Mt. Auburn Hospital was founded by Civil War era nurse and administrator Emily Elizabeth Parsons as the first hospital in Cambridge in 1866.[5] It closed in 1872, but reopened in 1886.[6]
20th century
Until 1947, it was known as Cambridge Hospital.[7][8]
In 1993 an announced merger between MGH and Brigham caused MAH to evaluate a strategic alliance of its own.[9] In 1996 MAH agreed to a merger with Beth Israel and New England Deaconess hospitals, the two of which merged into Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.[10][11][9]
21st century
2002 saw Mount Auburn's provision to introduce a more automated physician order entry (POE) system throughout the hospital, starting with the labor and delivery ward.[12]
In November 2008, the hospital opened the $80 million six-floor, 274,000 s/f Frank Stanton Building expansion project at its main 330 Mount Auburn Campus.[13][14][15][16]
In 2012 Mount Auburn Hospital's cardiac surgery received a top 100 rating from HealthGrades.[17] In the same year a smaller satellite facility affiliated with the hospital was established in Waltham.[18]
In 2018 it was ranked as the 22nd largest hospital in facility in Massachusetts.[25] It employs roughly 1,500 people (2022),[26][27] has an estimated 600 affiliated doctors and admits more than 10,300 patients annually,[28] up from 28,000 (2015).[29]
Mount Auburn Hospital's first building, the Parsons Building, built 1886
The Department of Radiology was founded by Dr. Richard Schatzki. He was the first to describe the most common cause of difficulty swallowing, now known as the Schatzki ring. The department has an active radiology residency program.[30]
Notable patients
Births
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927), former King of Thailand. His father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Siam, Prince of Songkla, was attending Harvard as a public health and medical student.[31]
