Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic, founded in 1921 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a nonprofit, multi-specialty academic medical center integrating clinical care, research, and education. It is one of the world's busiest and most innovative medical centers, having achieved numerous world firsts: the first coronary angiography, first coronary artery bypass surgery, first successful laryngeal transplant, and first near-total face transplant in the United States. In 2008, Cleveland Clinic became the first U.S. healthcare provider to sign the United Nations Global Compact. Its main campus has over 1,400 beds, with the entire health system totaling 4,400 beds. Medical innovations pioneered at Cleveland Clinic include non-contact colorectal surgery (1950s), the world's first coronary angiography (1958), development and refinement of coronary artery bypass surgery (1967), first minimally invasive aortic heart valve surgery (1996), first successful laryngeal transplant (1998), discovery of the first gene linked to juvenile macular degeneration (2000), discovery of the first gene linked to coronary artery disease (2003), first kidney surgery through the navel (2007), first near-total face transplant in the U.S. (2008), and the world's first combined heart-lung transplant using a total artificial heart (2009). Cleveland Clinic's Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute has been ranked #1 in cardiology and cardiac surgery since 1995 by U.S. News & World Report. The Taussig Cancer Institute brings together over 800 highly skilled physicians, researchers, nurses, and technicians. The Transplant Center performs a comprehensive range of organ transplants with innovative expertise. Website: www.clevelandclinic.org