The Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo ''(

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Faculty of Medicine Clinics Hospital)'' is a complex of health institutions, located in various regions of the city of

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. Founded on April 19, 1944, it occupies a total area of 600,000 square meters and offers 2,400 beds, distributed among its eight specialized institutes and two assisting hospitals. The main complex of the institution is also connected to a metro station.

Buildings, Institutes and assisting hospitals

The largest part of the complex, located in the central region of

in the Consolação district, consists of: *

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Building *Central Institute (ICHC) *

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Institute (Instituto do Coração - INCOR) *

Orthopedics Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

and

Traumatology In medicine, traumatology (from Greek ''trauma'', meaning injury or wound) is the study of wounds and injuries caused by accidents or violence to a person, and the surgical therapy and repair of the damage. Traumatology is a branch of medicine. I ...

Institute (IOT) *

Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. Initial psych ...

Institute (IPq) *

Radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiat ...

Institute (INRAD) *Children's Institute (Instituto da Criança) (ICr) *Instituto Dr Arnaldo de Vieira *Medical Investigation Laboratories (LIM) (building under project, the governor have decided to give the State Secretary of Health building to create this research institute). Clinics Journal On other locations, the complex is divided into: *Suzano Assisting Hospital, located in the town of

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; *Institute of

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to people with physical impairments or disabilities. This can include conditions su ...

- IMREA (former Division of Rehabilitation Medicine) *Vila Mariana Unit, located on the southern part of the city of São Paulo; *Umarizal Unit, located nearby the base; *Cotoxó Assisting Hospital, located in Vila Pompéia, in the city of São Paulo; *Medical Investigation Laboratories, administrative unit located in the

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district; *Rebouças

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, located across the street from the base hospital. *

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House (providing care to

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patients) *S.A.M.S.S. (Employees' Medical and Social Assistance Service)

''Clinics'' journal

The hospital publishes ''Clinics'' an

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journal. It is edited by Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is

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in the following

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s: *

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Chronology

The base complex and satellite buildings have been built gradually since 1944. The chronology for each institute's starting year follows.

Units

*Central Institute - 1944 *Psychiatry Institute - 1952 *Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute - 1953 *Administration Building - 1972 *Medical Investigation Laboratories - 1975 *Institute of

(former Division of Rehabilitation Medicine) *Vila Mariana Unit - 1975 *Umarizal Unit - 2001 *Child Institute - 1976 *Heart Institute - 1977 *Ambulatory Building - 1981 *Rebouças

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- 1982 *AIDS House - 1994 *Radiology Institute - 1994 *Cancer Institute - 2008

Assisting hospitals

*Suzano Assisting Hospital - 1960 *Cotoxó Assisting Hospital - 1971

References

External links

Official Website (in Portuguese)Medical Investigation Laboratories Website (in Portuguese)Map Hospital das Clinicas Location
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