| Tulane Medical Center | |
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| Hospital Corporation of America | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Coordinates | 29°57′20″N90°04′33″W / 29.955658°N 90.075884°W /29.955658; -90.075884 |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Tulane University |
| Services | |
| Beds | 235[1] |
| History | |
| Founded | 1976[1] |
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| Website | tulanehealthcare |
| Lists | Hospitals in Louisiana |
TheTulane Medical Center is an Emergency Department located inNew Orleans,Louisiana. The Tulane Medical Center has centers and clinics covering nearly all major specialties ofmedicine,[2] and is the primaryteaching hospital for theTulane University School of Medicine. The hospital is jointly owned byLCMC Health andTulane University (17.5%).[1] Tulane University andLCMC announced on October 10, 2022, that LCMC would purchase Tulane Medical Center (along withLakeview Hospital andLakeside Hospital) fromHCA for $150 Million.[3]
The Tulane Medical Center encompasses the Tulane University Hospital and Clinic,Tulane–Lakeside Hospital, Tulane Hospital for Children, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Abdominal Transplant at Tulane Medical Center, Tulane-Lakeside Women's Center, Tulane Multispecialty Center Metairie, Tulane Multispecialty Center uptown, Tulane Multispecialty Center Downtown, and the Tulane Institute for Sports Medicine. In 2017, Lakeview Hospital in Covington became a campus of Tulane Medical Center.[4]
The location of the Tulane Medical School was once theNew Orleans Chinatown. The medical center traces its history to 1834, when the medical school now known as the Tulane University School of Medicine opened.[4] The current hospital opened in 1976 as the Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, and was subsequently purchased by HCA in 1995.[4] The Lakeside Hospital for Women merged with Tulane University Hospital and Clinic in 2005, and changed its name to Tulane-Lakeside Hospital.
Tulane University andLCMC announced on October 10, 2022, that LCMC would purchase Tulane Medical Center (along with Lakeview Regional Medical Center, and Tulane Lakeside Hospital) from HCA for $150 Million.[3] LCMC plans to shift the majority of services provided at Tulane Medical Center toEast Jefferson General Hospital andUniversity Medical Center New Orleans over the next 12–24 months.[5]
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