Our history dates to 1908. That’s when Dr. Edward Campbell Davis and Dr. Luther C. Fischer opened the Davis-Fischer Sanatorium on Crew Street.
The 26-bed hospital quickly outgrew its capacity. By 1911, Drs. Davis and Fischer moved the hospital to its present site and opened the 85-bed Davis-Fischer Sanatorium.
In 1931, the hospital was renamed Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital in honor of the Georgia doctor who discovered sulfuric ether for use as an anesthetic. Visitors to the hospital's museum may see Dr. Long's medical memorabilia.
The hospital became Emory University Hospital Midtown on February 13, 2009. The original name, “Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital,” remains on exterior monuments.
Today, Emory University Hospital Midtown has more than 2,000 practicing physicians in a vast array of specialties and subspecialties.
