Temple University Hospital is the 583-bed flagship facility of
Temple University Health System (TUHS), serving as the chief
clinical training site of Temple University School of Medicine
(TUSM), as well as the leading safety-net provider in Pennsylvania
– serving the highest number of inpatients covered by Medicaid in
the Commonwealth – as part of its commitment to serving the
healthcare needs of the comm
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unity. Its physicians and staff provide comprehensive inpatient and
outpatient services to patients from the Philadelphia region and
beyond – including highly specialized, tertiary- and
quaternary-care services in Cardiovascular Disease; Cancer;
Digestive Diseases; Neurosciences; Orthopaedics; Pulmonary;
Transplantation; Bone Marrow Transplant; and Bariatric Surgery. TUH
is the only Level-I Trauma Center in Philadelphia with both a
trauma and adult burn unit. Among TUH’s many recognitions are the
following: Named by The Joint Commission as one of the nation’s Top
Performers on Key Quality Measures (only 44 hospitals nationwide,
and four in Pennsylvania, achieved this level of recognition).
Listed among U.S. News World Report’s “Best Hospitals” ranking for
2014-2015 and recognized by U.S. News World Report for high
performance in six specialties: cardiology and heart surgery,
gastroenterology and GI surgery, gynecology, nephrology, neurology
and neurosurgery, and pulmonology. Recipient of the American Heart
Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The
Guidelines–Resuscitation Gold Quality Achievement Award, and Gold
Plus/Target Stroke Quality Achievement Awards. TUH’s Burn Center,
the only burn center in the region at a Level 1 trauma hospital,
earned re-verification by the American Burn Association and the
American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma – a national mark
of distinction for superior care. Certification in Lung Volume
Reduction Surgery, Palliative Care, Stroke, and Ventricular
Assistive Device by The Joint Commission. American College of
Cardiology Accreditation for the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Accreditation by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular
Therapy for the Bone Marrow Transplant Program.
