Henry Ford Hospital

Henry Ford Hospital is a hospital located in Detroit, Michigan and was founded in 1918 by Henry Ford as a philanthropic project. It was modeled after Johns Hopkins with a closed medical staff. The hospital has an academic affiliation with Wayne State University School of Medicine, but Henry Ford has its own residency and fellowship programs which are not affiliated with Wayne State. Medical students from schools including Wayne State University and Michigan State University rotate through Henry Ford during their third and fourth years of medical school.

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Hospital - Detroit, Michigan - Henry Ford

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Medical students from the Univeristy of Michigan at one time rotated through Henry Ford, but this was cancelled by the university, after Henry Ford opened an outpatient clinic in Ann Arbor.

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Henry Ford Hospital performs organ transplants in many areas, including heart, lung, kidney, and liver. The lung transplant program at Henry Ford is one of only two programs in the entire state of Michigan. It is a major referral center for patients with sarcoidosis and other interstitial lung diseases.

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The hospital is consistently ranked by US News & World Report as one of the best hospitals in the country.

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