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20 country in 1965. In 1985, the hospital was one of two to conduct the first human clinical trials of AZT, which is commonly used to improve the quality of life for patients with AIDS. Duke University Hospital is the No. 1 hospital in North Carolina, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2015-16 rankings. It is also nationally ranked in 12 adult specialties and eight pediatric specialties, landing it as one of the publication's top 15 hospitals in the country. Emory University Hospital (Atlanta). Emory University Hospital started out in March 1904 as Wesley Memorial Hospital, a 50-bed facility housed in a Civil War-era mansion in down- town Atlanta. Eighteen years later, the hospital outgrew its facilities and moved to its current location in November 1922, adopting its cur- rent name in the mid-1930s. Emory University Hospital has 579 beds, and physicians there treat more than 24,000 inpatients and 80,000 outpatients each year. U.S. News & World Report ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in both Georgia and the Atlanta metro area in its 2015-16 rankings. Additionally, the hospital was nationally ranked in 12 adult specialties, including ophthalmology and neurology and neurosurgery. e American Nurses Creden- tialing Center has recognized Emory Univer- sity Hospital as a Magnet hospital since 2014. Emory University Hospital is the flagship facil- ity of Emory Healthcare, the largest healthcare system in Georgia. In 2014, Emory University Hospital was the first hospital in the country to treat patients with Ebola virus. In March 2016, the hospital utilized the same unit, Emory's Serious Communicable Disease Unit, to treat a patient who contracted Lassa fever in Togo, a small country in Africa. Florida Hospital Orlando. Florida Hospital is a 22-campus network with 2,247 beds, of which Florida Hospital Orlando is the flagship facility. e system, a member of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health, is a referral center for Central Florida, the Southeastern states and part of the Caribbean and Latin America. e Florida Hospital System has 33,000 employees and 2,230 staff physicians. Florida Hospital Orlando was established in 1908 in a two-story farmhouse with 20 beds bought by a group of Seventh-day Adventists. In the years that followed, Florida Hospital Orlan- do became one of the first hospitals in the coun- try to install a CT scanner and the first in the state to feature digital mammography. Florida Hospital extended its mission beyond its four walls by creating the Health Village, a 172-acre planned community in downtown Orlando with a goal of improving population health. Fea- tures of Health Village include a medical office building, apartment complex, fitness center, SunRail commuter rail station and Eden: e Spa for Image Discovery, which offers services geared toward cancer patients. U.S. News & World Report named Florida Hos- pital Orlando the No. 1 hospital in the Orlando metro area and the No. 1 hospital in Florida in its 2015-16 rankings. Additionally, the hospital is nationally ranked in nine adult specialties, including gynecology, urology, and diabetes and endocrinology. Froedtert & the Medical College of Wis- consin Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee). Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital is one of three hospitals and 25 health centers and clinics that com- prise the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin network. It is the primary adult teaching affiliate of the Medical College of Wisconsin with 1,366 physicians, more than 1,000 students and 516 beds. Froedtert Hospital operates eastern Wiscon- sin's only Level I trauma center, and it is one of two academic medical centers in the state. In its 2015-16 rankings, U.S. News & World Re- port named Froedtert Hospital & the Medical College of Wisconsin the No. 2 hospital in the Milwaukee metro area and the No. 3 hospital in the state. Additionally, the hospital was nation- ally ranked in four adult specialties. e hos- pital is Magnet-designated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and was named to Truven Health Analytics' 100 Top Hospitals list in 2016 for the fourth year in a row. In addition to all the specialties it offers in Mil- waukee, Froedtert Hospital is a member of the Center for International Health, a nonprofit or- ganization seeking to advance global healthcare through international health partnerships. e hospital has also partnered with United Hospital System in Kenosha, Wis., and Agnesian Health- care in Fond du Lac, Wis., to extend its services and care expertise to neighboring areas. Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, Pa.). In the early 1900s at the age of 85, Abigail Geising- er, who was born and raised in Danville, led the creation of a hospital that would ultimately become Geisinger Health System. She recruit- ed Harold L. Foss, MD, a young physician, to serve as the hospital's first surgeon-in-chief. e hospital officially opened in 1915. Today, 505-bed Geisinger Medical Center serves more than 2 million residents in cen- tral and northeast Pennsylvania. Geisinger houses a Level I trauma center, the region's only pediatric trauma center, the Janet Weis Children's Hospital, the Hospital for Advanced Medicine and clinical research facilities. e Geisinger system, led by David Feinberg, MD, is comprised of 30,000 employees, in- cluding nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 12 hospital campuses, two research centers and a 510,000-member health plan, cumulatively leveraging an estimated $8.9 million positive impact on the state's economy. Geisinger Medical Center has achieved Magnet designation by the American Nurses Creden- tialing Center. e hospital was given a high performance ranking in orthopedics and urol- ogy by U.S. News & World Report in its 2015- 16 rankings, and Healthgrades gave Geisinger Medical Center its America's 50 Best Hospitals for Vascular Surgery Award this year. Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati). Opened in 1852, Good Samaritan Hospital is the oldest hospital in Cincinnati. In the first three years of the hospital's history, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati cared for more than 1,500 patients. In the years that followed, Good Samaritan grew to become the largest private teaching hospital in Cincinnati with more than 650 beds. e hospital is part of the TriHealth health system based in Cincinnati. Good Samaritan Hospital was the first in Cin- cinnati to acquire the da Vinci Surgical Sys- tem. e hospital is also home to a number of specialty institutes and centers of excellence, including its breast center, digestive institute, weight management program and palliative care, among others. U.S. News & World Report ranked Good Samar- itan Hospital as the No. 2 hospital in the Cincin- nati metro area and the No. 5 hospital in Ohio in its 2015-16 rankings. Additionally, the hospital was nationally ranked in two adult specialties. It has received Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2012 and was named among Truven Health An- alytics' 100 Top Hospitals in 2016. Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Cen- ter. HackensackUMC was founded in 1888 with 12 beds and served as Bergen County's first hospital. Now the hospital has 775 beds and serves the northern New Jersey and New York metropolitan areas. e medical cen- ter includes the Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital, John eurer Cancer Center, David & Alice Ju- rist Institute for Research and Heart & Vascular Hospital, along with three other Hackensack- UMC campuses. Ranked the No. 1 hospital in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report in its 2015-16 rankings, HackensackUMC was also nationally ranked in five adult specialties. e hospital has been designated as a Magnet facility by the Amer- ican Nurses Credentialing Center since 1995. Additionally, Healthgrades listed Hackensack- UMC among its 100 Best Hospitals for stroke care and neurosciences in 2016. In 2014 and