Fletcher Allen Health Care

Fletcher Allen Health Care, together with its partners at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, is Vermont's academic medical center. Its mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves by integrating patient care, education and research in a caring environment. Fletcher Allen serves as a regional referral center -- providing advanced care to approximately one million people in Vermont and northern New York -- and as a community hospital for approximately 150,000 residents in Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties. With more than 30 patient care sites and 100 outreach clinics, programs and services throughout the region, Fletcher Allen is committed to being a national model for the delivery of high-quality academic health care for a rural region.

About Fletcher Allen
Fletcher Allen is home to the Vermont Children's Hospital, the state's only children's hospital.

Fletcher Allen is one of 39 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer treatment centers in the country. Comprehensive is the highest level a cancer treatment center can reach.

Breast Care Center: Fletcher Allen’s Breast Care Center offers patients a coordinated team approach, where specialists located in various areas of the medical center – from radiologists to surgeons to psychologists to breast health specialists – wrap care around the patient in one location. Fletcher Allen’s Breast Care Center has served as a model for programs at other medical centers.

Cardiac Care Services: Over the past 50 years, Fletcher Allen Health Care has provided advanced cardiac care to patients throughout the region, performing thousands of heart surgeries and cardiac catheterizations. Its electrophysiology and cardiac rehabilitation programs are nationally renowned.

Children’s Specialty Center: The Vermont Children’s Hospital includes a Children’s Specialty Center, providing centralized and convenient access to pediatric specialists. Offering family-centered care in 16 different specialty areas, Vermont Children’s treats a full range of pediatric medical conditions.

Family Medicine: Fletcher Allen's Family Medicine Health Care Service operates five sites: Colchester Family Practice, Milton Family Practice, South Burlington Family Practice, Berlin Family Health, and the Walk-In Care Center at the Fanny Allen Campus, employing over 40 family physicians, nurse-practitioners, physician assistants and mental health professionals.

General Clinical Research Center at Fletcher Allen/University of Vermont: The General Clinical Research Center at Fletcher Allen/University of Vermont is one of 78 in the country and the only one in northern New England; here, researchers are pioneering treatments for heart disease, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, ALS, and many other diseases.

Imaging: With some of the most advanced equipment available to obtain images of even the smallest details in the human body, and the experts to interpret the images, Fletcher Allen is a regional leader in diagnosing and treating the most complex conditions. Fletcher Allen has a Philips high-field Open MRI, a Philips 3T MRI, a General Electric Signa LX 1.5 tesla system, and a 64-slice CT scanner.

Level I Trauma Center: As the only Level I Trauma Center in Vermont, Fletcher Allen offers the region advanced technology and techniques to care for the most seriously ill and injured pediatric and adult patients. Fletcher Allen was the first organization in the United States to be verified as a Level I Trauma Center for both children and adults.

Mental Health: Offering inpatient, partial hospital and outpatient psychiatry services, Fletcher Allen is leading the way nationally on research into substance abuse, memory disorders and childhood mental illness.

Neonatal Intensive Care: The Vermont Children’s Hospital’s Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, offers one of the highest levels of intensive care for critically ill and premature infants. The unit is located immediately next to the Birthing Center, ensuring quick transport of Fletcher Allen’s tiniest patients in critical care situations.

Neurological Surgery: Fletcher Allen’s Center for Neurological Surgery is dedicated to providing the most up-to-date and effective treatment for disease and injury of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves.

Orthopaedics: Fletcher Allen’s orthopaedics program is recognized regionally and nationally for its treatment of spine, joints, and hands as well as injuries related to sports and trauma.

Primary Care/Internal Medicine: Primary Care/Internal Medicine at Fletcher Allen is staffed by board certified general internal medicine physicians and nurse practitioners at practice sites throughout Chittenden County, including South Burlington, Burlington, Essex Junction, and Williston.

Stroke Care: Fletcher Allen provides comprehensive care for patients who have experienced a stroke. Its Acute Stroke Intervention Team is a stand-by rapid response team available 24/7 for stroke emergencies. Following a stroke, patients are helped to recovery by inpatient rehabilitation services.

Vermont Cancer Center at the University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen: One of 39 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, the Vermont Cancer Center coordinates multidisciplinary approaches to cancer research, prevention, patient care, and community education.

Women’s Health: From general obstetrical and gynecological care to high-end obstetrical ultrasound, from infertility treatment to women’s cancer care, Fletcher Allen offers women a full-range of health and wellness services in a respectful, caring and safe environment.

History
Fletcher Allen Health Care was formed in 1995 from the merger of three organizations:


 * Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
 * Founded in Burlington, 1879, Mary Fletcher Hospital was the first hospital in Vermont. It was renamed Medical Center Hospital of Vermont in 1967.


 * Fanny Allen Hospital
 * In 1894, the Sisters of St Joseph founded the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester, Vermont. They named their hospital after Fanny Allen (daughter of Ethan Allen), a nun who nursed wounded American soldiers in the War of 1812. This site, now referred to as the Fanny Allen Campus, has an ambulatory surgery center and rehabilitation unit.


 * University Health Center
 * In 1971, ten medical specialty practice groups joined to form the University Health Center in the site of the former Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital (1924). Most of the ambulatory clinics moved from the UHC campus to the Ambulatory Care Center in 2005.