About Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation’s first
hospital, is a 515-bed acute care facility that
provides a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic
medical services and functions as a major teaching
and clinical research institution.
The hospital was founded in 1751 by Benjamin
Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond to care for the “sick-poor
and insane of Philadelphia.”
The hospital is now known for its general and
specialty surgical services, including:
- orthopaedics
- vascular medicine/surgery
- neurosurgery
- otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
- urology
- obstetrics program -- especially high-risk
maternal and fetal services
- neonatology
- neurosciences
- behavioral health
Pennsylvania Hospital also has expanding programs
for cancer, cardiac care and bloodless medicine
and surgery. The hospital has over 24,500 inpatient
admissions and 201,000 outpatient visits each
year, including over 4,200 births.
Pennsylvania Hospital is part of the University
of Pennsylvania Health System and is located at
8th and Spruce Streets in the historic Society
Hill district of Philadelphia.
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