Boston Medical Center

MISSION: To provide consistently excellent and accessible health services to all in need of care regardless of status and ability to pay. DESCRIPTION: Boston Medical Center is a private, not for profit, 581-licensed bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End. The hospital is the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine. Emphasizing community-based care, Boston Medical Center with its mission to provide consistently accessible health services to all is the largest safety net hospital in New England. Boston Medical Center provides a full spectrum of pediatric and adult care services from primary to family medicine advanced specialty care. Boston Medical also has the largest 24-hour Level 1 trauma center in New England. IMPACT: With more than 29,471 admissions and 985,356 patient visits annually, Boston Medical Center provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, clinical and diagnostic services in more than 70 areas of medical specialties and subspecialties, including cardiac care and surgery, hypertension, neurological care, orthopedics, geriatrics and women’s health. Boston Medical Center is a recognized leader in groundbreaking medical research. Boston Medical Center received more than $88 million in sponsored research funding in 2007, and oversees 458 research and service projects separate from research activities at Boston University School of Medicine.