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At the beginning of the 20th century, local Lutheran church leaders in Fort Wayne felt an urgent need for an additional hospital in the city. Led by Reverend Philip Wambsganss, they raised funds from the surrounding area, in 1904, the 25-bed Lutheran Hospital opened. [1]
Parkview Health, founded in 1878 as Fort Wayne City Hospital, is a network of 14 community hospitals and nearly 300 physician offices in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Parkview Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system and the region's largest employer, with more than 16,000 employees. [ 1 ]
The network has more than 7,000 employees working together with the more than 800 physicians who make up its medical staffs. The network's more than 100 access points in northern Indiana include physician offices, urgent care clinics, outpatient centers and eight hospitals consisting of 973 licensed beds - 797 in Allen County alone.
1905 created by merger of Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, Fort Wayne College of Medicine, and Medical College of Indiana, 1908 merged with Indiana University School of Medicine [2] Indiana Medical College of Evansville Evansville 1849 1850 1884 1854–1871 suspended [2] Indiana Medical College of Fort Wayne Fort Wayne 1876 1877 1883 [2]
St. Joseph Hospital, known commonly as "St. Joe," was the first hospital founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, opening in 1869.St. Joseph's was sold in 1998, and continued to operate under Lutheran Health Network (a subsidiary of CHS) until 2021 when staff and equipment were transferred to the newly opened Lutheran Downtown Hospital.
Roughly including the following parks and adjacent rights-of-way: Franke, McCormick, McCulloch, McMillen, Memorial, Nuckols, Old Fort, Reservoir, Rockhill, Weisser, and Williams 41°03′51″N 85°05′26″W / 41.064167°N 85.090556°W / 41.064167; -85.090556 ( Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic
The board is made up of seven members, appointed by the state governor, no more than four of which can be of the same political party. [4] [7] Five of the members are required to be physicians, and one an osteopathic physician; the seventh member serves as a representative of the general public and is required to be in no way associated with the medical profession other than as a consumer.
The congregation's third synagogue was completed in 1917, located at the corner of Wayne and Fairfield Streets; [6] and it moved to 5200 Old Mill Road in 1961. [2] In 1995, the synagogue hired a new rabbi, Sandford Kopnick, [ 12 ] and Rabbi Meir Bargeron commenced on July 1, 2020 as the congregation's 24th spiritual leader.