Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center is a community-based medical center in Boston, Massachusetts, located midway between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District. The hospital is the primary teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine and is connected to Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. It is subdivided into a full-service adult hospital and the Tufts Children’s Hospital.
The CEO of Tufts Medical Center is Michael Tarnoff, MD. The hospital also has satellite locations in the suburbs of Quincy, Chelmsford, Framingham, among others. The hospital has partnerships with Lawrence General Hospital, Lowell General Hospital and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital through Tufts Medicine, an integrated system of hospitals, home health services, and physician networks.
The hospital’s origins date back to 1796 when the Boston Dispensary was established as the first permanent medical facility in New England and one of the first in the United States. In 1894, the Boston Floating Hospital was established by Rev. Rufus Tobey. In 1931, after the second Floating Hospital for Children ship was destroyed in a fire, the hospital was relocated to two successive buildings onshore.
The hospital’s name of New England Medical Center was established in 1930 as a result of a union of the Boston Dispensary, the Boston Floating Hospital for Children and the Pratt Diagnostic Clinic. In 1968 it was renamed Tufts-New England Medical Center (Tufts-NEMC) to reflect the growing relationship between the hospital and the medical school. The name was shortened to Tufts Medical Center on March 4, 2008.
Address: 800 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 636-5000
- Open 24 hours
- Emergency room: Open 24 hours
Appointments: Tufts Medical Center