The first hospital unit of what later became the Center was established in 1876 by a group of Franciscan Sisters who had been sent to Peoria, Illinois from a German expatriate group settled in Iowa City, Iowa.
•
The major 11-hour surgical procedure was led by Dr. Paolo Macchiarini of Sweden's Karolinska Institute, along with top surgical and medical officials from OSF.
Saint Petersburg | World Trade Center | center | Harvard Medical School | Saint Peter | Francis Bacon | Francis I of France | Francis Ford Coppola | Saint-Cloud | Kennedy Space Center | Saint Joseph | Saint George | Pope Francis | Connie Francis | Saint | Yves Saint Laurent | Saint-Omer | Saint-Denis | Saint John, New Brunswick | Camille Saint-Saëns | American Medical Association | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | saint | Walker Art Center | Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | Saint Louis University | Order of Saint Benedict | Francis I | Francis Poulenc | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |