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Harvard Medical School affiliated itself with Boston Children's in 1903. [ 37 ] Boston Children's Hospital moved to an area of more than 130,000 square feet on Longwood Avenue in 1914, where the Ebenezer Francis farm was located.
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Soon after the Civil War, in 1869, Dr. Francis Henry Brown organized a small group of Harvard Medical School graduates joined by Boston’s civic leaders to establish a 20 bed Children’s Hospital in a townhouse on Rutland Street in Boston’s South End. The hospital treated just 30 patients that first year. One year later the Children’s Hospital reloca...
By 1882 having outgrown its current structure, the hospital was moved to Huntington Avenue near the current Symphony Hall. This larger building was designed especially for children’s needs. As the range of illnesses grew, so did the professional staff. Between the years 1882 and 1914 the practice of pediatrics was recognized as a specialty and Harv...
In the early 1900s Harvard Medical School moved to the former Ebenezer Francis Farm, its current site, and in 1914 the Children’s Hospital relocated to its current address on Longwood Avenue immediately adjacent to the Medical School. During this era the Hunnewell building housed the children until a series of “cottages” were built in an effort to ...
During the years 1946 to 1990 the Children’s Hospital was well positioned to take a leadership role in pediatric health. Experienced physicians returned from the military service. The NIH established programs to support academic research. The Children’s Hospital organized itself into the Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The hospital endorsed spe...
The years since 1990 have seen increasing excellence in patient care, great research productivity, new medical innovations, and remarkable contributions to pediatric medical education. Children’s Hospital clinicians have pioneered lung, liver, and multiple organ transplants, innovative procedures for short gut syndrome, surgery using robotics and l...
Boston Children’s has always embodied a culture of innovation and scientific discovery, with the goal of improving the lives of children and families. Explore the timeline below to learn about a sampling of these historic breakthroughs.
Boston Children’s Hospital has led the way in pediatric innovation since our founding in 1869 as a 20-bed facility. From surgical innovations to the discovery of new treatments, the hospital continues its leadership in delivering superior care and attention to patients at our hospital and across the globe. Hundreds of innovations developed at ...
Sep 27, 2019 · Since 1869, when Dr. Francis Henry Brown and fellow Harvard Medical School graduates opened a facility for children in the South End, what is now Boston Children’s Hospital has had myriad...
Dec 27, 2017 · One of our core missions is to educate the next generation of leaders in child health. Boston Children's is the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School where we train more than 1000 physicians in pediatrics and in all pediatric subspecialties.
In 1847 the Medical School moved to North Grove Street, next to the Bulfinch Building of the Massachusetts General Hospital, providing an intimate physical connection between the School and the hospital. The School remained there until 1883, and then relocated again, this time to Boylston Street in Copley Square, where the new wing of the ...
