medical center
noun
plural medical centers
: a large health care facility that provides medical and surgical care and is often affiliated with a medical school
an academic medical center
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Service was restored to 16 hospitals, including medical center and municipal hospital of San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, Luma Puerto Rico posted on X.
Which regions in Puerto Rico are most affected?
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
The medical center of the VA in Tulsa, Okla., was renamed after the late Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.).
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Before holding that role, Dawson had worked at the university for six years as managing director of the university’s academic medical center.
—Taylor Romine, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
But a recent study of fifteen leading academic medical centers found that nearly half of their board members worked in finance, and only fifteen per cent were medical professionals.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
The medical center of the VA in Tulsa, Okla., was renamed after the late Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.).
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Before holding that role, Dawson had worked at the university for six years as managing director of the university’s academic medical center.
—Taylor Romine, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
But a recent study of fifteen leading academic medical centers found that nearly half of their board members worked in finance, and only fifteen per cent were medical professionals.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20center. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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