Lankenau Medical Center

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Lankenau Medical Center
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Lankenau Medical Center
Geography
Location100 E Lancaster Ave, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 39°59′17″N75°15′43″W / 39.988°N 75.262°W / 39.988; -75.262
Organization
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type Teaching
Services
Standards Joint Commission
Emergency department Level II Trauma Center
Beds370
Helipad FAA LID: 9PA9
History
Opened1850
Links
Website www.mainlinehealth.org/lankenau
Lists Hospitals in Pennsylvania

Lankenau Medical Center, part of Main Line Health, is a 370-bed acute care, teaching hospital in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Contents

Lankenau Medical Center's clinical areas include the Lankenau Heart Institute, the gastrointestinal and GI endoscopy program, cancer care services, pulmonology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and maternity, including and a level III neonatal intensive care unit, as well as minimally invasive and robotic surgery. The campus is also home to the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research and the Annenberg Center for Medical Education. [1]

History

Initially chartered in 1860 as the German Hospital of Philadelphia, the facility opened in 1866 on Morris Street in North Philadelphia. With the entry of the United States into World War I in 1917, many German institutions took new names. The German Hospital renamed itself Lankenau Hospital after John D. Lankenau, a German-born Philadelphia businessman who had been one of the hospital's first leaders. [2]

The hospital moved to larger facilities at Girard and Corinthian Avenues in North Philadelphia in 1884. In December 1953, Lankenau moved to Wynnewood on the Main Line, occupying the site of the former Overbrook Country Club. [2]

In October 1984, the hospital joined with Bryn Mawr Hospital and the Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital under a nonprofit umbrella organization, Main Line Health. [3]

In 2010, Main Line began renovating the hospital, adding a 96-bed Heart Pavilion, dedicated to cardiovascular care, a parking garage, and a central utility plant. The expanded facilities were renamed Lankenau Medical Center. [4]

Notable births, hospitalizations, and deaths

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As of 2022, the medical center has:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lankenau Medical Center | Locations". Main Line Health. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  2. 1 2 "The man behind Lankenau Hospital". Philadelphia Inquirer. August 30, 2013.
  3. Ciccarelli, Maura C (December 19, 1985). "Meeting New Issues in Health Care". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. M.2.
  4. Burling, Stacey (October 25, 2010). "Lankenau Hospital to start big expansion". Philadelphia Inquirer.