Comprehensive Health Care Of Ohio Inc history

1987: Jerrold Ellner, MD, and Frederick Robbins, MD, established a memorandum of understanding with Makerere University in Uganda, linking Cleveland and Kampala AIDS research and care efforts.

Northeastern Ohio General Hospital closes its doors in 1988 and later reopens as part of the Lake Hospital System.

1989: Joseph Calabrese, MD, in collaboration with researchers at Case Western Reserve University, launched groundbreaking studies that show the effectiveness of anticonvulsants and atypical antipsychotics in treating bipolar disorder.

1990: Anthony Maniglia, MD, was awarded the first of five patents leading to technology for developing the totally implantable cochlear implant.

1993: UH began merging with various community hospitals in Geauga County, Bedford, Conneaut, Richmond Heights and Geneva to create a regional health care system.

1994: Alfred and Norma Lerner Tower & the Samuel Mather Pavilion opened on the University Circle campus through a gift of $10 million.

1996: Pierluigi Gambetti, MD, developed the first classification of sporadic prion diseases, now used worldwide in diagnosing this class of dementias, caused by mutation of the prion protein gene.

1997: University Hospitals partnered with Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.

In 1999, Ohio State surgeons were the first in North America to perform a robotic-assisted heart procedure with the Da Vinci Surgical System.

In 2000, Ohio State opened the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, helping to advance translational research by connecting the work of basic scientists with clinical scientists.

2002: The reporting of an ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial) study by Jackson Wright, MD, showed that thiazide-type diuretics should be considered first for drug therapy in patients with hypertension.

Actor Christopher Reeve receives a DPS at UH in 2003

In 2004, the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital opened and became a model for innovative cardiovascular care.

2005: Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, discovered a new stool DNA test for colon cancer that became the first commercial test for colon cancer detection.

2008: Mark A. Griswold, PhD, developed parallel imaging technique for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which produces clearer, more accurate images in shorter time.

The annual Ohio Osteopathic Symposium, a CME conference sponsored collaboratively by OOA and OU-HCOM since 2010, is cancelled due to the rapidly escalating COVID-19 pandemic.

2011: UH Ahuja Medical Center opened in Beachwood.

2012: The Harrington Discovery Institute was established as a result of a $50 million gift from the Harrington family, the largest gift in UH history to date.

The most advanced cancer hospital in the world, the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, opens in December 2014.

Cleveland Clinic, Ohio University and OU-HCOM announce plans to invest $49.1 million at the South Pointe Hospital campus to renovate a building and hire staff for a regional OU-HCOM campus that will accept 32 students in 2015.

The OOA hires a new executive director, Matt Harney, who replaces Jon F. Wills effective February 1, 2018.