Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City Medical Center is a hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is a Level I Trauma Center and one of three major tertiary referral hubs of regional provider Ballad Health. It has 445 beds, plus 86 in the attached Niswonger Children's Hospital. It is also a teaching hospital for numerous institutions, including the adjacent East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine.
| Johnson City Medical Center | |
|---|---|
| Ballad Health | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Johnson City, Tennessee, East Tennessee, Tennessee, United States |
| Coordinates | 36.30749°N 82.38446°W |
| Organization | |
| Type | General medical and surgical |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I |
| Beds | 514 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.balladhealth.org/jcmc |
| Lists | Hospitals in Tennessee |
Physician and author Abraham Verghese described his experiences treating HIV in the 1980s at Johnson City Medical Center, as well as the neighboring Mountain Home VA Medical Center, in his memoir My Own Country.
Since 2018 the facility has been operated by Ballad Health.[1]
References
- Wadhwani, Anita (2019-06-23). "Medical monopoly in rural Appalachia: 6 things to know about the Ballad Health merger". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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