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Boston Children’s Hospital has led the way in pediatric innovation since our founding in 1869 as a 20-bed facility.
December 5, 1870: The “Children’s Hospital of the District of Columbia” is incorporated
Children’s National was one of the nation's first children’s hospitals, opening in 1870 and growing from a modest 12-bed facility to a 323-bed facility that performs more than 17,000 surgeries and conducts more than 669,000 outpatient visits in more than 60 specialties each year.
February 11, 1871: The first patients are admitted to the 12-bed hospital housed in a rented rowhouse
June 1875: Land purchased for construction of new hospital at 13th and W Streets, NW
1875: The hospital begins its first “letter campaign” to solicit residents to become members of Children’s Hospital
October 1, 1878: The central, or administrative building and the east wing of the new hospital is completed
1887: The first medical students from George Washington and Georgetown Universities begin training at Children’s
1890: The west wing is opened, bringing the total beds to 162.
Now the nation’s largest children’s hospital and pediatric research institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital resides in the same downtown setting where it was founded in 1892.
May 1894: A 12-bed baby ward is opened to care for children under the age of 18 months.
To accommodate that need, a group of volunteers established the Babies Summer Hospital in City Park in 1897, which really was only several tents that housed patients who were treated by six medical staff and volunteer nurses.
1900 - Planning for the first Children’s Hospital begins at a town meeting at the YMCA Auditorium, in what is now Downtown Los Angeles.
Founded in 1901, Children's Hospital Los Angeles is a worldwide leader in pediatric and adolescent health.
During the hospital's first fiscal year (through March 30, 1902) 14 patients were admitted.
1902 - Known as “the little house on Castelar Street,” in what is now Chinatown, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles admits 14 patients in its first year.
The financial panic of 1907 brought difficult times for the hospital but brought good fortune in the selection of Mrs.
With that lofty goal to guide them, Children's Hospital Colorado officially incorporated on May 9, 1908.
In 1909, Children's Colorado converted a former residence at 2221 Downing Street into a "well equipped institution with a capacity of 30 beds," admitting its first patients on Feb.
1910: First private (paying) patients admitted when two additional wings, running north and south are erected.
17, 1910, treating 290 patients in its first year.
The hospital's first class of nursing students graduated in 1912.
Doctor Wilson's father was the hospital's first intern in 1912.
He had stipulated that the hospital be built in honor of his mother, Henrietta Egleston, who passed away in 1912 and who had tragically lost four of her five young children to childhood diseases.
1914: Infant Welfare Station is opened to provide nourishment and preventive care for infants and children.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has grown and evolved since its founding in 1915, but its mission remains the same: to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.
When the hospital was finally established in 1915, the space housed 20 beds for children needing recovery after receiving orthopedic care.
In 1916, prominent insurance agent Thomas R. Egleston Jr. died, leaving $100,000 in his will to buy land and construct a children’s hospital.
When the Hospital moved to its Bainbridge Street location in Center City Philadelphia in 1916, and funding was urgently needed, the community contributed $500,000 in 10 days! Such vivid illustrations of generosity carry on to this day.
Our expanded main hospital opened in 1917 at 19th Avenue and Downing Street in downtown Denver.
In 1919, the Calvin W. Hunnicutt house on Spring Street Northwest, opposite what is today Baltimore Place, was purchased for the hospital.
Doctor George B. Packard Jr. performed the first pyloromyotomy – a type of stomach surgery – in Denver in the 1920s.
1920 - The Department of Physiotherapy opens for children in need of physical rehabilitation, many of whom are suffering from polio.
1921 - The Children’s Hospital School of Physical Therapy opens, one of only five accredited physical therapy schools in nation.
However, the property was sold in 1923 because increasing traffic had made the location too loud for recuperating patients needing rest.
Finally, in 1926, another property was purchased: a 15-acre patch of land located on what was then Forrest Road and Fortune Street, now the intersection of Ralph McGill Boulevard and Wabash Avenue.
1928 – Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children opens.
1930: Social Services Department is established by the Junior League of Washington
1932: The Child Guidance Center, predecessor of today’s Psychiatry Department opens.
The hospital hired its first physical therapist in 1932.
1934 - The Kate Page Crutcher Building opens, housing a physical therapy gymnasium, indoor swimming pool and treatment rooms.
A Hydro-Physio-Therapy unit opened in 1936 and was acknowledged as the finest of its kind in the United States.
Agnes Reid Tammen donated the hospital's first "iron lung" machine in 1937, providing treatment for children with trouble breathing.
January 1939: Blood Bank opens
The hospital logged its first medical record in 1939.
Heart InstituteThe Heart Institute performed the first pediatric heart surgery on the West Coast in 1939.
1940: Medical Library opens.
The hospital established a Blood Donor Center in May 1942.
Tammen continued her philanthropic efforts on behalf of Children’s Colorado until her death in 1942.
June 1943: Completion of an addition to dispensary and an office for admitting officer.
1944: The scientific publication Clinical Proceedings is launched to publish medical articles.
1945: West annex is built to house x-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as 20 additional beds.
