Johns Hopkins Medicine is a world-renowned leader in medical research, education and patient care. It was founded in 1889 on the belief that by combining the best of clinical care with cutting-edge research, we could offer our patients hope for better treatments and cures for their diseases.
Today, Johns Hopkins Medicine includes six academic and community hospitals, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 34 outpatient locations and home health services serving Baltimore City and County, Maryland; Washington D.C.; Virginia; Delaware; and Pennsylvania. Our 1,700 full-time faculty members are leaders in their fields, committed to training the next generation of physicians and scientists and to providing world-class patient care.
As a leading institution for medical education, research and patient care, Johns Hopkins Medicine has made countless contributions to improving lives worldwide. We were the first hospital in America to require that all doctors be graduates of an accredited medical school. We established the nation’s first residency training program for physicians. And we were one of the first hospitals to use peer review to improve our quality of care long before it became standard practice nationwide. Today, our legacy of innovation continues as we tackle some of society’s most pressing health challenges – from cancer and HIV/AIDS to heart disease and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease – while also working towards developing new ways to prevent these conditions from ever taking hold in the first place.