St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (SEMC) (more often called St. Elizabeth's Hospital, its former name, or its nickname, St. E's) is a large medical facility and
teaching hospital
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in the
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
neighborhood of
Boston
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,
.
It is part of
Steward Health Care System, the second largest health care system in
New England
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which was founded in 2012, and is a teaching hospital for the
Boston University School of Medicine.
Besides advanced capabilities in inpatient and outpatient care, SEMC's research laboratories are active centers of investigation in such areas as
cardiology
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,
gastroenterology
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,
neurology
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,
hematology
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and
oncology
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.
The hospital traces its history to 1868 when five Catholic women started the hospital to care for sick immigrant women and as a place of shelter for retired and feeble women in domestic service. By 1882 the hospital served patients of any gender, and in 1914, the first hospital building was built at the facility's current location in Brighton.
In 2018–2019, the annual
U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings, awarded and recognized the Medical Center for achieving the highest performance rating possible, in two (Heart Bypass surgery & Heart Failure) of nine measured categories in adult medical procedures and conditions.
SEMC's Department of
Obstetrics
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and
Gynecology
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is of particular note as its history predates many other areas of medicine in which the hospital is involved. Generations of people in the Boston area were born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital or more recently, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. Former
New York City
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mayor
Michael Bloomberg was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in 1942.
References
External links
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St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of BostonSteward Health Care
Teaching hospitals in Massachusetts
Hospitals in Boston
1868 establishments in Massachusetts
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