Our staff of more than 24,000 is earning international distinction
by delivering high-quality, safe, efficient, patient-centered care.
Here's how we did in 2023:
2.5 million outpatient visits
60,713 patient admissions
137,684 telehealth visits
120,486 emergency department visits
56,040 surgeries
5,323 births
About the Wexner Medical Center
Part of one of the most comprehensive health sciences campuses in the country, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center includes the College of Medicine and its School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; the Office of Health Sciences, including the OSU Faculty Group Practice; various research centers, programs and institutes; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute; the Ohio State Health System; and the Health Sciences Library.
It is one of the largest and most diverse academic medical centers in the country and the only academic medical center in central Ohio.
Our culture and values
We embody the Buckeye Spirit in everything we do through our shared values of inclusiveness, empathy, ownership, determination, sincerity and innovation. The Buckeye Spirit shines through in patient care interactions and our daily work practices. We embrace the power of connection while valuing and serving each other and our community.
Find out what it means to our employees to embody the Buckeye Spirit in their work.
Patient care
One of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center offers health care services in virtually every specialty and subspecialty in medicine. Thousands of patients come to us each month for treatments and services they cannot find anywhere else. Providing access to health care information is core to our research, education and patient care mission. At Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, we’re dedicated to improving health in Ohio and across the world through innovation in research, education and patient care.In addition, we have a unified physician practice, representing more than 1,750 preeminent physicians, and a network of community-based primary and subspecialty care facilities that manage more than a million patient visits each year.
Our hospitals
Health care at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center includes seven hospitals- University Hospital
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
- Ohio State Harding Hospital
- Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital
- East Hospital
- Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital
- Brain and Spine Hospital
Our central Ohio facilities
Ohio State has more than 100 facilities across central Ohio to provide convenient patient access and the space needed for the most technologically advanced research, teaching and patient care possible. This includes:- Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute
- Talbot Addiction Medicine
- Ohio State Eye and Ear Institute
- Ohio State Integrative Medicine
- Fifteen primary care offices
- Walk-in Care Clinic
- Two AfterHours Care locations
- Nine multispecialty community locations
Ohio State faculty group practice
Ohio State physicians belong to our Faculty Group Practice (FGP), a physician-led organization focused on clinical quality, patient safety and physician efficiency and productivity. The FGP facilitates collaboration among clinical departments and among physicians across Ohio State Wexner Medical Center.Our physicians benefit from streamlined administrative functions so that valuable resources can be directed toward innovative program development, improved outcomes and quality assurance. The FGP supports and prepares its members and Ohio State in the rapidly changing health care environment.
Leadership at Wexner Medical Center
Collaboration, collegiality, modern facilities and a focused commitment to excellence unite the faculty, staff and students of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
The Wexner Medical Center has received national recognition for excellence in patient safety, clinical outcomes and efficiency.
The Wexner Medical Center's strategic plan
The Wexner Medical Center has always been on the leading edge of discovery and patient care. But we are ready to go further.The new strategic plan is the result of collaboration, engagement and new ideas from faculty, staff and leaders across the medical center and university. The six goals of the plan include: Talent and Culture, Research, Education, Healthcare Delivery, Healthy Communities, and Resource Stewardship.
Learn more about the Wexner Medical Center’s Strategic Plan
physicians, nurses and care providers play a central role in
improving health in Ohio and across the world every day.