| Lankenau Medical Center | |
| Org/Group: | Main Line Health |
| Location: | 100 E Lancaster Ave |
| Region: | Wynnewood |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Country: | US |
| Coordinates: | 39.988°N -75.262°W |
| Funding: | Non-profit |
| Type: | Teaching |
| Standards: | Joint Commission |
| Emergency: | Level II Trauma Center |
| Beds: | 370 |
| Founded: | 1850 |
Lankenau Medical Center, part of Main Line Health, is a 370-bed acute care, teaching hospital in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
Lankenau Medical Center's clinical areas include the Lankenau Heart Institute, the gastrointestinal and GI endoscopy program, cancer care services, pulmonology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and maternity, including and a level III neonatal intensive care unit, as well as minimally invasive and robotic surgery. The campus is also home to the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research and the Annenberg Center for Medical Education.[1]
Initially chartered in 1860 as the German Hospital of Philadelphia, the facility opened in 1866 on Morris Street in North Philadelphia. With the entry of the United States into World War I in 1917, many German institutions took new names. The German Hospital renamed itself Lankenau Hospital after John D. Lankenau, a German-born Philadelphia businessman who had been one of the hospital's first leaders.[2]
The hospital moved to larger facilities at Girard and Corinthian Avenues in North Philadelphia in 1884. In December 1953, Lankenau moved to Wynnewood on the Main Line, occupying the site of the former Overbrook Country Club.
In October 1984, the hospital joined with Bryn Mawr Hospital and the Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital under a nonprofit umbrella organization, Main Line Health.[3]
In 2010, Main Line began renovating the hospital, adding a 96-bed Heart Pavilion, dedicated to cardiovascular care, a parking garage, and a central utility plant. The expanded facilities were renamed Lankenau Medical Center.[4]
As of 2022, the medical center has: