An equity-led academic medical centre in Boston providing comprehensive care across 70+ specialties, running New England's busiest trauma centre and a large research enterprise.
Boston Medical Center is an equity-led academic medical center based in Boston, Massachusetts, serving patients across New England. It is the largest safety-net hospital in the region and describes its purpose as caring for any and every person who walks through its doors, with particular attention to those traditionally underserved. Clinical services are delivered across more than 70 specialties and subspecialties at a 511-bed facility, and the hospital operates the busiest trauma and emergency centre in New England.
Beyond conventional clinical care, the institution runs programmes aimed at the root causes of ill health. These include a hospital-based rooftop farm, a teaching kitchen and a food pantry, together with initiatives supporting patients' housing, transportation and economic mobility.
The centre is also a significant research enterprise, ranking as the 19th largest recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health among independent American hospitals and attracting over $110 million in sponsored research funding. Its combination of safety-net clinical work, academic medicine and research on social determinants of health has made it a national model for the sector.
