Mercy, Mandates, Merger

Chronicling the history and merger of two of Boston’s most renowned and most enduring hospitalsNew England Deaconess Hospital and Beth Israel Hospitalthis fascinating history is a testament to the people who served these institutions and shaped medicine as we know it today. Now known as the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, it is one of the world’s foremost teaching hospitals and historically responsible for many advances in modern medicine, including performing the first successful liver transplant in New England, pioneering minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery, and developing the first implantable cardiac pacemaker.