Faulkner Hospital
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Faulkner Hospital is a 150-bed teaching hospital
located in Boston
, Massachusetts
. It is located in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain across the street from the Arnold Arboretum and just 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from Longwood Medical and Academic Area
. It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine
and Harvard Medical School
Highly regarded as one of the region's most respected community teaching hospitals, Faulkner Hospital joined with Brigham and Women's Hospital
in 1998 to form a common parent company, Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals, a member of Partners HealthCare.
"The Faulkner" (as it is popularly known) offers comprehensive medical, surgical and psychiatric care as well as complete emergency, ambulatory and diagnostic services. The hospital's largest inpatient services are internal medicine
, cardiology
, psychiatry
, orthopedics, gastroenterology
and general/GI surgery
.
In 2001, physicians at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates began providing primary and secondary care at Faulkner Hospital. A multi-specialty physicians group, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates provides medical care to over 450,000 patients.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
opened a $5,000,000 satellite cancer treatment center dubbed Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center at Faulkner Hospital in 2004.
Teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital that provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients...
located in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. It is located in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain across the street from the Arnold Arboretum and just 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from Longwood Medical and Academic Area
Longwood Medical and Academic Area
The Longwood Medical and Academic Area is a medical campus in Boston....
. It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
The Tufts University School of Medicine is one of the eight schools that constitute Tufts University. Located on the university's health sciences campus in the Chinatown district of Boston, Massachusetts, the medical school has clinical affiliations with thousands of doctors and researchers in the...
and Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
Highly regarded as one of the region's most respected community teaching hospitals, Faulkner Hospital joined with Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
in 1998 to form a common parent company, Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals, a member of Partners HealthCare.
"The Faulkner" (as it is popularly known) offers comprehensive medical, surgical and psychiatric care as well as complete emergency, ambulatory and diagnostic services. The hospital's largest inpatient services are internal medicine
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
, cardiology
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
, psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
, orthopedics, gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...
and general/GI surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
.
In 2001, physicians at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates began providing primary and secondary care at Faulkner Hospital. A multi-specialty physicians group, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates provides medical care to over 450,000 patients.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana–Farber Cancer Institute is part of a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute. It is a major affiliate of Harvard Medical School and is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts.-Overview:...
opened a $5,000,000 satellite cancer treatment center dubbed Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center at Faulkner Hospital in 2004.