Health Care

University Hospitals of Cleveland

• U.S. News and World Report ranked UH among the top 50 hospitals in 13 specialities 
   
• Rainbow Babies & Children Hospital is ranked number one in the Midwest, number four in the nation 
   
• UH is beginning its minimally invasive Pediatric Surgery, which would set it as a nation leader in this revolutionary process  
   
• Parterned with Case Medical Center, UH is pioneering a unique imaging technology with a company called CardioInsight Technologies, Inc.  The technology allows physicians to diagnose and treat heart problems without an invasive procedure that previously needed that extensive surgery 
   
• UH's Ireland Cancer Center is one of the top 25 centers in the nation, and is one of only 8 that has access to new drugs from the National Cancer Institute for clinical trials

Cleveland Clinic

• Since opening its doors on February 26, 1921, the Cleveland Clinic has been changing the face medicine with its innovations 
   
• Cleveland Clinic is ranked one of the top three hospitals in U.S. News and World Report and the #1 heart center in the country 
   
• Cleveland Clinic doctors have helped shape the the modern era of heart care.
  • Their first major contribution was the invention of coronary angiography in 1958. This made it possible to visualize coronary artery blockages and paved the way for the development of interventional cardiology.
  • The next milestone was the first coronary artery bypass operation. Developed and refined at the Cleveland Clinic beginning in 1968, coronary artery bypass has become the most common heart surgery in the world.
  • Today, the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center continues this proud tradition of innovation, helping make the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center the top-ranked heart center in America
      
• Cleveland Clinic created CCF Innovations to leverage and increase the exceptionally innovative capacity of Cleveland Clinic doctors - a capability that started with its founding and continues today 
   
• Cleveland Clinic's CEO, Toby Cosgrove, an internationally renowned heart surgeon, has 20 issued patents and numerous products on the market that have benefited tens of thousands of patients 
   
• Through its history, Cleveland Clinic made many innovative changes to the practice of medicine and health care
  • Isolation of serotonin, a key factor in hypertension (1940s)
  • Development of “no-touch” colorectal surgery (1950s)
  • First coronary angiography (1958)
  • Development and refinement of coronary bypass surgery (1967)
  • First minimally invasive aortic heart valve surgery (1996)
  • First successful larynx transplant (1999)
  • Discovery of first gene linked to juvenile macular degeneration (2000)
  • Discovery of first gene linked to coronary artery disease (2003)

Louis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical Center