Barnes Hospital (Saint. Louis, Mo.)

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Barnes Hospital (Saint. Louis, Mo.)

• Washington University Medical Center. Barnes Hospital (St. Louis, Mo.)

1914-1993

The history of Barnes Hospital begins with the will of St. Louis businessman and philanthropist Robert A. Barnes. In 1892, Barnes bequeathed funds to be used for, "erecting and maintaining a hospital for the sick and injured persons without distinction of creed." While plans for the hospital were being formalized, Washington University President Robert S. Brookings was searching for a teaching hospital with which to affiliate Washington University Medical School. He approached the trustees of Barnes Hospital, and by 1911 a contract between the two instituitions had been struck. The contract moved the location of Washington University School of Medicine to near the hospital's proposed Kingshighway location, and stipulated that the two institutions would share staff and other resources. On December 7, 1914, Barnes Hospital opened with 26 patients transferred from Washington University Hospital.

In the ensuing years, Barnes Hospital would continue to expand, offering new services, building larger facilities, and treating more patients. The 26 initial patients of 1914 became 3,501 admitted to Barnes and its operating hospitals in 1920, a number which grew to 22,000 admitted patients in 1950 and to 34,553 admitted patients in 1995. Facilities expanded to accommodate these patients, with the new East Pavilion rising in 1972 and the West Pavilion joining it in 1980. The pavilions linked with Queeny Tower, which had opened in 1965. Staff also expanded from the original 80 members in 1915. By 1995, Barnes employed 5,721 full time employees; had 1,433 physicians on staff; and housed 741 interns, residents, and fellows. Net revenue in the 100 years of operation increased from $3.675.77 in 1915 to $34,486 in 2015. As it has grown, Barnes Hospital and its staff members have achieved many medical innovations and firsts. These innovations are numerous and range from the first successful total pneumonectomy in 1933 to the country's first successful nerve transplantation in 1993.

Barnes Hospital would go on to be associated in various ways with many other medical facilities over the coming years, including St. Louis Children's Hospital; St. Louis Maternity Hospital; Mallinckrodt Radiological Institute; McMillan Hospital and Oscar Johnson Institute; David P. Wohl Hospital; Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital; Renard Hospital; and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. In November 1992, Barnes and Jewish Hospitals signed an affiliation agreement, agreeing to pool resources wherever possible. This affiliation agreement was completed in March 1993 to create Barnes-Jewish, Incorporated (BJI). In April of 1993, BJI and Christian Health Services announced that they would affiliate to create BJC Health System, an affiliation which was finalized in June 1993. In January of 1996, a merger of Barnes and Jewish Hospital, built on the sharing of resources which began with the completion of the affiliation agreement in 1993, was legally completed, and the two became the present day Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is consistently ranked among the best hospitals in America by U.S. News and World Report.

Barnes - Jewish, Inc. (BJI)

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1. LC Name Authority File (LCNAF), Corporate Name n87830943: Preferred form of the name: Barnes Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.); Variants:
   Washington University Medical Center. Barnes Hospital (St. Louis, Mo.). URI(s): http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87830943
   Sources
   found: nuc87-44195: Nutrition guide, c1982(hdg. on TU rept.: Barnes Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.); usage: Barnes Hospital)
   found: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy [VR] c1990:credit frame (Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., Barnes Hospital at Washington University Medical Center)
   found: Barnes-Jewish Hospital home page, May 3, 2001(Barnes Hospital and the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis formally merged to create the Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Jan. 1996)
   notfound: Nerve sparing radical prostatectomy, c1996: credit frame (Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri)
   Change Notes
   1987-05-13: new
   2001-05-30: revised