Cleveland Clinic

at , Cleveland , 44106 United States

1. Hospital

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The Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio that is owned and operated by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, an Ohio nonprofit corporation established in 1921. In addition to their flagship hospital in Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic also operates affiliated facilities in Florida, Nevada, Canada, and Abu Dhabi.HistoryEarly beginningsCleveland Clinic grew out of the surgical practice of Frank J. Weed (died 1891) at 16 Church Street on the near west side of Cleveland. The practice was purchased by his two assistants, Frank E. Bunts and George Washington Crile. In 1892 they brought Crile's cousin, William E. Lower into the practice. In 1897 they moved to the Osborn Building on Prospect Avenue in downtown Cleveland. Crile, Lower and Bunts became professors at Cleveland medical schools, and each would be elected president of the Academy of Medicine.Crile organized the American military hospital in Paris in 1915, and later led the United States Army Base Hospital No. 4, in Rouen, France. It was the first contingent of the United States Army to see active duty in Europe during the First World War. Bunts and Lower also served in the Rouen hospital. In his autobiography, Crile reports that, while in France, the three doctors discussed starting a new medical center in Cleveland upon their return.A four-story outpatient building was constructed and Cleveland Clinic was dedicated at a private ceremony on February 26, 1921. William James Mayo, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, delivered the main address. It opened its doors two days later to the public and registered 42 patients. In April 1921, Cleveland Clinic had 60 employees, including 14 physicians, four nurses, a telephone operator, six cleaners, 22 clerical workers, an art department, and an unknown number of laboratory technicians.

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Cleveland Clinic is Cleveland based place and this enity listed in Hospital category. 44106.