Kettering Medical Center

Kettering Medical Center (KMC) is a faith-based, nonprofit hospital located in Kettering, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1964, it is the flagship hospital of Kettering Health Network, and is directly affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[1] It is also affiliated with Boonshoft School of Medicine.[2] In 2020, Forbes and Great Places to Work named Kettering Health Network a Best Place to Work, regardless of industry.[3]

Kettering Medical Center
Kettering Health Network
Geography
LocationKettering, Ohio, United States
Organization
Care systemPrivate
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityWright State University
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Kettering College of Medical Arts
Services
StandardsHFAP accreditation, HFAP Comprehensive Stroke Center
Emergency departmentLevel II Trauma Center
SpecialityMultispecialty
History
Opened1964
Links
Websiteketteringhealth.org/kettering
ListsHospitals in Ohio
Other linksList of hospitals in the United States
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History

Virginia Kettering and her husband Eugene, son of famous inventor Charles F. Kettering, were native citizens of Dayton. They moved to Hinsdale, Illinois near Chicago in the 1940s. During the polio epidemic in the 1950s, they were inspired by the care given at Hinsdale Hospital, which would play a vital role in the foundation of Kettering Medical Center. Following the death of his father in 1958, the younger Ketterings moved from Illinois back to Dayton to help manage family affairs. Health care was a primary focus of Charles Kettering, so Eugene and Virginia led efforts to open a local area hospital in his honor. Ground was broken on July 7, 1961. In 1964, Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital opened under the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[4][5]

In October 2010 Kettering Medical Center opened the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital, a new wing to the hospital that included a renovated lobby and new main entrance with an outpatient pharmacy, expanded gift shop and bakery.

In 2016, Kettering Health Network opened the new pavilion, that houses the Kettering Cancer Center, and Kettering Brain & Spine. The $60M structure is connected to the main hospital via skybridge over Southern Blvd.[6]

See also

References
  1. "KMC Statistics from U.S. News & World Report". Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  2. "Affiliated University". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. "Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2020". Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  4. "Virginia Kettering". Dayton Daily News. March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  5. "Kettering Heritage". Kettering Health Network. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  6. https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/kettering-health-opens-cancer-center-public-today/YdE3cDShiXxweRuqXdrkfP/

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