The provision of expert patient care that extends the boundaries of science to investigate, develop and implement innovative approaches to health improvement is central to our mission. Our pediatric and adult physicians provide comprehensive services and are committed to advancing the standard of health care in a patient-oriented system that is easy to navigate.
The College will maintain its leadership in the practice of medicine by leveraging our unique position as an academic medical practice that transforms the discoveries from our research laboratories into advanced patient care.
We will strengthen our clinical practice by:
We will continue to lead in providing innovative, specialty and subspecialty care in the region by:
Froedtert Hospital Froedtert Hospital (www.froedtert.com) is the primary adult hospital affiliate of the Medical College and is staffed by College physicians providing adult care in all medical specialties and subspecialties.
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin are at the forefront of new technology and care in many areas, including cancer, heart disease and stroke, brain injury and disorders, spinal cord injury, limb reattachment, epilepsy, gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes, hearing disorders and women's health. Froedtert has the only adult Level 1 trauma center in eastern Wisconsin.
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin pediatric specialists are on the staff of Children's Hospital (www.chw.org), the principal pediatric hospital affiliate of the College. Founded in 1894, Children's Hospital is the only Wisconsin hospital dedicated solely to the care of children and serves children with all types of illnesses, injuries, birth defects and other disorders. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is recognized as one of the leading pediatric hospitals in the nation. The hospital has one of only a few Level I trauma centers in the country devoted to pediatrics.
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center The Zablocki VA Medical Center (www.visn12.med.va.gov/milwaukee) has been a major teaching hospital affiliate of the College since 1946. All physicians who staff the hospital are full-time College faculty. The VA Medical Center provides 170 acute care hospital beds. Annually, it admits 6,400 patients and records more than 527,000 outpatient visits. It is one of the busiest and most comprehensive centers operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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