Kettering Medical Center is a faith-based, nonprofit hospital located in Kettering, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1964, it is the focus hospital in the Kettering Health Network with 508 beds, and is directly affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Boonshoft School of Medicine is an affiliated university situated on KMC's campus. In 2009, 2010, and 2011, Thomson Reuters rated the Kettering Health Network as one of the top 10 hospital networks for clinical excellence in the United States.HistoryEugene Kettering, son of famous inventor Charles F. Kettering, and his wife Virginia were native citizens of Dayton. They moved to Hinsdale, Illinois near Chicago in the 1940s. During the polio epidemic in the 1950s, they were inspired by the care given at Hinsdale Hospital, which would play a vital role in the foundation of Kettering Medical Center. Following the death of his father in 1958, Eugene and his family moved from Illinois back to Dayton to help manage family affairs. Health care was a primary focus of Charles Kettering, so Eugene and Virginia led efforts to open a local area hospital in his honor. Ground was broken on July 7, 1961. In 1964, Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital opened under the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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