Tufts Medical Center
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| Geography | |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | 415 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1796 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
Tufts Medical Center (until 2008 Tufts-New England Medical Center) in Boston, Massachusetts is a downtown Boston hospital occupying space between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District.
The hospital is a center for biomedical research and is the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine where all full-time Tufts MC physicians hold faculty appointments; the center is connected to Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Tufts Medical Center is subdivided into a full-service adult hospital and the Floating Hospital for Children (originally a floating ship but presently on shore). The CEO of Tufts Medical Center is Michael Wagner, MD, FACP. Tufts Medical Center is based in Boston, MA but also has satellite locations in areas including Quincy, Chelmsford, Framingham, and others. The hospital also has partnerships with Lawrence General Hospital and Lowell General Hospital.
Tufts Medical Center's origins date back to 1796 when the Boston Dispensary was established as the first permanent medical facility in New England, and one of the first in the United States. Early donors included Paul Revere.
In 1894, the Boston Floating Hospital was established by a Congregational minister, the Rev. Rufus Tobey. At the time, many believed in the cleansing and therapeutic qualities of sea air to improve health, and Tobey had heard of a hospital ship for children in New York. For the next 33 years, two successive ships were home to the hospital for children in Boston Harbor. In 1931, after the second Floating Hospital for Children ship was destroyed in a fire, the hospital was relocated to a permanent building onshore.
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