Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Jefferson Health
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc.
Entrance to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on South 11th Street.
Geography
Location	Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	Coordinates: 39°56′59″N 75°09′26″W / 39.949691°N 75.157124°W / 39.949691; -75.157124
Organization
Care system	Non-Profit
Hospital type	Teaching hospitals; primary, secondary, and tertiary care centers; ambulatory clinics
Affiliated university	Thomas Jefferson University
Services
Emergency department	Level I Trauma Center
Beds	957
History
Founded	1825
Links
Website	http://hospitals.jefferson.edu
Lists	Hospitals in Pennsylvania

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc, branded as Jefferson Health, is a regional health system whose flagship hospital is Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City, Philadelphia. The health system's hospitals serve as the teaching hospitals of Thomas Jefferson University. Other hospitals in the system include Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia, Abington Memorial Hospital in the northern suburb of Abington, the three hospitals and various clinics of Aria Health in Northeast Philadelphia and Lower Bucks County, and now Kennedy Health facilities in southern New Jersey including hospitals in Washington Township and Cherry Hill.

Formed in 1825 as the Infirmary of the Jefferson Medical College, the predecessor of the Hospital of Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital serves patients in Philadelphia and the surrounding communities in the Delaware Valley and southern New Jersey.

The Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals system has 957 licensed acute care beds. Services are provided at five locations — the main hospital facility and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, both in Center City Philadelphia; Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia; Jefferson at the Navy Yard, just past the sports complex; and Jefferson-Voorhees in South Jersey.