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Johns Hopkins Hospital
The
Johns Hopkins Hospital
is the
teaching hospital
and
biomedical research
facility of
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
, located in
Baltimore, Maryland
,
United States
. It was founded using money from a bequest by
philanthropist
Johns Hopkins
. The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are the founding institutions of modern American medicine and are the birthplace of numerous traditions including
rounds
,
residents
and
housestaff
. Many medical specialties were formed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, including
neurosurgery
, by
Harvey Cushing
;
cardiac surgery
by
Alfred Blalock
;
pediatrics
and
child psychiatry
, by
Leo Kanner
.
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