The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (Bassett Medical Center) is a teaching hospital in

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, New York. The hospital opened in June 1922. The hospital has 180 beds. It is associated with

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. It is home to the Bassett Cancer Institute.

History

Some of the early work on

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s was performed here by

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winner

E. Donnall Thomas Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas (March 15, 1920 – October 20, 2012)Frederick R. Appelbaum.Perspective: E. Donnall Thomas (1920–2012) Science 338(6111):1163, 30 November 2012 was an American physician, professor emeritus at the University o ...

and his wife

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was also a transplant scientist working at the hospital. The Bassett Healthcare Network runs this hospital and six others, including: * A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta and Tri-Town Campus *Bassett Hospital in Schoharie *Cobleskill Regional Hospital in Cobleskill *Little Falls Hospital in Little Falls *O’Connor Hospital in Delhi

Publishing

The hospital has published a number of works including * ''Clinical Miscelleny'' vols 1 & 2, 1930s

External links

Profile at health.ny.gov
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References

{{authority control Teaching hospitals in New York (state) Hospitals established in 1922