Emory University

EMORY UNIVERSITY'S MISSION IS TO CREATE, PRESERVE, TEACH, AND APPLY KNOWLEDGE IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY AND TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE.

EMORY UNIVERSITY ("EMORY" OR "UNIVERSITY") A MAJOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITY THAT IS PRIVATELY ENDOWED, COEDUCATIONAL AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT. WITH ITS NINE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS, THE UNIVERSITY ATTRACTS TOP QUALITY STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND ABROAD AND HAS A CURRENT TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 15,400 STUDENTS. THE UNIVERSITY IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. IN U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT'S ANNUAL RANKING OF "AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES" EMORY RANKED 21ST AMONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES IN 2018 AND HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN INCLUDED IN ITS TOP 25 LIST SINCE 1992. EMORY ALSO RANKS IN THE TOP 25 SCHOOLS FOR "BEST VALUE SCHOOLS". IN ADDITION, EMORY RANKED 13TH IN KIPLINGER'S "100 BEST COLLEGE VALUES" AND WAS NAMED A "BEST VALUE COLLEGE" BY THE PRINCETON REVIEW. THE UNIVERSITY INCLUDES ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING RESEARCH AND PATIENT-CARE MEDICAL COMPLEXES, THE ROBERT W. WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER. THE CENTER INCLUDES THE EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NELL HODSON WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF NURSING, ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND YERKES NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER. AMONG THE MANY OTHER CENTERS FOR SPECIALIZED RESEARCH AND STUDY AT EMORY ARE THE WINSHIP CANCER INSTITUTE; THE GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE; THE CENTER FOR HEALTH DISCOVERY AND WELL BEING; THE CENTER FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND EXCELLENCE; THE CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH; THE MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM; THE CHERRY L. EMERSON CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION; AND THE CLAUS M. HALLE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL LEARNING.

EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN SINCE 1908, AN ATLANTA TEACHING HOSPITAL OFFERING A MYRIAD OF PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN WAS RANKED THE SEVENTH BEST HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA IN 2018 BY U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT AND TENTH IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES ADVANCED SERVICES SUCH AS CARDIOLOGY, ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY AS WELL AS MORE TRADITIONAL SERVICES SUCH AS OBSTETRICS WITH BOTH ROUTINE AND INTENSIVE CARE NURSERIES AS WELL AS PROVIDES CHARITY CARE IN THE FORM OF INDIGENT CARE TO PATIENTS WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE AND CATASTROPHIC CARE TO PATIENTS WHOSE MEDICAL BILLS ARE SO LARGE THAT PAYING THEM WOULD BE PERMANENTLY LIFE-SHATTERING. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN PHYSICIANS PROVIDED $32.2 MILLION IN CHARITY CARE DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN HAS 529 LICENSED BEDS AND MORE THAN 1,200 LICENSED PHYSICIANS ON STAFF. THE CURRENT COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT IS PUBLISHED AT HTTP://WHSC.EMORY.EDU/PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNITY-BENEFITS-2019/INDEX.HTML

EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL A TEACHING AND RESEARCH FACILITY PROVIDING TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY CARE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY CARDIOLOGY, CARDIAC SURGERY, ONCOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, MULTIPLE ORGAN AND TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION, ORTHOPAEDICS, GERIATRICS AND ENDOCRINOLOGY. IN 2018, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WAS RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE HOSPITAL IN METRO ATLANTA AND IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA BY U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW. THE HOSPITAL WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP HOSPITALS BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION'S CONSUMER CHOICE AWARDS IN 2017 AND FOR 18 OF THE PAST 19 YEARS. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PROVIDES INTEGRATED PATIENT CARE WITH TEACHING AND CLINICAL RESEARCH BY PHYSICIANS WHO ARE UNIVERSITY FACULTY AS WELL AS PROVIDES CHARITY CARE IN THE FORM OF INDIGENT CARE TO PATIENTS WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE AND CATASTROPHIC CARE TO PATIENTS WHOSE MEDICAL BILLS ARE SO LARGE THAT PAYING THEM WOULD BE PERMANENTLY LIFE-SHATTERING. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS PROVIDED $43.7 MILLION IN CHARITY CARE DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. THE HOSPITAL HAS 871 LICENSED BEDS, OF WHICH 120 ARE LOCATED AT EMORY UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE HOSPITAL AND 82 ARE LOCATED AT WESLEY WOODS, AND MORE THAN 1,300 LICENSED PHYSICIANS ON STAFF. THE EMORY UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE HOSPITAL HAS EARNED THE HIGHEST PATIENT SATISFACTION RANKINGS IN THE COUNTRY BASED ON RETURNED SURVEYS FROM PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN NATIONALLY BENCHMARKED BY PRESS GANEY. THE CURRENT COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT IS PUBLISHED AT HTTP://WHSC.EMORY.EDU/PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNITY-BENEFITS-2019/INDEX.HTML