Spalding’s desire to help was initially sparked in 1946 when Margaret Mitchell, famed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Gone With the Wind,” wrote to him to express her concern about the healthcare system available to African Americans in Atlanta.
In May 1947, the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, led by Hughes Spalding, authorized construction to begin on the hospital.
1947: The Research Foundation and the Department of Volunteers, financed by the Junior League of Washington are established
1947 - Mary McAlister Duque joins the Board of Children’s Hospital.
July 1948: Doctor Reginald Lourie appointed director of newly established Psychiatry Department
1950: The well baby clinic founded by the Child Welfare Society becomes part of the hospital.
The Junior League opened the hospital's first snack and gift shop in 1950.
1950 - The Hematology Program is established.
When it finally opened in 1952, the Hughes Spalding Pavilion held more than 130 beds and provided medical care for African American adults and children.
Children's Colorado has long been on the forefront of medical research, establishing a Research Foundation in 1953.
Doctor John Grow performed the first open-heart surgery at Children's Colorado in 1953.
1956: The adolescent medicine inpatient unit, the first of its kind in the United States, opens.
1956 - The Santa Anita Foundation Research Building is dedicated, allowing for expansion of research programs.
1956 – Egleston becomes the pediatric teaching affiliate of Emory University School of Medicine.
The Oca Cushman Wing – named after the hospital's first superintendent – opened in 1958, adding 72,000 square-feet of modern medical facilities including operating and recovery rooms.
One of the country's first child-abuse identification, prevention and treatment programs began in 1958 with the Child Protection Team, under the direction of Doctor C. Henry Kempe.
March 1959: New building opens to house Research Foundation.
1960 - The Division of Hematology is established.
1962 - Nearly nine acres of land surrounding the hospital are acquired, paving the way for expansion.
1963: Pediatric Surgery is established as a discipline and the surgery training program is initiated.
1964: The new outpatient department, an intensive care unit and an open heart surgery program are established.
1964 - The Development Fund Campaign is announced.
1965 – Scottish Rite expands into a full-fledged medical center.
January 1967: The Comprehensive Health Care Program begins.
1967 - The Division of Nephrology is founded, becoming one of only two programs in the United States performing dialysis on children.
December 1968: Children’s Board of Directors decides to relocate and build a new hospital.
1968: The first exclusive pediatric internship is established
Children's Colorado sponsored Colorado's first amputee ski school at Arapahoe Basin in 1968.
1968 - The new 282,000-square-foot, nine-story hospital building opens.
1971 - The first pediatric protective environment is developed, now known as the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, for children with resistant cancers undergoing intense chemotherapy.
In 1973 it is named in honor of Mary Duque.
1973 - The Divisions of Neonatology and Pediatric Pulmonology are established, including the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, now known as the Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit.
The first Burn Program in Colorado began treating pediatric patients in 1974.
1975: The first physicians specializing in critical care begin to provide care.
The hospital’s new expansion and updated name, Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, launched in July 1976 at its current location in north Atlanta.
The dedication of the hospital's newest building, named for Board of Directors member and noted Southeran California philanthropist, George C. Page, took place on December 12, 1977.
1977 - For the first time in Children’s Hospital history, a six-month-old patient on mechanically-assisted ventilation for a breathing disorder is discharged home while still on a ventilator.
1978: Division of Child Protection established for cases of physical and sexual abuse.
1978 - The first successful bone marrow transplant of a patient with Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome, a genetic immune system disorder that can lead to frequent infections and excessive bleeding, is performed at Children’s Hospital.
1980 - The Weingart Foundation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is established, becoming the largest PICU in the western United States.
September 1981: Home Care program begins after Doctor Gloria Eng, chairman of Physical Medicine receives a one-year grant.
June 1983: Children’s hosts first Children’s Miracle Network Telethon in conjunction with Osmond Foundation.
The hospital's Immunology Program begins in 1983 for treatment of children with immune system deficiencies.
In 1983, Hughes Spalding Pavilion expanded its facilities.
Further expansion occurred in 1983 with the addition of 96 beds and a clinical outpatient building.
June 1984: ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) program begins.
September 1984: The helipad is dedicated after Children’s is named a regional pediatric trauma center.
July 1985: First satellite medical center opens in Fairfax, Virginia, offering specialty consultative services.
November 1985: Special Immunology Team is established to treat HIV-infected patients and their families (now known as the HIV Prevention and Treatment Program).
1985 Doctor Frank Chang with patients
1986 - Children’s Hospital establishes the first formal pediatric AIDS program in Southern California.
1987: Facilities Enhancement Project approved and plans are made for additions and renovations.
1987 - The ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) program accepts its first patients, offering heart-lung bypass support to infants in respiratory failure.
1988: First bone marrow transplant procedure performed.
April 1989: First heart Transplant performed on eleven-year-old girl.
May 4, 1989: Groundbreaking held for west wing addition, relocation of helipad and expansion of parking garage.
1989 - Children’s Hospital is named among the top four pediatric facilities in the country in the first United States News & World Report “America’s Best Hospitals” survey.
