Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (Bassett Medical Center) is a teaching hospital in Cooperstown, New York. The hospital opened in June 1922.[2] The hospital has 180 beds. It is associated with Columbia University.[1][3][4] It is home to the Bassett Cancer Institute.
| Bassett Medical Center | |
|---|---|
| Bassett Healthcare Network | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Cooperstown, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 42.6956°N 74.9237°W |
| Organization | |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Columbia University |
| Services | |
| Beds | 180[1] |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital |
| Opened | June 1922 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York |
History
Some of the early work on bone marrow transplants was performed here by Nobel prize winner E. Donnall Thomas and his wife Dottie Thomas. Joseph Wiley Ferrebee was also a transplant scientist working at the hospital.[5]
The Bassett Healthcare Network runs this hospital and six others, including:[6]
- A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta and Tri-Town Campus
- Bassett Hospital in Schoharie
- Cobleskill Regional Hospital in Cobleskill
- Little Falls Hospital in Little Falls
- O’Connor Hospital in Delhi
Publishing
The hospital has published a number of works including
- Clinical Miscelleny vols 1 & 2, 1930s
External links
References
- "Bassett Medical Center". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- "History of Bassett Healthcare". Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (1930). The Mary Imogene Bassett hospital, Cooperstown, New York. New York. OCLC 34228694., 31 pp
- "Bassett-Columbia". Columbia-Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- David, John S., M.D. (2017). A history of Bassett Hospital: Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York: 200 years of Health Care in Rural America.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "The Bassett Community". Friends of Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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