Lankenau Medical Center
Lankenau Medical Center is a 331-bed tertiary care, teaching hospital and research institute in Wynnewood, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. An FAA-certified helipad is available for medevacs.History
Initially chartered in 1860 as the German Hospital of Philadelphia, the facility opened in 1866 on Morris Street in North Philadelphia. With the entry of the United States into World War I in 1917, many German institutions took new names. The German Hospital renamed itself Lankenau Hospital after John D. Lankenau, a successful German-born Philadelphia businessman who had been one of the hospital's first leaders.
The hospital moved to larger facilities at Girard and Corinthian Avenues in North Philadelphia in 1884. In December 1953, Lankenau moved to Wynnewood on the Main Line, occupying the site of the former Overbrook Country Club.
In October 1984, the hospital joined with Bryn Mawr Hospital and the Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital under a nonprofit umbrella organization, Main Line Health.
In 2010, Main Line began renovating its 331-bed hospital, adding a 96-bed building, a parking garage, and a central utility plant. With the conversion of double rooms to private rooms, there was a net increase of fifty-five beds. The expanded facilities were renamed Lankenau Medical Center.
