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Welcome to Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus,
which is huge, 170 acres, 59 buildings,
and nearly 1,300 beds.
But it wasn't always this big.
Hey, I'm Kyle Miller here at Cleveland Clinic,
and I'm gonna take you back over 100 years
to the very beginning
and show you how we've grown from first buildings
to our newest additions and everything in between.
You'll get an insider's look at our past
and a sneak peek of what we're working on
for the future of healthcare.
So let's get this tour started where it all began.
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This is it, a four-story building on Euclid in East 93rd
that opened its doors in 1921.
It was actually a pretty radical new concept in healthcare.
Our four founders, Doctors Frank Bunts, George Crile,
William Lower, and John Phillips came back
from World War I inspired
by the efficiency of battlefield medicine.
For them it was all about teams working together.
Their new hospital would be a not-for-profit
that employed their doctors,
paying them a set salary
with all specialties working together,
with the patient at the center of care.
Over a century later, we are still a team of teams.
We may grow and our buildings may change,
but our focus remains the same.
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As we've grown,
we've definitely built some great new facilities
but you can still see glimpses of Cleveland's past.
The Foundation House
and the White Mansion were both built over a century ago.
The first floor of the Foundation House looks
just like it did in the 1900s.
We use it for receptions, graduations,
for medical residents and some foundation board meetings.
The White Mansion is one of the few remaining mansions
on Cleveland's Millionaires' Row
and home to our Philanthropy Institute and Alumni Relations.
Speaking of alumni, did you know
we have one of the largest medical training programs
in the country?
We have nearly 30,000 alumni practicing
in 80 countries around the world.
Pretty cool how the buildings of the past helped prepare us
for the future.
The first really big wave of new construction here
in Main Campus came in the '80s.
The Crile Building was part of $185 million expansion
and the first big building boom here on campus.
Designed by Cesar Pelli,
Dean of the Yale School of Architecture,
it was built to be our signature outpatient building,
and for the most part, that's still its function today.
It has 12 floors and was the first building
to include the purchase and installation
of art in its planning.
When Crile first opened, so did the Skyway,
and boy did the concept catch on.
Now they connect most buildings on campus,
creating a kind of main street at Cleveland Clinic.
And if those are the main streets,
our emergency department is the highway
for patients who need care right away.
And that's why the Maria & Sam Miller
Emergency Services Building opened its doors here in 1994.
Caregivers in our main emergency department provide
24/7 care in 75 treatment rooms.
Patients come from hospitals across our enterprise
or even around the world,
thanks to our critical care transport teams.
And in the same building, you'll find 26 operating rooms.
That's nearly 1/3
of the total 76 operating rooms on Main Campus.
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Another '90s new addition was the Lerner Research Institute
established with the gift
from philanthropists Al and Norma Lerner.
It's now home to more than 1,500 scientists
and support staff.
They work in 200 labs to solve problems
and accelerate discoveries into new treatments and cures.
Speaking of treatments and cures, in 2020,
Cleveland Clinic established the
Global Center For Pathogen & Human Health Research.
It's aimed at expanding our understanding of viral pathogens
and human immune response to prepare
and protect against future public health threats here
and around the world.
Plus, a partnership with IBM brings advance computing
on the hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence,
and the first private sector
on-premise IBM quantum computer.
Across the street from the Lerner Research Institute
is a BioRepository that opened in 2021.
Covering 22,000 square feet,
it holds laboratories and 400 freezers
to preserve specimens like blood or tissue.
The BioRepository is a partnership
between Cleveland Clinic and Azenta Life Sciences,
and it doubles our capacity to store
and analyze biological samples
in support of targeted therapeutics development.
Think of it as a big library
where medical researchers can check out donated samples
stored in a secure database for scientific study
to better understand how genetics, lifestyle,
and environment affect our health.
The building is part of the Cleveland Innovation District
that expands Cleveland Clinic's research footprint,
helping accelerate discoveries
and translate breakthroughs in the lab
to new treatments for our patients.
Another addition during that decade
was the Cole Eye Institute
with operating and exam rooms,
high-tech imaging, and a conference center.
It was designed by Cesar Pelli,
the same architect who designed the Crile Building.
Check out this round lobby resembling the human eye,
with the skylight as a lens
and a marble floor that looks like an iris.
Talk about eye-catching.
When this building opened in 2000,
it was the Taussig Cancer Center,
but that's not what the sign says anymore.
It has been transformed
into the Cleveland Clinic Children's Outpatient Center.
It's got everything our smallest patients need
for primary and specialty outpatient pediatric care.
And because little things can make a big difference,
there's an expanded entrance with valet,
centralized check-in on the first floor,
short-term parking for quick pharmacy pick-ups,
even a cafe with lots of kid-friendly options.
Because we all love a good chicken nugget
every once in a while.
Hmm.
When you think of Cleveland Clinic,
you probably picture this iconic building,
but it wasn't even part of our campus until 2008.
This is the Sydell & Arnold Miller Family Pavilion
in Glickman Tower.
These buildings represented
the most significant expansion in our history
and added 1.3 million square feet to Main Campus.
Its distinctive C shape was designed
to symbolize the clinic opening its doors to the community,
and it has truly become our front door.
Right inside that front door
is the Patrick McCartan Centennial Gallery.
This large scale interactive wall serves
as a digital timeline filled with stories and moments
from our over 100-year history.
It's a unique centennial project
that was developed and championed
by the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association.
The pavilion is home
to the Miller Family Heart, Vascular, & Thoracic Institute.
