City of Hope National Medical Center

City of Hope
Formation 1913
Type Non-profit charitable organization
Purpose Clinical research, medical treatment, medical education
Headquarters Duarte, California
Location
Membership
 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, National Comprehensive Cancer Network
President and CEO
 Robert Stone
Affiliations Association of Community Cancer Centers, National Bone Marrow Transplantation Research Network, National Gene Vector Laboratory, Southern California Islet Cell Consortium, Islet Cell Transplant Center, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Website www.cityofhope.org

City of Hope is a private, not-for-profit clinical research center, hospital and graduate medical school located in Duarte, California, United States. The center's main campus resides on 110-acre (45 ha) of land adjacent to the boundaries of Duarte and Irwindale, with a network of clinical practice locations in the Los Angeles region, satellite offices in Monrovia and Irwindale, and regional fundraising offices throughout the country.

City of Hope is best known as a cancer treatment center. It has been designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. City of Hope has also been ranked one of the nations Best Cancer Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for over ten years.

City of Hope played a role in the development of synthetic human insulin in 1978. The center has performed 12,000 hematopoietic stem cell transplants as of 2015 with patient outcomes that consistently exceed national averages.

City of Hope is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

History

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City of Hope - Duarte (Los Angeles County, California)

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the spread of tuberculosis, also known as "consumption," was a growing concern in the United States and Europe. Owing to advancements in the scientific understanding of its contagious nature, a movement to house and quarantine sufferers became prevalent. Construction of tuberculosis sanatoria, including tent cities, became common in the United States, with many sanatoriums located in the Southwestern United States, where it was believed that the more arid climate would aid sufferers.

In 1913, the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association was chartered in Los Angeles, California, with the intent of raising money to establish a free, non-sectarian sanatorium for persons from throughout the United States diagnosed with tuberculosis. After raising sufficient funds, the association purchased 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land in Duarte, California, a small town in the more arid San Gabriel Valley, approximately 16 miles (26 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, and dubbed the property the Los Angeles Sanatorium. Opening January 11, 1914, the sanatorium originally consisted of two tents, one for patients and one for caregivers.[1]

The sanatorium was nicknamed "the city of hope," and grew in size for several decades, continuing to raise funds, construct permanent facilities, hire doctors and treat increasing numbers of patients. Treating tuberculosis remained the sanatorium’s focus until after World War II, when antibiotics for tuberculosis were discovered.

With tuberculosis becoming less prevalent, executive sanatorium director Samuel H. Golter began an initiative in 1946 to transform the sanatorium into a full medical center, supported by a research institute and post-graduate education.[2] The Los Angeles Sanatorium officially changed its name to City of Hope National Medical Center in 1949. City of Hope's research institute was formally established in 1952. The City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences was eventually chartered in 1993, and changed its name to the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences in 2009.

From 1953 to 1985, under executive director Ben Horowitz, City of Hope grew further in size and became best known for its cancer research and treatment programs. Horowitz raised City of Hope's annual average operating budget from $600,000 to more than $100 million during his tenure.[3]

In 1981, the National Cancer Institute designated City of Hope a "Clinical Cancer Research Center." In 1983, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awarded City of Hope a $10 million grant to establish the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope; the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope is now City of Hope's research moniker, and is one of six institutes/centers established by the Beckman Foundation in the United States.

From 1983 to the present, City of Hope continued to grow, expanding its Duarte campus and adding more research and patient care facilities and other structures. City of Hope also operates a network of locations in local communities in Los Angeles and Riverside Counties.

Research and treatment

City of Hope's institutional goals are the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases, including diabetes and HIV/AIDS. As such, City of Hope's programs include the fields of brain, breast, gastrointestinal, gynecologic, thoracic and urologic cancers, as well as leukemia, lymphoma, and diabetes. City of Hope has been designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

City of Hope is a bench to bedside institution. Faculty, residents and fellows conduct biomedical research, treat patients and educate medical professionals. Consequently, the medical center serves as a teaching hospital.

Industrial, institutional, and National Cancer Institute-approved external peer-reviewed clinical trials are conducted at City of Hope.[4]

City of Hope is accredited by the Joint Commission, a private body which accredits over 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.[5]

Synthetic human insulin

In 1978, then- City of Hope researchers Arthur Riggs and Keiichi Itakura, working with Herbert Boyer of San Francisco-based biotechnology corporation Genentech, Inc., became the first scientists to produce synthetic human insulin.[6] City of Hope licensed patents based on Riggs's and Itakura's work to Genentech. On August 13, 1999, City of Hope sued Genentech for allegedly cheating it out of its fair share of the profits from products based on the Riggs-Itakura patents. On April 24, 2008, the Supreme Court of California affirmed the jury's award of $300 million in contractual damages to City of Hope but reversed the award of $200 million in punitive damages.[7]

Hematopoietic cell transplantation

On January 13, 2011, City of Hope performed its 10,000th hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which includes transplants of bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells collected by apheresis, and umbilical cord stem cells.[8]

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

City of Hope is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a non-profit alliance of 21 U.S. cancer centers. The NCCN publishes clinical practice guidelines for oncological treatment among its member institutions. Member institutions include City of Hope, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, and 16 others.

Facilities

City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital

Patient Care Facilities

City of Hope's main campus in Duarte has several treatment facilities for inpatient and outpatient care, including the Helford Clinical Research Hospital, Michael Amini Transfusion Medicine Center, Rita Cooper Finkel and J. William Finkel Women's Health Center and the Geri and Richard Brawerman Center for Ambulatory Care.

In addition to the Duarte campus facilities, City of Hope also have community practice clinics located in Antelope Valley, Arcadia, Mission Hills, Palm Springs, Pasadena, Santa Clarita and South Pasadena.

Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope

Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope is one of six research facilities established by funding from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Its primary focus is research in the areas of cancer, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. The institute shelters the City of Hope Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences.

Research conducted at the institute has contributed to discoveries in the areas of recombinant DNA technology, gene therapy and monoclonal antibodies.

Center for Biomedicine & Genetics

City of Hope Center for Biomedicine & Genetics is a manufacturing facility specializing in the production of pharmaceutical-grade materials. The center also assists clinical investigators with translational research and clinical trials.

Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences

The graduate medical school at City of Hope; the school is sheltered by the Beckman Research Institute.

Patient housing

City of Hope has 40 temporary, on-site residential housing units, with integrated hospice and palliative care.

Fundraising

See also: Grants

City of Hope secures funding from a mixture of sources, including private donations and federal research grants.

Annual fundraising events include Walk for Hope (a multi-city charity fundraising walk), Concert for Hope (a fundraising concert featuring celebrity musicians), and the City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge, held in Nashville, Tennessee.

City of Hope maintains eight regional fundraising offices in various cities throughout the United States, including Palm Desert, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Charity Watch currently ranks Michael Friedman, City of Hope CEO, 6th in the top compensation packages paid out by charities :$ 1,689,543 in 2013.[9]

Affiliations

City of Hope is affiliated with the following institutions:

Recognition

Grants

National Cancer Institute grants

Other grants

Contracts

References

  1. ↑ "The Jewish Consumptive and Expatients Relief Association presents the Twentieth Anniversary Edition". Jewish Consumptive and Expatients Relief Association. 1934-02-22.
  2. ↑ City of Hope News Letter of the Los Angeles Sanatorium 10 (4). September 1946. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Ben Horowitz dies at 96; he helped City of Hope become world-renowned medical center". Los Angeles Times. 2010-10-06. Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  4. ↑ "City of Hope - Clinical Trials On-Line". City of Hope. 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  5. ↑ "City of Hope - US News Best Hospitals". US News & World Report. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
  6. ↑ "First Successful Laboratory Production of Human Insulin Announced". Genentech. 1978-09-06. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  7. ↑ City of Hope National Medical Center v. Genentech, Inc., 43 Cal. 4th 375, 181 P.3d 142 (2008).
  8. ↑ "City of Hope Reaches Historic Treatment Milestone with 10,000th Bone Marrow Transplant". BusinessWire. 2011-01-13. Archived from the original on 2011-01-20.
  9. ↑ "Charity Watch - Top Compensation Packages" (html). Charity Watch. American Institute of Philanthropy. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "City of Hope - US News Best Hospitals". US News & World Report. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
  11. ↑ PR Newswire (2009-03-25). "AARP The Magazine’s Top-Ranked Hospitals". Get Listy!. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
  12. ↑ "America's Top Hospitals". AARP Magazine: 48. 2009-06-01.
  13. ↑ "America's Top Doctors - The Best in American Medicine". Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  14. ↑ Charity Rating Guide and Watchdog Report, Volume Number 59, December 2011
  15. ↑ "Organ Site-Specific SPOREs - Translational Research Program (TRP)". National Cancer Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  16. ↑ Greenwood, Addison (2010-03-23). "Treating the Whole Person in the City of Hope Lung Cancer Study". NCI Cancer Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
  17. ↑ Le, Shawn (2009-10-28). "City of Hope awarded $32.5 million in grants from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for novel therapy for brain tumors and development of stem cell-based treatment for HIV". City of Hope. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
  18. ↑ Joy, Darrin S. (2009-12-14). "City of Hope receives $17 million for islet and stem cell informatics". City of Hope - Hope News. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
  19. ↑ "Who We Fund: Grant detail - UV damage, repair, and mutagenesis". National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  20. ↑ Gallegos, Emma (2010-01-21). "City of Hope receives contract to take stem cell research from 'bench to clinic'". Pasadena-Star News.

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