Kettering Health Main Campus, formerly known as Kettering Medical Center (KMC), is a faith-based,
nonprofit hospital located in
Kettering, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1964, it is the flagship hospital of the
Kettering Health, and is directly affiliated with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is also affiliated with the
Boonshoft School of Medicine. In 2020, Forbes and Great Places to Work named Kettering Health a "Best Place to Work", regardless of industry.
History
Virginia Kettering and her husband Eugene, son of famous inventor
Charles F. Kettering, were native citizens of Dayton. They moved to
Hinsdale, Illinois
Hinsdale is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Hinsdale is a western suburb of Chicago. The population was 17,395 at the 2020 census, most of whom lived in DuPage County. The town's ZIP code is 60521. The town ...
near Chicago in the 1940s. During the polio epidemic in the 1950s, they were inspired by the care given at Hinsdale Hospital, which would play a vital role in the foundation of Kettering Medical Center. Following the death of his father in 1958, the younger Ketterings moved from Illinois back to Dayton to help manage family affairs. Health care was a primary focus of Charles Kettering, so Eugene and Virginia led efforts to open a local area hospital in his honor. Ground was broken on July 7, 1961. In 1964, Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital opened under the leadership of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In October 2010 Kettering Medical Center opened the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital, a new wing to the hospital that included a renovated lobby and new main entrance with an outpatient pharmacy, expanded gift shop and bakery.
In 2016, Kettering Health opened the new pavilion that houses the Kettering Health Cancer Center, and Kettering Health Brain & Spine. The $60 million structure is connected to the main hospital via a skybridge over Southern Boulevard.
See also
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List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
The following is a list of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals.
North American Division
Adventist Health
* Adventist Health Bakersfield, Bakersfield, (formerly San Joaquin Community Hospital)
* Adventist Health Castle, Kailua, (formerly Castle ...
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List of Seventh-day Adventist medical schools
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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List of hospitals in Ohio
References
External links
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Kettering Health
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Hospital buildings completed in 1964
Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Ohio
Teaching hospitals in Ohio
Kettering, Ohio
Hospitals in Ohio
Kettering Health Network
Trauma centers