Virginia Mason Medical Center

Name :

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Address  :

1100 Ninth Avenue

Town  :

Seattle

State  :

Washington

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

98101

Phone  :

(206) 624-1144

Web URL  :

Available

Description

About Virginia Mason
Established in 1920 Virginia Mason began as an 80bed hospital with six physician offices It was named after the daughters of James Tate Mason MD and John M Blackford MD who cofounded the clinic with radiologist Maurice Dwyer MD The founders vision was to provide a single place where patients could receive comprehensive medical care a quotonestop shoppingquot place for virtually any medical problem or need The adjacent photograph features the original staff of physician partners

History

Our History
Virginia Mason was founded in 1920 when a group of physicians decided to pioneer a new approach in a medical practice Their goal to work as one team They pledged to provide the finest patient care possible by working together asking only the best and brightest to join their team and committing themselves to lifelong learning and research

The founding physicians pooled their energies and resources and built an 80bed hospital at the corner of Spring and Terry avenues in Seattle Washington Through the years their vision of providing patients with comprehensive medical careall from one trusted placehas flourished

1920 Virginia Mason Hospital opens with six
physician offices

1922 Hospital expands its maternity department

1922 Virginia Masons School of Nursing admits the
first of hundreds of students educated in the
program which 35 years later became affiliated
with the University of Washington

1940s Virginia Mason becomes one of the first
hospitals in the nation to allow fathers in the
delivery room

1956 Research center opens and attracts talented
researchers

1960 The bestselling book The Intern is written
by Alan Nourse MD a Virginia Mason intern

1985 The regions first lithotripter for treating
kidney stones without surgery is installed

1992 BaileyBoushay House a facility to care for
people living with AIDS opens and is managed and
staffed by Virginia Mason

1999 Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia
Mason a stateoftheart facility opens