Medical District, Memphis
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The Memphis Medical District is an area which was created to provide a central location for medical care, serving both Memphis and the Mid-South.
Geography[]
Relatively small in area, the district is located in Midtown. The Medical District overlaps some of the area known as Crosstown.
Medical services[]
Anchored by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the district is home to major hospitals, emergency rooms, physicians' offices, medical supply manufacturers and distributors, and medical laboratories. It will soon house the headquarters of . Some of the hospitals and health service providers in this district include:
- Le Bonheur Children's Hospital,
- Regional Medical Center
- Methodist School of Radiologic and Imaging Sciences
- ,
- Baptist College of Health Sciences,
- Methodist University Hospital,
- ,
- Southern College of Optometry
- (which has Shelby County's Only Paramedic Program) are also based in this area.
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- University of Tennessee College of Medicine
- Old Baptist Memorial Hospital (Demolished)
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Coordinates: 35°08′12″N 90°00′53″W / 35.1366°N 90.0147°W
Categories:
- Neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee
- West Tennessee geography stubs