Bryn Mawr Hospital, founded in 1893, is a Pennsylvania hospital in the western suburbs of Philadelphia that is part of Main Line Health, a community-based not-for-profit health system, comprising Lankenau Medical Center, Paoli Hospital, Riddle Hospital and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. It is located on 130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Phone number is 484-476-2000.
Bryn Mawr Hospital offers specialized centers and programs, including a Comprehensive Breast Center, Bariatrics Center, Orthopedic Center, Outpatient Imaging Center, Cancer Center, TMS Center for depression, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a partnership with Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, which brings specialized pediatric care to the hospital.
In 2010, Bryn Mawr received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. Then, in 2011, US News & World Report ranked Bryn Mawr Hospital as one of the Philadelphia region’s best hospitals, and, in the same year, Bryn Mawr Hospital was recognized as a Top 100 Hospital and a Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital by Thomson Reuters. In addition, The Joint Commission named Bryn Mawr Hospital one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures in 2011.
In 2007, Bryn Mawr Hospital opened the Bryn Mawr Hospital Health Center in Newtown Square, Pa. Andrea Gilbert currently serves as the President of Bryn Mawr Hospital.
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