Hôpital Tenon is a hospital located at ''4, rue de la Chine'' in the

20th arrondissement of Paris The 20th arrondissement of Paris (known in French as the ''XXe arrondissement de Paris'' or simply as "''le vingtième''") is the last of the consecutively numbered arrondissements of the capital city of France. Also known as Ménilmontant () af ...

. It is part of the

Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris Greater Paris University Hospitals ( , AP-HP) is the university hospital trust operating in Paris and its surroundings. It is the largest hospital system in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It employs more than 90,000 people in 38 tea ...

(AP-HP) and the university hospital group AP-HP-

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University () is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the Unive ...

. It is particularly well known for its services in the fields of

urology Urology (from Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:οὖρον, οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''wiktionary:-logia, -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of t ...

, pneumology,

gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the Female reproductive system, female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obste ...

, and interventional radiology. It is accredited by the ''Haute Autorité de santé''. The hospital bears the name of the surgeon

Jacques-René Tenon Jacques-René Tenon (, 21 February 1724 – 16 January 1816) was a French surgeon born in Sépeaux in northern Burgundy. He was very active in hospital reform during the second half of the 18th century. His seminal treatise on hospital design and ...

(1724–1816).Grandes et petites histoires sur les hôpitaux parisiens
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Hôpital Tenon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopital Tenon Hospitals in Paris Hospital buildings completed in 1878 Teaching hospitals in France Buildings and structures in the 20th arrondissement of Paris Hospitals established in the 19th century 1878 establishments in France