Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
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Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is a non-profit hospital located in St. Paul
, Minnesota
. Its focus is pediatric medical treatment and research. It was founded by Dr. Arthur Gillette
and Jessie Haskins in 1897, taking on Arthur Gillette's name as the hospitals first chief surgeon
, an appointment given by the regents of the University of Minnesota
.
Originally it was situated in a ward inside City and County Hospital of St. Paul but in 1911 it outgrew that limited space and moved into its own facilities in Phalen Park. In the 1977 it moved again, this time to space in Regions Hospital
in St. Paul. Currently it operates a system of clinics around the state, including Minnetonka
, Burnsville
, New Brighton
and northern Minnesota.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. Its focus is pediatric medical treatment and research. It was founded by Dr. Arthur Gillette
Arthur Gillette
Arthur Jay Gillette was an American orthopedic and paediatric surgeon, after whom the Gillette State Hospital for Crippled Children in St. Paul, Minnesota was named....
and Jessie Haskins in 1897, taking on Arthur Gillette's name as the hospitals first chief surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
, an appointment given by the regents of the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
.
Originally it was situated in a ward inside City and County Hospital of St. Paul but in 1911 it outgrew that limited space and moved into its own facilities in Phalen Park. In the 1977 it moved again, this time to space in Regions Hospital
Regions Hospital
Regions Hospital is a teaching hospital located in St. Paul, Minnesota, part of the HealthPartners system,. The hospital is an ACS verified Level I Trauma Center, and was Minnesota's first pediatric level one trauma center...
in St. Paul. Currently it operates a system of clinics around the state, including Minnetonka
Minnetonka, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 51,301 people, 21,393 households, and 14,097 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,893.0 persons per square mile . There were 22,228 housing units at an average density of 818.9 per square mile...
, Burnsville
Burnsville, Minnesota
Burnsville is a city south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River...
, New Brighton
New Brighton, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,206 people, 9,013 households, and 5,903 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,343.9 people per square mile . There were 9,121 housing units at an average density of 1,373.5 per square mile...
and northern Minnesota.