Overview of Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH is ranked No. 2 on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. It is nationally ranked in 14 adult and 10 pediatric specialties and rated high performing in 1 adult specialty and 10 procedures and conditions.
It is a general medical and surgical facility. It is a teaching hospital. The evaluation of Cleveland Clinic also includes data from Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital.
The Cleveland Clinic, founded in 1921, has a 44-building main campus, which includes the Taussig Cancer Institute, Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Children’s and Pediatric Institute, and Centers for Geriatric and Diabetes Care. The Cleveland Clinic Health System includes 11 hospitals and 18 full-service health centers.The Cleveland Clinic is organized by institutes – practice units that center on organ systems or diseases. It has served patients from all 50 states and 135 countries. It has 107 accredited residency training programs. Led by the Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, the Cleveland Clinic sees more heart patients than any other hospital in the country. The cancer care building opened in March 2017 and features a cancer resource center for patients and families, art and music therapy facilities and a boutique providing free wigs for those suffering hair loss from chemotherapy.
The hospital’s Transplant Center performed almost 700 organ transplants in 2017, and its procedures include heart, lung, liver and pancreas. Cleveland Clinic also has a Concussion Center, where physicians, researchers and other staff from sports medicine and neurology combine to treat concussed patients.
Among Cleveland Clinic’s innovations are developing coronary artery bypass surgery and performing the first minimally invasive aortic heart valve surgery, first successful larynx transplant and first kidney surgery through a patient’s navel.
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute (Miller Family)
The latest information about heart & vascular disorders, treatments, tests and prevention from the No. 1-ranked heart program in the United States.
The Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute is one of the largest cardiovascular practices in the U.S. With so many patients, our caregivers have collectively seen it all and experienced it all.
What does that mean to you? It means that as a patient of Cleveland Clinic, you’ll have access to the broadest possible range of solutions from skilled, experienced doctors, nurses and technicians. Options you may not have in your home town – or anywhere else in America.
Source: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/heart/about
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