Mount Auburn Hospital

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Mount Auburn Hospital is a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. It was founded by Civil War nurse and administrator Emily Elizabeth Parsons as the first hospital in Cambridge in 1866. It was reopened in 1886 and until 1947 was known as Cambridge Hospital.CareGroup, Inc. is the parent non-profit holding company for Mount Auburn Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham, and New England Baptist Hospital.Notable births Bhumibol Adulyadej, former King of Thailand. His father, HRH Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Songkla, was attending Harvard as a public health student at the time. Steven Wright, award-winning comedianNotable deaths Jessie Woodrow Sayre (1887-1933) Charles Stark Draper (1901–1987)Radiology DepartmentThe Department of Radiology was founded by Dr. Richard Schatzki. He was the first to describe the most common cause of difficulty swallowing, now known as the Schatzki ring. The department has an active radiology residency program.