Kettering Health Main Campus
Kettering Health Main Campus | |
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Kettering Health | |
Geography | |
Location | 3535 Southern Blvd., Kettering, Ohio, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Kettering College of Medical Arts |
Services | |
Standards | HFAP accreditation, HFAP Comprehensive Stroke Center |
Emergency department | Level II Trauma Center |
Speciality | Multispecialty |
History | |
Opened | 1964 |
Links | |
Website | ketteringhealth |
Lists | Hospitals in Ohio |
Other links | List of hospitals in the United States |
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Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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Adventism |
Kettering Health Main Campus, formerly known as Kettering Medical Center (KMC),[1] non-profit hospital in Kettering, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1964, it is the flagship hospital of Kettering Health, and is directly affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[2] It is also affiliated with the Boonshoft School of Medicine.[3]
History
[edit]Virginia Kettering and her husband Eugene, son of famous inventor Charles F. Kettering, were native citizens of Dayton. They moved to Hinsdale, Illinois near Chicago in the 1940s. During the polio epidemic in the 1950s, they were inspired by the care given at Hinsdale Hospital, which would play a vital role in the foundation of Kettering Medical Center. Following the death of his father in 1958, the younger Ketterings moved from Illinois back to Dayton to help manage family affairs. Health care was a primary focus of Charles Kettering, so Eugene and Virginia led efforts to open a local area hospital in his honor. Ground was broken on July 7, 1961. In 1964, Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital opened under the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[4][5]
In 2016, Kettering Health opened the new pavilion that houses the Kettering Health Cancer Center, and Kettering Health Brain & Spine. The $60 million structure is connected to the main hospital via a skybridge over Southern Boulevard.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schroeder, Kaitlin; Laird, Jordan (May 10, 2021). "Local hospitals get new names as part of Kettering Health rebranding". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "KMC Statistics from U.S. News & World Report". Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Affiliated University". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Virginia Kettering". Dayton Daily News. March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ "Kettering Heritage". Kettering Health Network. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ Tucker, Randy (2020-12-16). "Kettering Health opens cancer center to public". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 2021-05-14.