Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Explained

The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (Bassett Medical Center) is a teaching hospital in Cooperstown, New York. The hospital opened in June 1922.^[2] The hospital has 180 beds. It is associated with Columbia University.^{[3] [4]} It is home to the Bassett Cancer Institute.

History

Some of the early work on bone marrow transplants was performed here by Nobel prize winner E. Donnall Thomas and his wife Dottie Thomas. Joseph Wiley Ferrebee was also a transplant scientist working at the hospital.^[5]

The Bassett Healthcare Network runs this hospital and six others, including:^[6]

• A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta and Tri-Town Campus
• Bassett Hospital in Schoharie
• Cobleskill Regional Hospital in Cobleskill
• Little Falls Hospital in Little Falls
• O’Connor Hospital in Delhi

Publishing

The hospital has published a number of works including

• Clinical Miscelleny vols 1 & 2, 1930s

External links

• Profile at health.ny.gov
  • Friends of Bassett

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bassett Medical Center. American Hospital Directory. January 30, 2022.
2. Web site: History of Bassett Healthcare. Bassett. January 30, 2022.
3. Book: The Mary Imogene Bassett hospital, Cooperstown, New York.. Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. New York. 1930. OCLC 34228694., 31 pp
4. Web site: Bassett-Columbia. Columbia-Bassett. January 30, 2022.
5. Book: A history of Bassett Hospital: Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York: 200 years of Health Care in Rural America. David, John S., M.D.. 2017.
6. Web site: The Bassett Community. Friends of Bassett. January 30, 2022.