The Tulane Medical Center is a
hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
located in
,
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
. The Tulane Medical Center has centers covering nearly all major specialties of
medicine
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, and is the primary
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
for the
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Tulane University School of Medicine is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and is a part of Tulane University. The school is located in the Medical District of the New Orleans Central Business District.
History
The school wa ...
. The hospital is jointly owned by
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) (82.5%) and
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
(17.5%).
Tulane University and
LCMC announced on October 10, 2022, that LCMC would purchase Tulane Medical Center (along with
Lakeview Regional Medical Center
Lakeview Regional Medical Center, a campus of Tulane Medical Center is an affiliate of HCA- a leading national healthcare network with more than 250 hospitals and freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and the United Kingdom. Lakeview Regiona ...
, and
Tulane Lakeside Hospital) from
HCA for $150 Million.
Centers
The Tulane Medical Center encompasses the Tulane University Hospital and Clinic,
Tulane–Lakeside Hospital, Tulane Hospital for Children, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Abdominal Transplant at Tulane Medical Center, Tulane-Lakeside Women's Center, Tulane Multispecialty Center Metairie, Tulane Multispecialty Center uptown, Tulane Multispecialty Center Downtown, and the Tulane Institute for Sports Medicine. In 2017, Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington became a campus of Tulane Medical Center.
History
The location of the Tulane Medical School was once the
New Orleans Chinatown. The medical center traces its history to 1834, when the medical school now known as the Tulane University School of Medicine opened.
The current hospital opened in 1976 as the Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, and was subsequently purchased by HCA in 1995.
The Lakeside Hospital for Women merged with Tulane University Hospital and Clinic in 2005, and changed its name to Tulane-Lakeside Hospital.
Tulane University and
LCMC announced on October 10, 2022 that LCMC would purchase Tulane Medical Center (along with Lakeview Regional Medical Center, and Tulane Lakeside Hospital) from HCA for $150 Million.
LCMC plans to shift the majority of services provided at Tulane Medical Center to
East Jefferson General Hospital
East Jefferson General Hospital is a hospital in Metairie, Louisiana (U.S.). The hospital broke ground in 1965 and is still expanding. The facility serves the people of the East Bank of Jefferson Parish.
History
In 1965, the Jefferson Parish ...
and
University Medical Center New Orleans
University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO), is a 446-bed non-profit, public, research and academic hospital located in the Tulane - Gravier neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, providing tertiary care for the southern Louisiana region and ...
over the next 12-24 months.
References
External links
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