primary hospital affiliates - Medical College of Wisconsin

PRIMARY HOSPITAL AFFILIATES
Froedtert Hospital
Froedtert Hospital (www.froedtert.com) is the primary
adult hospital affiliate of the Medical College and is
staffed by College physicians providing adult care in
all medical specialties and subspecialties.
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin are at
the forefront of new technology and care in many areas,
including cancer, heart disease and stroke, brain injury
and disorders, spinal cord injury, limb reattachment,
epilepsy, gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes, hearing
disorders and women’s health. Froedtert has the only
adult Level 1 trauma center in eastern Wisconsin.
C A R E
Medical College of Wisconsin pediatric specialists
are on the staff of Children’s Hospital (www.chw.
org), the principal pediatric hospital affiliate of the
College. Founded in 1894, Children’s Hospital is the
only Wisconsin hospital dedicated solely to the care of
children and serves children with all types of illnesses,
injuries, birth defects and other disorders. Children’s
Hospital of Wisconsin is recognized as one of the
leading pediatric hospitals in the nation. The hospital has
one of only a few Level I trauma centers in the country
devoted to pediatrics.
P A T I E N T
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
The Zablocki VA Medical Center (www.visn12.med.
va.gov/milwaukee) has been a major teaching hospital
affiliate of the College since 1946. All physicians who
staff the hospital are full-time College faculty. The VA
Medical Center provides 170 acute care hospital beds.
Annually, it admits 6,400 patients and records more
than 527,000 outpatient visits. It is one of the busiest
and most comprehensive centers operated by the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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