The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

Our History

At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, we are driving breakthrough health care solutions to improve people’s lives – one century at a time.

Part of one of the most comprehensive health sciences campuses in North America, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center includes the College of Medicine and its School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; the Office of Health Sciences, including the Ohio State Faculty Group Practice; various research centers, programs and institutes; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute; and the Ohio State Health System, which includes University Hospital, East Hospital, Ohio State Harding Hospital, the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital, the Ohio State Brain and Spine Hospital, the Ohio State Primary Care Network, Outpatient Care multispecialty facilities and Ohio State Same-Day Care locations. 

Explore how we're evolving medical education.

Learn how we're addressing all factors that influence health.

Learn how we're waging war on the opioid crisis

See how we're using precision medicine to champion good health for everyone

Discover how we're providing tools to improve access to health care.

Learn how Ohio State researchers discovered a new way to detect fibromyalgia.

Explore how we're developing innovative solutions to reduce infant mortality.

See how we've pioneered a solution for nerve pain for amputees.

See the new model of academic health taking shape at Ohio State

Learn how cancer researchers discovered life-saving treatment options for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Discover how our Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair is leading the way in research that helps people regain abilities and improve quality of life.

Read about the College of Medicine’s diversity initiatives, life-altering biomedical discoveries and innovative care delivery in our 2019 Annual Report.

See an overview of how innovations and relationships at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are improving people's lives in central Ohio, throughout the state and across the nation.

Ohio State Wexner Medical Center among nation’s best hospitals.

See how we’re innovating to create a world without diabetes.

Learn how we’re reducing opioid use for pain management to combat the opioid epidemic.

Discover how we’re identifying matches and finding new ways to make the most of every gift of organ donation.

Learn how Ohio State Ear, Nose and Throat specialists are driving breakthroughs and solutions in the treatment of ENT issues.

Explore how Ohio State surgeons are pioneering new ways to repair ailing hips and knees.

Learn how we’re using a new test to detect cancer-causing genes to aid in treatment and prevention of cancers.

Learn how we’re using a brain pacemaker to slow the deterioration of problem-solving and decision-making skills in Alzheimer’s patients.

Learn how we’re helping people survive cardiac arrest with an innovative emergency response effort.

Learn how Ohio State researchers are improving survival rates for lung cancer patients.

See the 3D printed aortas our heart doctors and engineers built to save more lives.

Witness the collaborative spirit that spurred a nurse to create an app for heart patients.

There is real progress happening every day here. Learn more.

Discover the Wexner Medical Center’s strategic plan.

Source: https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/