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93 icine when it opened in 1855. In recent history, CHOP has consistently earned a spot on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll for pediatric hospitals. e publication named CHOP the No. 2 pediatric hospital in the nation for 2016-17. e CHOP Research Institute is one of the largest pediatric research programs in the U.S., garnering more than $138 million in total federal awards and operating with an annual budget of more than $329 million as of fiscal year 2014. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC rests on 10 acres in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood. The hospital saw nearly 80,000 emergency depart- ment visits and more than 1 million outpatient visits in fiscal year 2015. The hospital carries more than 120 years of history and in the early 1950s, the hospital provided University of Pittsburgh medical researcher Jonas Salk, MD, a clinical space to test his ideas. He sub- sequently developed the polio vaccination. Children's National Health System (Washington, D.C.). Children's National Health System's main hospital has grown from a 12-bed facility opened in 1870 to a 313-bed hospital. Children's National's main hospital is home to the Children's Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation and receives substantial funding from the National Institutes of Health. In fiscal year 2015, the medical staff at Children's Hospital treated 219,747 patients and performed 16,979 surgeries. Christiana Hospital (Newark, Del.). Christiana Hospital is a 913- bed, 1.3-million-square-foot facility and home to Delaware's only Level I trauma center. The hospital is also home to the John H. Am- mon Medical Education Center, which consists of 13 classrooms, a 240-seat auditorium and a 7,000-square-foot medical library. Sur- geons at Christiana's center for heart and vascular health perform more than 1,000 open-heart surgeries annually. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Founded in 1883, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is one of the oldest pediatric hospitals in the United States. From July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, Cincinnati Children's saw more than 92,000 emergency depart- ment visits and more than 1.3 million patient encounters. The hospi- tal is the third largest recipient for pediatric research grants from the National Institutes of Health and comprises the pediatric department at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Cleveland Clinic. Founded in 1921, Cleveland Clinic now includes more than 4,450 beds systemwide and more than 1,400 beds at its flagship hospital. Cleveland Clinic boasts an international presence with facilities in Florida, Arizona, Abu Dhabi and Canada. For its 2016-17 rankings, U.S. News & World Report named Cleveland Clin- ic the No. 2 hospital in the country, No. 1 hospital in Ohio and top performing across 14 adult specialties and nine pediatric specialties. Cleveland Clinic is also home to the new Taussig Cancer Institute, a $276 million, 377,000-square-foot center dedicated entirely to the cancer treatment. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston). The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute got its start in 1947 when Sidney Farber, MD, founded the Children's Cancer Research Foundation to provide cancer treat- ment to children and develop preventative treatments and cures for the future. The hospital expanded its programs to deliver adult cancer care in 1969. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is also home to the 275,000-square-foot Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, which is equipped with 100 exam rooms, more than 150 infusion spaces and 20 consultation rooms. The Yawkey Center was designed to facilitate collaboration between researchers and clinicians. Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.). e 957-bed Duke Uni- versity Hospital is the flagship hospital of Duke Health and features a regional emergency center, an endosurgery center and a major surgery suite fitted with 51 operating rooms. U.S. News & World Report ranked Duke University Hospital as the No. 1 hospital in North Carolina and among the top 20 hospitals in the nation for 2016-17. For 2015, 2016 and 2017, Healthgrades recognized the hospital with its Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence. Emory University Hospital (Atlanta). Emory University Hospital be- gan as a 50-bed facility housed in a downtown Atlanta Civil War-era mansion in 1904. e hospital has since become the flagship facility of Emory Healthcare, a health system staffed by more than 2,000 physi- cians across 200 locations, making it the most comprehensive health system in Georgia. e flagship hospital is now a quaternary care cen- ter staffed by 1,374 physicians and 4,357 employees. In 2014, Emory University Hospital became the first hospital in the United States to treat patients with Ebola virus. It is also home to the nation's fih bus- iest solid organ transplant center. Florida Hospital Orlando. Florida Hospital Orlando can trace its roots back to 1908 when the hospital began in a two-story farmhouse set up to treat the surrounding rural population. Since then, Orlan- do has grown and the hospital has changed with it. Florida Hospital Orlando is now the flagship facility of Florida Hospital's 22-campus network that houses more than 2,240 beds. For 2016-17, U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida Hospital No. 6 in the state and No.1 in the Orlando metropolitan area. Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee). Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froed- tert Hospital is one of two academic medical centers in Wisconsin and home to the only Level I trauma center in eastern Wisconsin. e hospital is equipped with 536 beds and is staffed by 1,152 physicians and 5,939 employees. Truven Health Analytics named the academic medical center one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation in the major teaching hospitals category in 2016. Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, Pa.). In 1905, 85-year-old Abigail Geisinger founded Geisinger Medical Center, which grew into the flag- ship facility of the physician-led Geisinger Health System. e health system includes approximately 30,000 employees, 12 hospital campuses, two research centers and a 551,000-member health plan, cumulatively leveraging a $10.5 billion positive impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. e hospital is outfitted with a Level I trauma center, a seven-helicopter Life Flight program and clinical research facilities. Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center. Founded in 1888, Hack- ensackUMC is a nonprofit teaching and research hospital with 775 beds. Ranked as the No. 1 New Jersey hospital by U.S. News & World Report for 2016-17, the medical center encompasses the Heart & Vascular Hos- pital, Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital and e Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, which provides care in more than 30 specialties. HackensackUMC's John eurer Cancer Center boasts 14 specialized teams onsite and is built within the Leadership in Energy and Environ- mental Design guidelines. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City). Founded in 1863, HSS is America's oldest orthopedic hospital, now performing the most hip and knee surgeries in the nation. HSS is ranked first nationally in or- thopedics and second in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report for 2016-17. e hospital, which houses 215 licensed beds and 36 operating rooms, pioneered the regional anesthesia technique. Additionally, HSS radiologists established new protocols for diagnostic imaging of bones, tendons, ligaments and other so tissues.