
NNDC Board of Directors Member:
David Silbersweig, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital was founded in 1980. It receives approximately $400 million for research from the National Institute of Health each year. It has been ranked on U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll of America's best hospitals for 11 consecutive years. BWH is also the only hospital in the nation to be named for eight consecutive years to Solucient's list of Top 100 Hospitals. BWH was also recently recognized by the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) for being one of five top performing academic medical centers in the country in a special quality and safety benchmarking study. Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an affiliate of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital which are members of the Partners HealthCare System, Inc., this allows for comprehensive coordination of medical and psychiatric services.
The above information has been adapted and is used by the NNDC with permission from Harvard – Brigham and Women’s Hospital.