Mount Auburn Hospital
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Main hospital at 330 Mount Auburn Street
Geography
Location	West Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°22′28″N 71°08′02″W / 42.374414°N 71.133776°W / 42.374414; -71.133776
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Harvard Medical School
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	252 (2022)
Public transit access	Massachusetts Bay Transporation Authority
History
Opened	Incorporated 1871, Reopened 1886
Links
Website	www.mountauburnhospital.org
Lists	Hospitals in Massachusetts

Mount Auburn Hospital (MAH) is a community hospital with a patient capacity of about 200 beds in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[1][2] It has become an affiliated teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.^[3][4] It was founded by Civil War era nurse and administrator Emily Elizabeth Parsons as the first hospital in Cambridge in 1866.^[5] It was reopened[2] in 1886 and until 1947 was known as Cambridge Hospital.^[6][7]

In 1993 an announced merger between MGH and Brigham caused MAH to evaluate a strategic alliance of its own.[3][4] In 1996 MAH agreed to a merger with Beth Israel Deaconess and Lahey,^[8][9][5][6] and forming CareGroup, Inc. as its parent non-profit holding company for Mount Auburn Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham, and New England Baptist Hospital.^[10][11][7]

2002 saw Mount Auburn's provision to introduce a more automated physician order entry (POE) system throughout the hospital, starting with the labor and delivery ward.[8]

In November 2008 the hospital opened the $80 million six-floor, 274,000 s/f Frank Stanton Building expansion project at its main 330 Mount Auburn Campus.^{[12][13][14][15]}

In 2012 Mount Auburn Hospital's cardiac surgery received a top 100 rating from HealthGrades.^[16] In the same year a smaller satellite facility affiliated with the hospital was established in Waltham, Mass.[9]

In late 2014, Mount Auburn signed a $110 million contract with Epic Systems to implement a new electronic health record platform known as MyChart for patients. [10][11]

In 2017 Mount Auburn Hospital announced that it would form a part of NewCO (d/b/a Beth Israel Lahey Health), when it underwent a 5-way hospital merger along with: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lahey Health Medial Center, New England Baptist Hospital, and Anna Jaques Hospital.[12][13] It was completed March 1, 2019.

In 2018 it was ranked as the 22nd largest hospital in facility in Massachusetts.[14] It employs roughly 1,500 people (2022),[15][16] has an estimated 600 affiliated doctors and admits more than 10,300 patients annually.[17] Up from 28,000 (2015)[18]

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the former King of Thailand, was born at Mount Auburn Hospital.

MAH is an affiliate also of the Harvard University Health Services (HUHS)^[17]

The hospital has been ranked well by U.S. News & World Report.^[18]

Leadership

• Jeanette Clough, CEO 1998-[19]

Notable births

• King Bhumibol Adulyadej, former King of Thailand. His father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Siam, Prince of Songkla, was attending Harvard as a public health and medical student.^[19]
• Steven Wright, award-winning comedian ^[20]

Notable deaths

• John Strungell,early translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls.^[21]

Radiology Department

The Department of Radiology was founded by Dr. Richard Schatzki. He was the first to describe the most common cause of difficulty swallowing, now known as the Schatzki ring. The department has an active radiology residency program.