Category: Medicine

SPORTS MEDICINE became established in Cleveland in 1969 with the creation of a Sports Medicine Section in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, one of the first such units in the country. A group of orthopedic surgeons conceived the idea.

ST. ALEXIS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER. See ST. MICHAEL HOSPITAL.

ST. JOHN HOSPITAL (St. John of God Hospital), located at 7911 Detroit Ave., provided medical services on Cleveland's west side from 1890-1990. It was opened by the Sisters of St. Francis, of Lafayette, IN, on land purchased by Bp. RICHARD GILMOUR with a gift from W. J. Gordon. In 1916 Bp.

ST. JOHN WEST SHORE HOSPITAL, opened on 1 March 1981 as St. John and West Shore Hospital and is located at 29000 Center Ridge Rd. in WESTLAKE. The hospital served as the core facility of the Westlake Health Campus. The 4-story facility was originally co-owned by ST.

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, the first general public hospital in Cleveland, was established in 1852 in a 2-story frame house at Willett and Monroe streets in OHIO CITY. The SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE were invited by Bp.

ST. MICHAEL HOSPITAL, the second CATHOLIC hospital in Cleveland, was founded in 1884 as St. Alexis. Sisters M. Leonarda and M. Alexia of the Order of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration established St. Alexis to serve workers and manufacturing concerns in NEWBURGH and the Cuyahoga Industrial Valley.

STORM, ROSA (18 July 1791-3 May 1867), doctor and an advocate of homeopathic medicine, was born in Coxsackie, N.Y. to Isaac and Agnes Storm. He attended and later taught at the village school; at age 22 began studying medicine under local doctors; and in 1816 received a license to practice from the Medical Society of Seneca County, N.Y.

STRATEGIC HEALTH SYSTEMS. See MERIDIA HEALTH SYSTEM.

SUBURBAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. See SOUTH POINTE HOSPITAL.

The TECHNICARE CORP., a leading manufacturer of medical diagnostic imaging equipment, began in July 1970 when a Massachusetts-based investment firm purchased Ohio-Nuclear, Inc., a Cleveland-area manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment. Incorporated in Oct. 1958 by Donald W. Steel, it was known in its early years as Nuclear-Ohio, Inc.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE REFORM OF OHIO ABORTION LAWS, headquartered in Cleveland Heights, was founded in 1967 and chaired by Richard A. Schwartz, MD. Schwartz was a psychiatrist at the Cleveland Clinic, who used psychiatry and women’s mental health as an argument in favor of abortion.

THE LIVING ROOM was founded in 1989 as a function of the LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER CLEVELAND, and served as a drop-in center for AIDS counseling and educati

TURNBULL, RUPERT B. JR. (3 Oct. 1913-18 Feb.

U.S. GENERAL HOSPITAL AT CLEVELAND was a pavilion-style, 320-bed Civil War Army hospital, located on Univ. Hts. (see TREMONT) in Brooklyn Twp. from 1862-65. Construction began on 14 Nov.

The U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL, located on Erie (E. 9th) and Murrison streets, opened in 1852 to provide medical care for sailors in the U.S. Merchant Marine, the Coast Guard, the U.S. Lighthouse, and U.S. veterans. It was part of a network of 26 government-owned hospitals for seamen, authorized by Congress and the president in 1837. U.S.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: see UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CASE MEDICAL CENTER

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CASE MEDICAL CENTER, based in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, is a nonprofit academic medical center comprised of a group of health care facilities with historic ties to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. The region's first multi-hospital system, University Hospitals of Cleveland was formally established in 1925 under the leadership of Dr. Robert H.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM BEDFORD MEDICAL CENTER (also known as the Community Hospital of Bedford and Bedford Municipal Hospital), is a subsidiary of the UNIV. HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND Health System, located at 44 Blaine St., in BEDFORD. It was established in 1908 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lesher on North St.