Foundation giving $4.1M to Doctors Hospital

Doctors Hospital in Columbus will get a $4.1 million boost from a grant provided by the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation.

The money, to be awarded over three years, will support osteopathic medical education and improve patient care at the hospital.

Doctors will use the grant to support surgical and cardiology teaching programs for osteopathic physicians at the internship, residency and fellowship levels. The surgical programs are in the areas of orthopedics, general surgery, ear nose and throat, obstetrics/gynecology, plastic surgery, neurosurgery and urology.

The funding is intended to attract physicians to Doctors' teaching programs and strengthen the hospital's osteopathic post-graduate medical education programs, Rick Vincent, the Columbus-based foundation's president, said in a press release.

Since 1999, the foundation has provided $34 million in funding to Doctors, which is part of the OhioHealth Corp. hospital system. In addition to medical education, the money has been used to increase physician training positions, move and expand clinics on Columbus' west side, establish a research office and offer fellowship training in pulmonary/critical care and cardiology.

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