Inside there are 16 operating rooms
where surgeons perform almost 7,000 procedures a year,
and 288 private rooms designed like hotel rooms
with floor-to-ceiling windows
to promote healing hospitality.
Patients come from all over the world
for Cleveland Clinic's program,
which has been ranked number one
by U.S. News & World Report since 1995.
We are definitely outta this world,
and I'm being literal here.
Did you know that we did the first echocardiogram
in outer space on the 2011 International Space Station?
But this is as high as we'll go today,
the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation rooftop terrace.
With inspiring views of downtown Cleveland,
it's a peaceful retreat
for patients, families, and caregivers.
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When the Heart Center was built,
so was this huge caregiver parking garage on 89th Street.
You know how we always need parking around here.
But beyond its sheer size,
what's even more impressive is what's happening underneath.
Here it is, the command center
for a centralized high-tech supply chain
and warehouse infrastructure that serves the entire campus.
It includes more than 80 robotic carts guided by magnets
under the flooring
and traveling about 1,100 miles a day,
reducing street congestion
and safely transporting everything
from medical supplies and oxygen
to food and linens to patient floors 24/7.
Now we're back at ground level
and in the Great Hall connecting the Miller Pavilion
to Glickman Tower.
If you're wondering
what this enormous blue bird metal sculpture's all about,
here's the inside story.
A Spanish artist created this using the measurements
of a real iceberg floating under the North Atlantic.
It represents what goes on
below the surface at Cleveland Clinic.
With an average of 14 support personnel
for every physician on staff,
it takes a lot of interconnected parts
to make up one of the largest integrated healthcare systems.
So remember that if you ever walk under this blue bird.
And that's just one of the many pieces of art.
All over Main Campus,
a diverse collection of contemporary art creates a healing
and beautiful environment.
Want to learn more?
Put in your earbuds and take our self-guided audio art tour.
Go through the Great Hall and you're here
at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute.
Although the Glickman Tower began construction
more than a year after the Miller Family Pavilion,
both buildings were completed at the same time.
The 12-story building has procedure rooms, exam rooms,
and a 21-bed dialysis unit,
offering innovative treatments in urology and nephrology.
From the Health & Education Center on the first floor
to the helipad on the roof,
every detail of the 12-story Glickman Tower was designed
to improve the patient experience.
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If you grew up around here,
you might remember this building.
It used to be the Cleveland Health Museum
but when the museum merged with the Natural History Museum,
Cleveland Clinic bought the building
and turned it into the Stanley Shalom Zielony Plaza.
Here, the Institute for Nursing Excellence oversees
the practice and education of nurse caregivers
across the Cleveland Clinic enterprise,
helping them advance professionally
and learn new skills in a fully simulated clinical setting.
Recently, the Mount Sinai Health Foundation Simulation
in Advanced Skills Center was used
to train caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Just down the street is another amazing building
that is helping to save lives,
even though most patients will never step inside.
The work done here
at the Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Building
touches virtually every patient at Cleveland Clinic,
as well as those around the world.
The caregivers here process
more than 20 million specimens each year,
everything from simple blood tests
to complex DNA analysis.
Thanks to the caregivers working in this building
and collaborating with colleagues
in infection prevention in Lerner Research Institute,
Cleveland Clinic was one of the first US medical centers
to offer COVID-19 diagnostic testing,
including a PCR-based test we developed
that received Emergency Use Authorization.
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Across the street you'll find this beautiful building.
Designed with a focus on creating a healing
and holistic environment for patients battling cancer,
the new Taussig Cancer Center opened its doors in 2017.
The 377,000 square foot,
seven-story building includes 128 exam rooms,
98 treatment rooms and private chemotherapy infusion suites
with floor-to-ceiling windows.
Using feedback from former patients,
the center provides support services
like art and music therapy, a wig boutique, wellness center,
and spiritual care space with an open design,
lighting and artwork that fill the building
with a sense of hope and healing.
Did you know that 100% of every gift goes directly
to supporting our mission of caring for life,
researching for health,
and educating those who serve?
And here's where the educating part really shines.
In 2019, Case Western Reserve University
and Cleveland Clinic opened the Health Education Campus
to bring more than 2,000 students
from the university's medical dental and nursing schools,
including Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
together to learn with and from each other.
The centerpiece of the 11-acre campus is Samson Pavilion,
whose construction was supported
by our most successful philanthropic effort to date.
The Power of Every One's Centennial Campaign raised
nearly 2.6 billion in 10 years
for patient care, research, and education
at Cleveland Clinic.
Samson Pavilion is 477,000 square feet
and features a central atrium
where students can gather, study, and eat,
classrooms, and much more.
Technology here is state-of-the-art,
including a virtual reality anatomy curriculum,
medical simulation center,
and flight nursing simulation program.
We may be over a century old, but as you can see,
we are the future of healthcare and healthcare education.
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The very first day,
we opened our doors here in Cleveland to 42 patients.
And now each year, around the world,
millions of people trust Cleveland Clinic with their care.
It all began right here with four doctors
who had a revolutionary idea to work as a unit
and put the patient at center of care,
a commitment that continues today,
thanks to the hard work of our caregivers
and the generosity of our donors.
It's that generosity that makes all this growth possible.
This is the place where gifts
of every size make a difference,
and we have big plans for the future here on Main Campus,
including an expanded Cole Eye Institute
and a new state-of-the-art Neurological Institute Building.
I hope you've enjoyed our tour today.
We've only touched the tip of the iceberg.
No pun intended.
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