Jefferson Hospital

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is one of Philadelphia's largest medical centers, located at 11th and Walnut Streets in the Center City district of Philadelphia. The 585 bed medical center occupies several square blocks, and is constantly expanding to accommodate new facilities. Jefferson Medical College is the largest private medical school in the United States. For over 160 years, these institutions have earned a reputation for outstanding patient care, research, and education that have resulted in major advances in all branches of medicine. With an endowment exceeding $150 million, Jefferson ranks in the top 55 universities in the country in this area.

Most important, Jefferson is recognized for its consistently high standard of medical care, with state-of-the-art facilities in every department and prominent physicians at the forefront of the newest medical techniques. The hospital boasts 68 specialty intensive-care beds, including a surgical ICU, an intermediate surgical ICU, a surgical coronary care unit and step-down unit, a neurosurgical ICU, a pediatric ICU, and a large Level III intensive care nursery. The emergency room, recently renovated, is a state-of-the-art facility with Level III trauma capabilities and a heliport.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is recognized as a national leader in its specialty. The hospital is a tertiary referral center for high-risk obstetrics. The labor and delivery unit is located in the Pavilion building, and does approximately 2200 deliveries per year. The unit is equipped for critical care obstetrics, intensive maternal monitoring and ultrasound. The Department of Anesthesia provides 24-hour a day obstetrical anesthesia, and has an obstetrical anesthesia fellowship. The Maternal Observation Unit is located in the Pavilion building. This antenatal unit, with its trained nursing personnel, is designed to care for complicated antepartum patients and is managed by the maternal-fetal medicine division. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is located in the Pavilion Building. It is a Level III tertiary referral center, staffed by board-certified neonatologists. It provides a broad range of services, including ECMO, and serves as a training center for the pediatric residency.

The hospital is continually expanding and renovating its operating room space, and now boasts 31 operating rooms facilities equipped for the latest operative technology, including all types of laser surgery. These facilities are all utilized extensively by the department, with over 1600 major gynecologic procedures performed last year.

The residents' ambulatory care facility, known as Jefferson Obstetrics and Gynecologic Associates (JOGA) is located in a newly renovated space at 834 Chestnut Street. The facility provides comprehensive outpatient services, with both general and subspecialty sessions. Approximately 20,000 patients per year are seen here. In addition, the full time faculty have private practices (Womens' Medical Specialties and the subspecialty practices) located in several offices in the vicinity of the university in Center City as well as in the surrounding suburbs.

The Scott Memorial Library, located in the Scott Building, is a fully equipped university medical library. It features 2,300 journals and 126,000 volumes. It is staffed by 17 full-time trained medical librarians, and features the latest available informational technologies, including medical information computer technologies.