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About Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals are dedicated to excellence in patient care, patient safety and the quality of the healthcare experience. In 2010, U.S.News & World Report rated Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals among the nation's top medical centers in eight specialties: Orthopedics; Rehabilitation; Cancer; Ear, Nose and Throat; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Gynecology; and Pulmonology.

Established in 1825, the Hospital now has 957 licensed acute care beds, with major programs in a wide range of clinical specialties. 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.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, an academic medical center within the Jefferson Health System, serves patients in Philadelphia and the surrounding communities in the Delaware Valley. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and Thomas Jefferson University are partners in providing excellent clinical and compassionate care for our patients in the Philadelphia region, educating the health professionals of tomorrow in a variety of disciplines and discovering new knowledge that will define the future of clinical care.

Statistics

Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2010

Licensed Beds: 957

Admissions: 45,503

Outpatient Visits: 450,244

Emergency Room Visits: 108,435 

Employees (Full-time): 6,256

House Staff: 911

Medical Staff: 1,102

Registered Nurses (Full-time): 1,792

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News

September 02, 2010

Jefferson Cardiologists Write the Book on Heart Care

Doctors from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University have written and published a new, comprehensive guide on heart care titled: Jefferson Heart Institute Handbook of Cardiology. The medical textbook is geared toward medical students, residents and fellows, internists and cardiologists, offering a concise guide of cardiac disorders and how to treat them. The book will be available in September, 2010.

August 27, 2010

Jefferson Researchers Receive $3 Million NIH Grant to Study Molecular and Genetic Mechanisms in Platelets

Scientists at Jefferson Medical College have received a four-year, $3 million National Institutes of Health grant funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study variations of platelet function, specifically, the genetics of platelet gene expression. The study aims to find data that can be translated into novel therapeutic strategies and develop better predictors of cardiovascular disease.