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Lankenau Medical Center

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Hospital type
  
Teaching

Standards
  
Joint Commission

Helipad
  
FAA LID: 9PA9

Number of beds
  
331

Funding
  
Non-profit Hospital

Network
  
Planetree Alliance

Emergency department
  
Level II Trauma Center

Phone
  
+1 484-476-2000

Founded
  
1850

Standard
  
The Joint Commission

Location
  
Wynnewood, Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, United States

Address
  
100 Lancaster Ave, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA

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Lankenau Medical Center is a 331-bed tertiary care, teaching hospital and research institute in Wynnewood, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.

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Its Emergency Department is certified by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center. An FAA-certified rooftop helipad is available for medevacs.

It is a founding member of Main Line Health, a community-based not-for-profit health system, that also includes Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Riddle Hospital, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Mirmont Treatment Center, and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research.

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History

Lankenau Hospital was founded in 1860 as the "German Hospital of Philadelphia" 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 became "Lankenau Hospital" after John D. Lankenau, a successful, German-born Philadelphia businessman who had been one of the hospital's first leaders.

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.

In 2010, the hospital became "Lankenau Medical Center". Today, it serves southeastern Pennsylvania by offering a wide variety of primary and specialty clinical services, residency and fellowship programs, and research programs emphasizing treatment for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes.

References

Lankenau Medical Center Wikipedia