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1997
Neely House is established; first-of-its-kind bed and breakfast-style home within the hospital to host cancer patients and their families.
Rooftop helipad opened for pediatric and adult Medflight patients.
2007
Paul Pierce Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery is established with funds from Boston Celtics great, Paul Pierce.
2008
Tufts-New England Medical Center is re-named Tufts Medical Center.
2014
Tufts Medicine (originally called Wellforce) was formed by Circle Health (including Lowell General Hospital) and Tufts Medical Center, along with the physicians from the New England Quality Care Alliance and the Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization.
2018
Care at Home (originally Home Health Foundation) joined Tufts Medicine (then Wellforce), enabling the system to create one of the largest home health and hospice providers in the region to serve a growing need for at-home health services.
2021
Tufts physician networks united to form one value-driven, clinically integrated network, Tufts Medical Center. A year later, drawing on our close relationship with Tufts University and its medical school, we renamed the entire system Tufts Medicine.
2021
MelroseWakefield Hospital becomes the first hospital in New England to offer aquablation therapy for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous condition where the prostate has grown to be larger than normal that impacts half of all men ages 51 to 60.
1958
Maurice Raben, MD a pediatric endocrinologist at Tufts Children’s Hospital purified hormones from human pituitary glands to create the first growth hormone treatment.
Immunosuppression therapy is developed to aid in successful organ transplants.
1962
Nearly 70 years after the hospital was founded, MelroseWakefield surgeon Dr. Geza J. Jako, a pioneer in the use of laser surgery, developed the first microsurgical instruments for the surgical treatment of the vocal cords and throat cancer. He would later develop a surgical laser for the treatment of a wide range of head and neck lesions, and he promoted the wider use of lasers in all medical disciplines, especially cancer treatment.
1963
The Family Participation Unit is established at Tufts Children’s Hospital, allowing parents to stay overnight with their children.
1965
The first neighborhood health center is founded by Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston’s Columbia Point housing project
1981
The world’s first pediatric trauma center established at Tufts Children’s Hospital.
1987
Staff at Tufts MC create the practice of case management, the first hospital to do so.
1992
The first, full-service private teaching hospital in Boston is created with the addition of a maternity service.
1993
MelroseWakefield Hospital opens its cardiac catheterization lab, one of the first of its kind in Massachusetts. To this day, MelroseWakefield remains the only hospital in our service area with such a lab, able to treat heart attacks onsite.
1911
Floating Hospital (now Tufts) started hospital-based human milk collection for sick babies.
1918
The Boston Dispensary opened the first nutrition clinic of its kind in the world.
1919
An artificial milk product is invented at Tufts Children’s Hospital, that is later successfully marketed as Similac.
1927
Modern diagnostic test for syphilis discovered at the Boston Dispensary.
1929
The Boston Dispensary begins an affiliation with Tufts Children’s Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine.
1930
The world’s first experiment in group psychotherapy takes place at the Boston Dispensary.
1938
100-bed Pratt Clinic, the largest diagnostic clinic in the world, is constructed at the Boston Dispensary.
1947
First children’s playroom established to apply recreational therapy.
1796
The Boston Dispensary
The Boston Dispensary is established as the first permanent medical facility in New England and the third in the United States.
1803
First public health vaccination campaign for smallpox began.
1814
The Boston Dispensary became the first medical facility to assign nurses to needy patients.
1873
The first dental clinic in the country for the poor was established.
1883
The first U.S. scientific use of Swedish massage and the beginnings of rehabilitative medicine begins at the Boston Dispensary.
1886
The first Visiting Nurse Association established.
1894
Floating Hospital for Children (now Tufts Children’s Hospital) was founded on a ship, where doctors’ believed the sea air of Boston Harbor would help the sick kids get well.
1899
The Boston Dispensary opens the first U.S. lung clinic.
