Brigham and Women's Hospital | |||||||||||
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Mass General Brigham | |||||||||||
Geography | |||||||||||
Location | 75 Francis Street Boston, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°20′10″N 71°06′25″W / 42.336152°N 71.106834°W | ||||||||||
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Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
Affiliated university | Harvard University | ||||||||||
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Emergency department | Level I trauma center | ||||||||||
Beds | 793 | ||||||||||
Helipads | |||||||||||
Helipad | (FAA LID: MA39) | ||||||||||
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Public transit access | MBTA
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History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1980 | ||||||||||
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Website | brighamandwomens | ||||||||||
Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two founding members of Mass General Brigham, the largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts. Giles Boland, MD, serves as the hospital's current president.[1]
Brigham and Women's Hospital conducts the second largest hospital-based research program in the world, with an annual research budget of more than $630 million.[2]