Froedtert Hospital

Froedtert Hospital
Froedtert Health
Geography
Location	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Medical College of Wisconsin
Services
Standards	tertiary care
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	735
Helipads
Helipad	(FAA LID: 2WI3)[1]
Number Length Surface ft m H1 120 37 Asphalt H2 55 17 Asphalt
Public transit access	MCTS
History
Opened	September 29, 1980
Links
Website	froedtert.com
Lists	Hospitals in Wisconsin

Froedtert Hospital /ˈfreɪdərt/, located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, is a teaching hospital and a Level I adult trauma center, one of two such facilities in Wisconsin. Froedtert is the primary teaching affiliate of the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), where MCW students and residents receive their clinical education. Froedtert has 735 inpatient hospital beds.^[2][3] Froedtert is located on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center grounds, which is a consortium of six health care institutions.

Froedtert is an organ transplant center, performing heart, lung, kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants. Froedtert was the first hospital in Wisconsin and was the second academic hospital in the U.S. to be Primary Stroke Center certified by the Joint Commission.^[4] The Eye Institute is located at Froedtert Hospital and manages all serious types of eye conditions. It is also nationally ranked in the areas of Endocrinology, Nephrology and Respiratory Disorders.^[5]

The hospital, operated by Froedtert Health, is partnered with other hospital systems in Wisconsin to provide the same high-level care in those areas as it does in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and is closely affiliated with Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, as both hospitals are on the same medical campus. Other hospital systems Froedtert is partnered with: ThedaCare in the Fox Valley, the United Hospital System in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Agnesian Health Care in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.