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Named after Albert P. “Skip” Viragh Jr, a mutual fund investor who died of pancreatic cancer in 2003, this new building will provide services to over 180 patients with solid tumor daily and enable the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building to expand its services to leukemia and myeloma. [5] It is designated as a Magnet hospital. [1]
In a 2003 Baltimore Sun profile, Siegel cited Weinberg's philanthropic influences as Andrew Carnegie and Johns Hopkins. The foundation gave to recipients all over the world, with a focus on Weinberg's native Baltimore area, where the Weinbergs have their name on at least 65 buildings. [2]
The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.Founded in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the founding institutions of modern American medicine and the birthplace of numerous famed medical traditions, including rounds, residents, and house staff. [5]
In the fall of 2004, the hospital opened the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute, which houses centers focusing on melanoma, gynecologic oncology and breast cancer. [3] MedStar Franklin Square built a 356,000-square-foot (33,100 m 2) patient tower. Construction began in the fall of 2007, and was completed in 2010.
The Potrero power station was located at a site in Potrero Point originally used by San Francisco Gas Light, a provider of gas for cooking and lighting in the late 19th century. Circa 1890 they constructed a small electrical generator at the site, which was the first power plant for the company that would later become Pacific Gas and Electric.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1893, the School of Medicine shares a campus with Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children's Center , established in 1889.
The building was formally dedicated on October 23, 2010 as the home of the university's humanities departments. [5] In early December 2008, the Trustees proposed the construction of a new Library addition, the Brody Learning Commons, costing $30 million. The building features a quiet reading room, 15 new group study rooms, a new atrium and a café.
The building was purchased by the Church Home Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church on 2 October 1857 and called the Church Home and Infirmary. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Washington Medical College was the medical school connected with Washington College of Pennsylvania (now part of the Washington & Jefferson College ).