University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is a major not-for-profit medical complex in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Since 1986, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center has been an affiliate hospital of Case Western Reserve University. UH Cleveland Medical Center is the main campus of the University Hospitals Health System. With 150 locations throughout the Cleveland metropolitan area, the University Hospitals Health System encompasses hospitals, outpatient centers, and primary care physicians. UH Cleveland Medical Center is home to world-class clinical and research centers, including cancer, pediatrics, women's health, orthopedics, spine, radiology, radiation oncology, neurosurgery neuroscience, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, organ transplantation, and human genetics.
Locations
The main campus of the University Hospitals system is centered on the UH Cleveland Medical Center and is located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, neighboring both Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic. The UH Cleveland Medical Center complex comprises the Alfred and Norma Lerner Tower, Samuel Mather Pavilion, Lakeside Hospital, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, MacDonald Women’s Hospital, Seidman Cancer Center, and Hanna Pavilion. In addition to the main campus, UH provides medical services at 11 regional hospitals throughout Northeast Ohio.
Rankings
UH Cleveland Medical Center is ranked in the top 25 nationally in Ear, Nose & Throat; Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Gynecology; Nephrology; and Neurology & Neurosurgery.
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, is ranked #6 nationally for Neonatal Care by the U.S. News & World Report.
Among UH Rainbow pediatric specialties, Neonatology, Pulmonology, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Orthopedics, Cancer, and Urology are ranked among the top 25 in the nation.
In biomedical research, Case Medical Center ranks among top 15 centers in the United States with approximately $75 million in annual extramural research funding and a further $20 million in various clinical trials.
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center also includes MacDonald Women's Hospital, Ohio's only hospital for women; and Seidman Cancer Center.
Vision 2010
Vision 2010 was the largest construction and upgrade project in the history of University Hospitals. New construction included a new 200-bed cancer hospital, upgraded emergency room facilities at CMC, a new neonatal intensive care unit at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, and new construction at other hospital sites. The capital expenditure for this project, according to hospital press releases, was to be approximately US$1 billion. Construction was originally due to be completed by the year 2010, but was not scheduled completed until 2011.
Harrington Project
The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development, launched in 2012, is a $300 million initiative at the University Hospitals whose purpose is to speed the delivery of new drugs and enhance the medical reputations of Cleveland and the Hospitals. It was established through a $50 million gift from the Harrington family and an additional $100 million in support from University Hospitals. The project has three components, the Harrington Discovery Institute, the Innovation Support Center, and Biomotiv. In June 2014, the Harrington Discovery Institute received a $25 million grant from the State of Ohio through the Third Frontier economic development program to further its mission.
Notable alumni and faculty
George Washington Crile - Performed first blood transfusion. Established Lakeside Hospital of University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and later co-founded Cleveland Clinic.
* Started the first CPR teaching course for medical professionals.
Peter C. Agre - co-recipient 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries that have clarified how salts and water are transported out of and into the cells of the body, leading to a better understanding of many diseases of the kidneys, heart, muscles and nervous system.
In 2015, the cable network NatGeo broadcast from UH Cleveland Medical Center, the first brain surgery ever televised live in the United States.
In 2017, visited cancer patients at the Angie Fowler Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Institute at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, part of University Hospitals.
In 2018, the featured an in-utero cardiac procedure performed at University Hospitals.
Controversy
University Hospitals faces multiple lawsuits following an incident in March 2018 at its Fertility Center that compromised 4,000+ eggs and embryos stored in liquid nitrogen as the result of an unexpected temperature fluctuation with a tissue cryo storage tank.
