Parkview Medical Center is a private, non-profit teaching hospital located in

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. The hospital has 370 licensed beds. In the last year with available data, the hospital had 14,617 admissions, 69,023

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visits, performed 5,963 inpatient surgeries, and 6,657 outpatient surgeries. Parkview Medical Center is accredited by the

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History

Parkview Medical Center was established in 1923. The hospital is the largest employer in the city of Pueblo, with 3,000+ employees. In 2023, Parkview will become part of the

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network. In 2023, construction on the Parkview Cancer Center was completed, which is a 45,000 s.f. building that includes a Varian Linear Accelerator.

Graduate medical education

The hospital operates a number of

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and

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programs. Each program is accredited by the

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(ACGME). Fellowships include

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/ critical care,

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, and

cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart d ...

References

External links

Parkview Medical Center homepage
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