Medical Innovations in Greater Cincinnati
2009 Greater Cincinnati, one of nine pilot locations for an all-payer patient centered medical home.
2006 The rotavirus vaccine developed at CCHMC.
2006 One of fifteen communities participating in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality to improve quality of health care.
1997 Creation of HealthBridge, one of the nation's largest and most advanced community health information exchanges (HIE).
1995 Isolated cancer gene that leads to increased risk of colon cancer at UC.
1982 First federally funded Center for Environmental Genetics.
1970 First Emergency Medicine residency programs in U.S. at UC.
1961 First live, attenuated polio vaccine by Albert Sabin, MD at UC and CCHMC.
1952 First heart-lung machine makes open heart surgery possible. Developed at Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC).
1943 Development of Bendadryl at UC by George Rieveschl, PhD.
1916 First Nursing Baccalaureate Program at University of Cincinnati (UC).
1850 First College of Pharmacy west of the Alleghenies.
1850 First city in the U.S. to establish a Jewish hospital.
1819 College of Medicine established in Cincinnati. Oldest medical college west of Allegheny Mountains.