Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital
Partners HealthCare
Main entrance of Massachusetts General Hospital
Geography
Location	55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°21′46.10″N 71°04′07.07″W / 42.3628056°N 71.0686306°W / 42.3628056; -71.0686306Coordinates: 42°21′46.10″N 71°04′07.07″W / 42.3628056°N 71.0686306°W / 42.3628056; -71.0686306
Organization
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Harvard Medical School
Services
Emergency department	Level I Trauma Center and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
Helipad	(FAA LID: 0MA1)
Beds	1,034
History
Founded	1811
Links
Website	www.massgeneral.org, giving.massgeneral.org
Lists	Hospitals in Massachusetts

Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a biomedical research facility located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest general hospital in the United States and the oldest and largest hospital in New England with 950 beds. With Brigham and Women's Hospital, it is one of the two founding members of Partners HealthCare, the largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts. Massachusetts General Hospital conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the world, with an annual research budget of more than $750 million. It is currently ranked as the #3 hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

Founded in 1811, the original hospital was designed by the famous American architect Charles Bulfinch. It is the third-oldest general hospital in the United States; only Pennsylvania Hospital (1751) and NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital's predecessor New York Hospital (1771) are older.John Warren, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Harvard Medical School, spearheaded the move of the medical school to Boston. Warren's son, John Collins Warren, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh Medical School, along with James Jackson, led the efforts to start the Massachusetts General Hospital, which was initially proposed in 1810 by Rev. John Bartlett, the Chaplain of the Almshouse in Boston. Because all those who had sufficient money were cared for at home, Massachusetts General Hospital, like most hospitals that were founded in the 19th century, was intended to care for the poor. During the mid-to-late 19th century, Harvard Medical School was located adjacent to Massachusetts General Hospital.