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Johnson City Medical Center

Coordinates: 36°18′27″N 82°23′04″W / 36.30749°N 82.38446°W / 36.30749; -82.38446
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Johnson City Medical Center
Ballad Health
Map
Geography
LocationJohnson City, Tennessee, East Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
Coordinates36°18′27″N 82°23′04″W / 36.30749°N 82.38446°W / 36.30749; -82.38446
Organization
TypeGeneral medical and surgical
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I
Beds514
History
Opened1911
Links
Websitehttps://www.balladhealth.org/jcmc
ListsHospitals in Tennessee

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.

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

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  1. ^ 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.