Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Lahey Clinic was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1923 by world-renowned combat surgeon Dr. Frank H. Lahey. It grew rapidly during its first three decades of operation, often outpacing its physical capacity in Boston's Kenmore Square. During this time, Lahey Clinic patients occupied the majority of beds at neighboring Boston hospitals including the New England Deaconess Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), and the New England Baptist Hospital. Lahey's Commonwealth Avenue facilities grew increasingly overcrowded. Faced with an expanding patient base (notable patients included former United States president John F. Kennedy),{{cite web|title=Lahey Clinic correspondence|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPP-004-044.aspx|publisher=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum|access-date=10 October 2015|date=15 February 1947}} discussions for a new facility were drafted in partnership with New England Baptist Hospital, which long held close ties to Lahey Clinic. A partnership with New England Deaconess was also considered. However disagreement between administrators led Lahey officials to seek other options outside of downtown Boston. A transition to its current facility in Burlington, Massachusetts was completed in November 1980 under the leadership of then CEO, Dr. Robert E Wise. In 1994, Lahey opened an additional facility in Peabody, Massachusetts.

In January 2017, The Boston Globe reported of a letter of intent for a merger between Lahey and Beth Israel Deaconess with this partnership creating the largest hospital merger in Massachusetts in more than 20 years.{{cite news |last=Dayal McCluskey |first=Priyanka |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/01/30/beth-israel-lahey-health-systems-agree-pursue-merger/RdVanh3CC2zeZrVylpNeBM/story.html |title=Beth Israel, Lahey health systems agree to pursue merger |work=Boston Globe |date=2017-01-30 |access-date=2017-01-30 }} The merger would include three additional hospitals: New England Baptist, Mount Auburn Hospital and Anna Jacques Hospital. The combined system was Massachusetts largest network of hospitals and doctors with a market share of 22% in the eastern part of the state.{{cite web |url=http://connectwithpartners.org/2016/06/02/newsflash-the-market-is-working |title=Newsflash: The Market Is Working |date=2016-06-02 |access-date=2017-01-30 }} This was in competition with the then-named Partners Healthcare, which was the largest healthcare network in New England up to that time (Partners Healthcare later changed their name to Mass General Brigham).

In December 2017, a group called the Make Healthcare Affordable Coalition came out in opposition to the proposed merger of Lahey Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center citing the "mega merger" would lead to higher costs and the closing of health clinics serving minority communities.{{cite news |last=Leighton |first=Paul |url=http://www.eagletribune.com/news/group-opposes-hospital-merger/article_2d46d26e-912a-544c-ad62-13d3aa5bbd9c.html |title=Group opposes hospital merger |work=The Eagle-Tribune |date=2017-12-17 |access-date=2017-12-19 }}

In March 2019, Beth Israel Lahey Health was formed by the merger of Lahey Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.{{Cite news | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/03/01/things-watch-beth-israel-lahey-merger-becomes-official/BHvRW9dHtfZqXKeeKhcEqM/story.html |title = Things to watch now that Beth Israel-Lahey merger is official |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=June 25, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/01/18/beth-israel-lahey-ealth-announces-new-organization.html |title=Beth Israel Lahey Health announces new organization for five-hospital merger |first=Jessica |last=Bartlett |work=Boston Business Journal |date=January 18, 2019 |access-date=June 25, 2019}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquisitions/beth-israel-deaconess-and-lahey-health-complete-merger | title=Beth Israel Deaconess and Lahey Health complete merger| date=March 1, 2019 |first=Alex |last=Kacik |access-date=June 25, 2019}} Beth Israel Lahey Health is composed of Addison Gilbert Hospital, Anna Jaques Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital—Milton, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital—Needham, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital—Plymouth, Beverly Hospital, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Lahey Medical Center-Peabody, Mount Auburn Hospital, New England Baptist Hospital, and Winchester Hospital.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bilh.org/health-care-system | title=Health Care System |publisher=Beth Israel Lahey Health |access-date=June 25, 2019}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2019/02/28/beth-israel-lahey-health-soon-official |title = Beth Israel Lahey Health is Set to Become Official |publisher=WBUR |date=February 28, 2019 |first1=Martha |last1=Bebinger |first2=Lisa |last2=Mullins |access-date=June 25, 2019}}

Lahey hosts several residency programs including Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Anesthesiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Dermatology. Faculty hold professorships at UMass Chan Medical School, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University School of Medicine. In addition, Lahey hosts extensive post-graduate fellowship training including: Surgical Critical Care, Colorectal Surgery, Reconstructive Urology, Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Endocrinology, Interventional Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Interventional pulmonology, Palliative Care, Bariatric Surgery, Hand Surgery, and Ophthalmology, Interventional Neuroradiology, Breast Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Stroke, Transplant Anesthesia, & Transplant and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery.

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• [http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/screen/BrowseAny;jsessionid=640BD83BA2C04946BDDEC0F9C5276BA4?path=%2Fbrowse%2Fby-sponsor%2FOTHER%2FLahey%2BClinic&recruiting=true U.S. Government clinical trials ongoing at Lahey Clinic]
• [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11950416&dopt=Abstract National Library of Medicine—History of Lahey Clinic department of department of neurosurgery]

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