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| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°20′58″N 71°03′48″W / 42.34951°N 71.06331°W | ||||||||||
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| Care system | Private | ||||||||||
| Funding | Non-profit hospital | ||||||||||
| Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
| Affiliated university | Tufts University School of Medicine | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Level I trauma center | ||||||||||
| Beds | 415 | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | FAA LID: MA66 | ||||||||||
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| Public transit access | MBTA
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| Opened | 1796 (as Boston Dispensary) | ||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Tufts Medical Center (until 2008 Tufts-New England Medical Center), a 15-building campus located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a downtown Boston hospital midway between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District.
The hospital is a community-based full service medical center. It is also the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine and the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, where all full-time Tufts physicians hold faculty appointments. Tufts Medical Center was formerly subdivided into a full-service adult hospital and the Tufts Children's Hospital, the latter of which closed in 2022.[1]
The hospital is an integrated part of the Tufts Medicine, which also includes Lowell General Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford,MelroseWakefield Hospital, home health services, and physician networks.[2][3][4]
It is also a major center for bio-medical research. Tufts Medical Center's Interim President is Phil Okala.[5][6][7] Tufts Medical Center is located within Boston, but also has satellite locations in the suburbs of Quincy, Chelmsford, Framingham, among others.
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- ^ "About Tufts Medicine // Lowell General Hospital". www.lowellgeneral.org. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ MelroseWakefield Healthcare
- ^ "Hallmark Health Joins Wellforce | Tufts Medical Center". www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ McGrath, Cassie (March 29, 2024). "Two top executives depart Tufts Medicine". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "About Tufts Medical Center | Tufts Medicine". Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- ^ "6 things to know about Dr. Michael Wagner, CEO of Tufts". www.beckershospitalreview.com. July 17, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2023.