Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Consistently rated one of the top health delivery organizations in America, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has provided the most modern treatments and newest technologies available for over a century. Famous as one of Harvard University's teaching and research hospitals, Beth Israel also has an extensive system of community outpatient facilities.
Massachusetts General
Founded in 1811 and now the third oldest general hospital in the US, the 893-bed Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. In 2004 it was ranked third in the U.S. News and World Report list of the country’s best hospitals.
Each year the MGH treats approximately 44,000 inpatients, performing more than 32,000 operations and delivering over 3,600 babies. Almost 1.5 million outpatients are seen at the main campus and at its four health centers, in the Back Bay, Charlestown, Chelsea and Revere, and its emergency services handle nearly 75,000 visits annually.
With an annual budget of over $450 million, the MGH’s research program is the largest hospital-based program in the US, and most of its physicians are on the Harvard Medical School faculty.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital, is another of the hospitals in the Longwood Medical Area to feature consistently in the US News and World Report's Honor Roll of top hospitals. A world leader in patient care, medical education, and research, it is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is renowned for its pioneering work in virtually every area of medicine.
Children’s Hospital Boston
For 16 straight years rated one of the nation's top pediatric hospitals, the 342-bed Children’s Hospital Boston offers a complete range of health care services for children. Inpatient admissions exceed 17,000 annually, and outpatient programs and emergency services care for over 450,000. Clinical staff include 875 active medical and dental practitioners and 775 residents and fellows, who perform 22,000 surgical procedures and 170,000 radiological examinations a year.
Children's is the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and hosts the world's largest pediatric research facility, with a staff of 1,200 scientists and $120 million in funding.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Internationally renowned for its blending of research and clinical excellence, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute employs about 3,000 people supporting more than 150,000 patient visits a year, and is involved in some 200 clinical trials. At the forefront of the fight to eradicate cancer, its special expertise lies in bringing novel therapies that prove beneficial and safe in the laboratory setting into clinical use.
The Institute is a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, a federally designated Center for AIDS Research.
Joslin Diabetes Center
With their unique focus on the three areas of research, clinical care, and teaching, the researchers, clinicians and educators at Joslin Diabetes Center are able to collaborate in ways that produce cutting-edge scientific discovery, novel clinical care models and pioneering educational strategies. The center’s work has an impact on the lives of diabetes sufferers locally, nationally, and across the world.
Center for Blood Research
Recognized worldwide for discoveries that increase the body's ability to fight disease and to heal, the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research is a non-profit, independent research institution academically affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
The work of CBRI scientists has greatly increased our understanding of the influence of immune defense and inflammation on medical discovery, healthcare, and disease management.
Living close to the LMA carries all the tremendous benefits and advantages of proximity to the cultural, educational, and recreational richness of the Boston metropolitan area with the convenience of a short walk or commute to work. The area boasts a sophisticated, efficient, and inexpensive public transportation system, safe neighborhoods, and a congenial environment, with a host of exciting dining and shopping options all within a few minutes’ walk or drive.
Dozens of nearby municipal and State parks and reservations offer every conceivable form of outdoor recreation and organized sports. The City of Newton has a vibrant cultural life, including local museums, fine art galleries, theaters, a Philharmonic Society, Choral Society, and Jazz School, while the countless national and international attractions of the wider Boston/Cambridge area are less than five miles away.
Housing in the area is plentiful and varied, ranging from elegant single-family homes to state-of-the-art condos.
A charitable corporation, MASCO (Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization, Inc.) promotes a sense of community and offers a wide range of services including area planning and development, parking and transit services, group purchasing, shared business services, and child care to its members who live and work in the Longwood Medical Center Area.
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