Johnson City Medical Center is a hospital in

Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. John ...

. It is a

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and one of three major tertiary referral hubs of regional provider Ballad Health. It has 445 beds, plus 86 in the attached Niswonger Children's Hospital. It is also a

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for numerous institutions, including the adjacent

East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine The James H. Quillen College of Medicine is a medical school and a part of East Tennessee State University, which is located in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is one of two public medical schools in Tennessee, the other being the University of Tenness ...

. Physician and author

Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese (born 1955) is an American physician, author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. He is also the author of ...

described his experiences treating

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in the 1980s at Johnson City Medical Center, as well as the neighboring Mountain Home VA Medical Center, in his memoir ''

My Own Country ''My Own Country: A Doctor's Story'' is Abraham Verghese's first book. First published in 1994, it made that year's ''New York Times Notable Book'' list. It is used in colleges and medical schools throughout North America and across the world becau ...

''. Since 2018 the facility has been operated by

Ballad Health Ballad Health is a chain of hospitals headquartered in Johnson City, Tennessee. It includes facilities in Tennessee, and Virginia. Some of its locations are also Urgent care centers and Primary care locations. They also operate a blood bank named ...

References

Main siteU.S. News & World Report: Johnson City Medical Center Niswonger Children's Hospital
{{authority control Hospitals in Tennessee Hospitals established in 1911