University College Hospital

University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and associated with University College London. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the UCL Partners academic health science centre. It was founded in 1834, eight years after UCL (then known as the London University), as the 'North London Hospital', in order to provid... more

University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and associated with University College London. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the UCL Partners academic health science centre. It was founded in 1834, eight years after UCL (then known as the London University), as the 'North London Hospital', in order to provide clinical training for the "medical classes" of the University, after a refusal by the governors of the Middlesex Hospital to allow UCL students access to that hospital's wards. In 1835, Robert Liston became the first professor of clinical surgery at University College Hospital, The first major operation under ether in Europe was conducted at University College Hospital by Liston on 21 December 1846. UCH was split from UCL in 1905, and a new building (designed by Alfred Waterhouse), known as the Cruciform building, was opened in 1906, which... less