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We’re Tufts Medicine — a health system bringing together bright minds and big hearts to deliver the best in care. For years, our hospitals and health services—Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Care at Home—have partnered to provide a better healthcare experience to communities across Massachusetts and beyond. After uniting under the umbrella of Wellforce in 2014, we updated our name to Tufts Medicine in 2022. This name proudly reflects our close relationship with Tufts University and its medical school, highlighting our shared commitment to improving healthcare for all.
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2021
Care at Home (originally Home Health Foundation) joined Tufts Medicine (then Wellforce), enabling the system to create one of the largest home health and hospice providers in the region to serve a growing need for at-home health services.
Tufts physician networks united to form one value-driven, clinically integrated network, Tufts Medical Center. A year later, drawing on our close relationship with Tufts University and its medical school, we renamed the entire system Tufts Medicine.
Melrose Wakefield Hospital becomes the first hospital in New England to offer aquablation therapy for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous condition where the prostate has grown to be larger than normal that impacts half of all men ages 51 to 60.
1997
2007
2008
2014
Neely House is established; first-of-its-kind bed and breakfast-style home within the hospital to host cancer patients and their families.
Rooftop helipad opened for pediatric and adult Medflight patients.
Paul Pierce Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery is established with funds from Boston Celtics great, Paul Pierce.
Tufts-New England Medical Center is re-named Tufts Medical Center.
Tufts Medicine (originally called Wellforce) was formed by Circle Health (including Lowell General Hospital) and Tufts Medical Center, along with the physicians from the New England Quality Care Alliance and the Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization.
1981
1987
1992
1993
The world’s first pediatric trauma center established at Tufts Children’s Hospital.
Staff at Tufts MC create the practice of case management, the first hospital to do so.
The first, full-service private teaching hospital in Boston is created with the addition of a maternity service.
MelroseWakefield Hospital opens its cardiac catheterization lab, one of the first of its kind in Massachusetts. To this day, MelroseWakefield remains the only hospital in our service area with such a lab, able to treat heart attacks onsite.
1965
1963
1962
1958
Maurice Raben, MD a pediatric endocrinologist at Tufts Children’s Hospital purified hormones from human pituitary glands to create the first growth hormone treatment.
Immunosuppression therapy is developed to aid in successful organ transplants.
Nearly 70 years after the hospital was founded, MelroseWakefield surgeon Dr. Geza J. Jako, a pioneer in the use of laser surgery, developed the first microsurgical instruments for the surgical treatment of the vocal cords and throat cancer. He would later develop a surgical laser for the treatment of a wide range of head and neck lesions, and he promoted the wider use of lasers in all medical disciplines, especially cancer treatment.
The Family Participation Unit is established at Tufts Children’s Hospital, allowing parents to stay overnight with their children.
The first neighborhood health center is founded by Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston’s Columbia Point housing project.
1929
1930
1938
1947
The Boston Dispensary begins an affiliation with Tufts Children’s Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine.
The world’s first experiment in group psychotherapy takes place at the Boston Dispensary.
100-bed Pratt Clinic, the largest diagnostic clinic in the world, is constructed at the Boston Dispensary.
First children’s playroom established to apply recreational therapy.
1911
1918
1919
1927
Floating Hospital (now Tufts) started hospital-based human milk collection for sick babies.
The Boston Dispensary opened the first nutrition clinic of its kind in the world.
An artificial milk product is invented at Tufts Children’s Hospital, that is later successfully marketed as Similac.
Modern diagnostic test for syphilis discovered at the Boston Dispensary.
1883
1886
1894
1899
The first U.S. scientific use of Swedish massage and the beginnings of rehabilitative medicine begins at the Boston Dispensary.
The first Visiting Nurse Association established.
Floating Hospital for Children (now Tufts Children’s Hospital) was founded on a ship, where doctors’ believed the sea air of Boston Harbor would help the sick kids get well.
The Boston Dispensary opens the first
U.S. lung clinic.
1796
1803
1814
1873
The Boston Dispensary
The Boston Dispensary is established as the first permanent medical facility in New England and the third in the United States.
First public health vaccination campaign for smallpox began.
The Boston Dispensary became the first medical facility to assign nurses to needy patients.
The first dental clinic in the country for the poor was established.
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