15, 1989, the hospital was renamed again as the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Hospital for Children, in honor of the couple who originally donated the land in north Atlanta, while the holding company became the Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center.
1989 – Hughes Spalding temporarily shuts its doors for renovation.
January 1990: The Center for Prenatal Evaluation a joint endeavor with The George Washington University sees first patient.
July 1990: The Ambulatory Infusion Center in the Department of Hematology/Oncology opens doors.
1990 - Physicians pioneer the development of limb implants to treat bone cancer, saving young patients from amputation or death.
The facility reopens in 1992 as Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital.
1993 - Surgeons perform three firsts for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: a pediatric heart transplant, a pediatric lung transplant and, in worldwide first, a double-lobe lung transplant, using a lung lobe from each of the patient’s parents.
1995 - Researchers at Children’s Hospital discover the key role that transcription factor TTF-1 plays in the formation of the embryonic lung, a major advancement in the quest to grow or regenerate organs for repair or transplant.
1997 - Physicians collaborate on a clinical trial using gene therapy for the first time on a child with HIV-1 infection, resulting in the world’s first gene therapy treatment for children with the disease.
In 1998, Egleston merged with the Scottish Rite Medical Center to form Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
1999 - Helinet Aviation provides a $2 million Sikorsky S-76A helicopter to be used exclusively by the hospital’s Emergency Transport Program, ensuring 24-hour helicopter services at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
2000 - Identical twins suffering from hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare blood disease, are the first to receive a bone marrow transplant from the same donor.
2001 - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles celebrates its Centennial with a full year of activities.
2003 - The Saban Research Institute opens; both the Institute and the 88,500-square-foot Saban Research Building are named with a transformative $40 million gift from Cheryl Saban, PhD, and Haim Saban, among the largest individual donors in the hospital’s history.
2004 - Surgeons perform the hospital’s first small bowel transplant.
In 2004, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Grady Health System jointly announced plans for Children’s to provide pediatric services at Hughes Spalding.
Facilities at Scottish Rite were further expanded in 2004.
2005 - A groundbreaking ceremony is held to celebrate construction of a new $636 million Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion, to be built next to Children’s Hospital.
2006 - Eight local high school students are the first to participate in LA-HIP (Latino and African American High School Internship Program), opening more opportunities in research to minorities.
In 2006, Children’s assumed responsibility for the management of services at Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital, adding a third hospital to anchor our growing System.
In 2006, the hospital marked a transformational milestone in central Ohio philanthropy, receiving a $50 million gift from the Nationwide Foundation.
2007: New East Inpatient Tower opens, enhancing the expert, family-centered care at Children’s.
2009 - Children’s Hospital creates the Center for Personalized Medicine, which coordinates, supports and expands basic and translational research in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, molecular genetics, molecular microbiology and cytogenetics.
2010 - Children’s Hospital’s 460,000-square-foot Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion is completed.
In 2010, a new building for the hospital opened at the same location, providing expanded facilities, updated equipment, a primary care center, a sickle cell clinic and an asthma clinic.
On July 17, 2011, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles officially opens the 317-bed Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion.
2011 – Marion and John E. Anderson announce a $50 million gift to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
2012 – Children’s Hospital completes the Living Proof campaign, the most successful fundraising effort in the hospital’s history.
2013 – The hospital is again ranked among the top five children’s hospitals in the country, and is the only hospital on the West Coast to be listed on United States News and World Report’s Honor Roll of children’s hospitals for 2013-14.
2014 – The hospital continues its streak, ranking among the top five children’s hospitals in the country for the third year in a row, and is again the only hospital on the West Coast to make United States News and World Report’s Honor Roll of children’s hospitals.
The hospital welcomes new president and CEO Paul S. Viviano in August 2015.
2015 – For the seventh straight year, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the nation on United States News & World Report’s prestigious honor roll of children’s hospital.
2016 – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the nation on the prestigious United States News & World Report Honor Roll of children’s hospitals for the eighth consecutive year.
In 2016, the announcement to accelerate our facilities and programs grew with an additional $760 million investment.
2017 – CHLA is again ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the nation, gaining one spot at No.
United States News & World Reports ranks Children's National top 5 overall and number 1 for babies for the 2018-19 Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll.
2019 – CHLA jumps one spot to No.
2020 - CHLA is again ranked the No.
2021 - For the third straight year, CHLA is ranked the No.
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| Company Name | Founded Date | Revenue | Employee Size | Job Openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Alabama | - | $204,308 | 75 | 78 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 1916 | $1.3B | 10,149 | 106 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | 1962 | $7.1B | 14,305 | 1,194 |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | 1855 | $1.9B | 7,000 | 453 |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | 1883 | $2.4B | 13,730 | 185 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 1947 | $500.0M | 6,560 | 274 |
| Boston Medical Center | 1996 | $2.9B | 7,189 | 637 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 1811 | $9.4B | 19,735 | 62 |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | 1908 | $1.1B | 6,381 | 193 |
| UPMC | 1893 | $16.0B | 92,000 | 3,064 |
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