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Summa Health System – Akron Campus
525 E Market St
Akron, OH 44309
330.375.3000
summahealth.org
Akron City Hospital was founded in 1892 to provide a The hospital is also an academic medical center with
place where patients could be treated with compassion, 15 multispecialty residency programs and six fellowship
coupled with the best principals of medical practice. programs to train northeast Ohio’s next generation of
healthcare providers. Approximately 80 residents and
From the first accredited radiology department in the fellows graduate from Akron Campus’s medical education
country to the first adult open heart surgery in Akron programs each year.
(and one of the first in the country), Summa Health
System - Akron Campus has achieved national recognition A Level 1 Trauma Center, Akron Campus expanded its
as a provider of quality, compassionate healthcare. emergency department (ED) in 2012. The renovated ED
provides more than 100,000 square feet and 76 patient
Recently, Summa Health announced plans to invest up beds and is equipped to serve more than 80,000 patients
to $350 million in its facilities to help establish Summa annually.
as the leading healthcare provider in the region. This
investment includes extensive renovations at Akron In October 2017, Dr. Gary Williams and his wife, Pamela,
Campus including: construction of a new 300,000 committed $5 million to the health system. In recognition
square foot tower, which will include new facilities for of what is the second largest gift in its history, Summa
Summa’s Women’s Health program, modern inpatient Health established the Dr. Gary B. and Pamela S. Williams
rooms and nursing units and expanded surgical capacity; Center for Breast Health. The $5 million gift is the largest
construction of a new 50,000 square foot medical office physician-donated gift ever to Summa and is believed to
building; and increasing the number of private rooms to be the largest physician gift ever in Summit County.
approximately 80 percent.
Longtime Summa Health supporters Ann and David
Summa Health System - Akron Campus is designated Brennan continued their generous support in 2015
as an accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of with a gift of $6 million, the largest in Summa’s history.
Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC) and is a Certified The donation will be used to further Summa’s strategy
Primary Stroke Center. In addition, the hospital is the of becoming the region’s leader in population health.
first in the Akron-Canton area, and one of just nine By transitioning to a population health management
throughout Ohio to hold Baby-Friendly® status. organization, Summa will be better positioned to
The designation recognizes Maternity Services’ pledge provide integrated and coordinated care and a superior
to provide the best possible breastfeeding support for experience for the people of northeast Ohio.
new moms and their infants.
Year founded: 1892
Total employees: 5,500+*
Total licensed beds: 985†
*F igure shared with Summa Health System – St. Thomas
and Barberton Campuses
†F igure shared with Summa Health System- St. Thomas Campus
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