Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four doctors whose vision was to provide excellent patient care based on the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation.
Today, Cleveland Clinic has more than 70 locations throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond, including Canada, Florida, and Abu Dhabi. With more than 1,000 beds and 3.3 million patient visits each year*, it is one of the largest and most respected hospitals in the country. Annually, people from 80 countries choose to travel to Cleveland Clinic for their care.
Cleveland Clinic consistently has been named as one of the nation's best hospitals, and for 15 years, our heart and heart surgery program has been ranked no. 1 in heart care in the country, according to the U.S.News & World Report "Best Hospitals" survey.
Structured as a group practice, Cleveland Clinic staff physicians receive salaries, allowing them to focus on benefiting patients and the community. Also, multidisciplinary teams of physicians often work together to give patients compassionate and highly skilled care.
Many major medical breakthroughs have happened at Cleveland Clinic, including the nation's first near-total face transplant. Our physicians and researchers continue to make life-changing discoveries in many areas, including cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's disease and stroke.
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/about/default.aspx
