bank president and railroad magnate, Johns Hopkins was the most powerful financier in Baltimore during the mid-1800s. When he died a bachelor in 1873, at the age of 78, Mr. Hopkins provided in his will for the creation of a university dedicated to advanced learning and scientific research, and a hospital to administer the finest patient care, train superior physicians, and seek new knowledge for the advancement of medicine. Through his wishes, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital were established, the first time that a hospital and a university were linked together in the United States. Mr. Hopkins' first name, Johns, was his mother's maiden name.
Where is Johns Hopkins Hospital?
Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland, on the East Coast of the United States. It is 20 minutes from Baltimore-Washington International Airport, less than one hour north of Washington D.C., and 3 hours south of New York City. The Johns Hopkins Medical Campus is very close to Baltimore's Inner Harbor area, the heart of downtown.
How big is the hospital?
Within the downtown Medical Campus are the Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, the Ross Research Building, and the Johns Hopkins University's Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health. The campus houses more than 40 buildings on 44-acres. Centers of Excellence at Johns Hopkins include the Brady Urological Institute, the Meyer Center for Neurosciences and Psychiatry, the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Moore AIDS Clinic, the Oncology Center, the Clayton Heart Center, and the Asthma & Allergy Center.
Is the hospital connected to Johns Hopkins University?
Yes. The doctors who work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center are faculty of the School of Medicine, a division of the Johns Hopkins University. In his will, Johns Hopkins stipulated that the hospital and University be joined to promote teaching, research, and patient care.
What makes Johns Hopkins different from other hospitals?
As a teaching institution, The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a training ground for the next generation of leaders in medicine. For that reason, when the attending physician who is directly responsible for your medical care visits you in the hospital, he or she may be accompanied by several residents, postdoctoral fellows, or medical or nursing students. As a patient at Johns Hopkins, you always have the right to speak privately with your attending physician.
Is Johns Hopkins a public or private hospital?
Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center are private, non-profit hospitals. They are not affiliated with the U.S. Government or any local government agency. In this way, they are unlike the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a research facility funded by the U.S. government located in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C.
How is research at Johns Hopkins funded?
Johns Hopkins receives both public and private funds to support its extensive biomedical research program. The School of Medicine receives $300 million in research grants per year, representing more research dollars than any other medical center in the United States.
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