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Swedish American Hospital, founded in 1911, opened its doors to its first patient on July 18, 1918 with the completion of a 55-bed, US$175,000 facility. The hospital's completion followed a period of fund raising to pay for it. [3] During the mid-1990s officials at Swedish American proposed a long term hospital campus modernization and expansion.
The Lake-Peterson House, constructed by alderman John Lake in 1873 and preserved by Swedish industrialist Pehr August Peterson, is a notable example of Gothic Revival. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, it is used for the School of Medical Technology of the Rockford-based Swedish American Hospital. [68]
Swedish Hospital (formerly Swedish Covenant Hospital) is a 312-bed [1] nonprofit teaching hospital located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois.The hospital offers over 50 medical specialties, including neurosurgery for the spine and brain, integrative cancer care, heart services (including electrophysiology), women's health services, childbirth and emergency services. [1]
The Lake–Peterson House was built in 1873, most likely by its first owner, John Lake and stands in front of the main complex for Rockford's Swedish American Hospital along Business U.S. Route 20. Lake was an early and prominent citizen of Rockford as a party to partnerships in the lumber trade. He came to Rockford in 1837 and by the 1870s was ...
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Pehr August "P.A." Peterson (September 8, 1846 – June 10, 1927) was a Swedish-born business executive, civic leader, and philanthropist in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Peterson was founder and president of numerous furniture and machine tool manufacturing companies and one of the founders of Swedish American Hospital.
Dr. Johanson led the hospital until the mid-1940s. As of 2014, the Swedish Medical Center operates five hospital campuses and a network of more than 100 primary-care and specialty clinics, 9,450 employees and 6,023 credentialed physicians. [2] Dr. Johanson was married to Katharine Brown (1876-1944). Dr. Johanson died on 7 March 1946 in Seattle.
St. Alexius Medical Center has a level II trauma center and employs more than 950 physicians, [2] representing 60 medical and surgical specialties and more than 1800 employees assisting the medical/dental staff to deliver patient care. [citation needed] The hospital was founded by the Alexian Brothers, a Roman Catholic order.