Marshfield Clinic Health System is an integrated health system serving
Wisconsin
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founded in 1916. The system contains several hospitals and many clinics throughout Wisconsin, as well as a medical research institute and an education division, and employs more than 1,200 doctors and other clinicians.
History
The clinic was founded in 1916 by six local physicians: K.W. Doege, William Hipke, Victor Mason, Walter G. Sexton, H.H. Milbee, and Roy P. Potter, in the community of
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Marshfield is a city in northwest Wood and southwest Marathon counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 10, Highway 13 and Highway 97. The largest city in Wood County, its population was 18,929 at t ...
.
Organization
Marshfield Clinic Health System's primary operations include facilities in Marshfield,
Eau Claire, and
Rice Lake. As of 2022, the health system has 10
hospitals
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(including two in Marshfield) and 50-60 clinics throughout Wisconsin.
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Marshfield Clinic Health System also has several component centers, including:
*''Marshfield Clinic Research Institute'', founded in 1959, is the largest private medical research institute in Wisconsin. The Research Institute consists of six research centers:
**]National Farm Medicine Center
The 'National Farm Medicine Center'' (NFMC), established in 1981, is a non-profit program in Marshfield, Wisconsin dedicated to agricultural health and safety research, and service. The center is a component of the Marshfield Clinic Research Ins ...
, which also houses the , directed by Barbara C. Lee Barbara C. Lee (born 1949) is the director of the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, located in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Lee was also the director and a past interim director of the National Farm Medicine Center. ...
**Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Population Health
**Center for Precision Medicine
**Center for Oral and Systemic Health
**Clinical Research Center
**Cancer Care and Research Center
*The ''Division of Education'' provides residency
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** Permanent residency, indefinite residence within a country despite not having citizenship
* Residency (medicine), a stage of postgrad ...
programs for medical school graduates in internal medicine, pediatrics, medicine and pediatrics, dermatology, and surgery. About 125 members of the Marshfield Clinic Health System staff hold clinical teaching appointments from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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.
*''Marshfield Clinic Laboratories'' is a system of laboratories that employs more than 450 people and performs more than 20 million tests annually. It has separate services for forensic toxicology, food safety and veterinary diagnostics.
*''Security Health Plan of Wisconsin'' is Marshfield Clinic Health System's health maintenance organization
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(HMO), established in 1986 as an outgrowth of the Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan, which began in 1971 as one of the earliest HMOs in the country.
Facilities
The Laird Center for Medical Research, dedicated in 1997 and named after former U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird
Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as United States Secret ...
, is a medical research and education facility on the campus of Marshfield Clinic Health System. The Lawton Center for Medical Research is a similar facility dedicated to Ben Lawton
Ben Redmond Lawton, M.D., F.A.C.S. (July 17, 1922 – May 18, 1987) was an eminent physician, general and thoracic surgeon, healthcare-reformer, educator, and President of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents from 1984 to 1986.
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, a thoracic surgeon at Marshfield Clinic during the 20th century.
References
External links
Official website
Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Marshfield Clinic Laboratories
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1916 establishments in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Wood County, Wisconsin
Medical and health organizations based in Wisconsin
Healthcare in Wisconsin
Hospital networks in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Wisconsin
Public health organizations
Research organizations in the United States
Wood County, Wisconsin