Drexel University College of Medicine

 Friends Hospital

Friend`s Hospital is located on a 100-area campus in Northeast Philadelphia. Its Crisis Response Center provides evaluations and admission 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, while it inpatient facility has a 24-hour nursing care in all units. Friend`s Hospital and its Children and Adolescent Services offers a range of inpatient hospital services for children and adolescents suffering from behavioral and emotional problems.

• Inpatient hospital services:  For ages 5-12 (children) and 13 -18 (adolescents)
• Eating Disorders Program: Helping children and adolescents, ages 13+, with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, through inpatient services for both males and females 
•  Adult Services: An inpatient program for adults ages 18 to 65.
• Older Adult Services: The first program in the Delaware Valley specifically designed for elderly with a mental illness.
• Inpatient treatment: For individuals with anxiety disorders, depression, other affective disorders, schizophrenia and chronic mental disorders, personality disorders, or any other mental or emotional disorder
• Eating Disorders Program: Helping people with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, with inpatient services for men and women
• The Greystone Program: Providing long-term residential services for persons with severe and persistent mental illness
• The Women's Program: Offering psychiatric and psychological services through an inpatient program specifically designed for women
• Dual Diagnosis Program: Designed for patients with a primary psychiatric diagnosis and secondary substance abuse issue

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 Hahnemann University Hospital  

Established in 1885, Hahnemann Hospital is located in the heart of Philadelphia. With 541 licensed beds, Hahnemann is ranked at the 9th largest hospital in the country.

• Ranked one of nation’s top 50 hospitals for heart care (U. S. News & World Report, 2007)
• Region’s first and only artificial heart implant (5th in the world)
• Region’s first and only designated-training site for the recently FDA-approved carotid stent system
• Site of one of the region’s first kidney transplant, in 1963
• Site of region’s first bone marrow transplant, in 1976
• Region’s first designated Level 1 trauma center
• Region’s first regional air medical program (MedEvac)
• Region’s first partnership with The Wellness Community for on-site cancer support groups
• Region’s first robotic bariatric and gynecologic surgeries
• More than 35,000 Emergency Departments visits annually. 

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 St. Christophers Hospital for Children

• Located in Philadelphia
• 170-bed pediatric hospital
  
  The hospital provides a wide range of pediatric, medical and surgical specialties through its affiliation with Drexel University College of Medicine. With a medical staff of more than 270 pediatric specialists, St. Christopher's is a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and provides programs such as kidney transplantation, cancer treatment, burn and wound care, minimally invasive surgery, and open-heart surgery for children of the greater Philadelphia area and around the world. The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. 
  
  The hospital is home of the Cystic Fibrosis Center, which is accredited by the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is part of the Tenet Healthcare System. Through the Center’s affiliations with Drexel University College of Medicine, an Adult CF Program is available at Hahnemann University Hospital in order to better transition individuals living with CF from childhood to adulthood. In addition, expert training is available for medical students, residents and allied health professionals in the care of CF.

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