For 118 years, National Jewish Health has been at the forefront of research and medicine. They integrate the latest scientific discoveries with coordinated care for lung, heart and immune diseases.

National Jewish Health began serving patients in 1899 in response to the great number of destitute individuals suffering from tuberculosis (then known as consumption) who flocked to Denver for the climate's supposed beneficial effect on respiratory diseases. At the time, no institution in Denver would admit penniless consumptives, and many poor victims of the disease lived and died on the city's streets.

National Jewish Health is the leading respiratory hospital in the nation and the only health care organization to be fully focused on respiratory related illnesses. National Jewish Health has been recognized for this expertise through a variety of outside measurements and tangible achievements.

Focus

As a leader in the treatment of respiratory, cardiac and immune diseases, their focus is to:

- Develop and provide innovative clinical programs for treating and rehabilitatiing patients of all ages and for preventing disease.

- Discover knowledge to enhance prevention, treatment and cures, through an integrated program of basic and clinical research.

- Educate scientists, physicians, health care professionals, and the public.