Lankenau Hospital

Lankenau Hospital is a 351-bed tertiary care, community based teaching hospital located in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Lankenau was founded in 1860 as the German Hospital of Philadelphia, and located in North Philadelphia on Morris Street. In 1917 the German Hospital renamed itself Lankenau Hospital after John D. Lankenau, a successful German-born Philadelphia business man who was one of the first supporters and leaders of the Hospital. After relocating to larger facilities at Girard and Corinthian Avenues in North Philadelphia, Lankenau moved to Wynnewood in the "Main Line" region of the suburbs in December of 1953. Its new location was the former site of the Overbrook Country Club and golf course. Since then, the Hospital has continued to grow, along with its community, and today it is widely considered one of the best hospitals in southeastern Pennsylvania, offering a wide variety of primary and specialty clinical services.

Lankenau Hospital is a founding member of Main Line Health, a community based not-for-profit health system, comprised of Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital.

The hospital is a member of the Planetree Alliance, a nonprofit association of health-care institutions set up to promote practices to make patients less intimidated and more comfortable with the health care they receive..