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Since 1899, National Jewish Health has served as a beacon of hope for millions of children and adults worldwide who suffer from respiratory, cardiac, immune and related diseases.
Our multi-disciplinary approach, where physicians and researcher collaborate across specialties, is what enables us to make the correct diagnosis the first time. It also makes us uniquely equipped to treat the wide array of symptoms of COVID-19 and long COVID.
People come from around the world to our main health campus, our 25 locations across Colorado, and our Respiratory Institutes® in Denver, New York and Philadelphia for our unsurpassed excellence in patient care and research. And in FY22, we provided nearly $44 million in charity and subsidized care to patients from across the country.
Throughout our history, National Jewish Health researchers have made numerous groundbreaking discoveries, including IgE, the molecule responsible for allergic reactions; the T-cell receptor gene, which triggers an immune response; the genetic roots of pulmonary fibrosis (scarring in the lungs), and more.
Clinical research at National Jewish Health has contributed to important new treatments for pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and others.
Our list of accomplishments and our reputation keep us at the top of the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings. Since the magazine started ranking pulmonology 27 years ago, we have been ranked in the top ten. In the 2023-24 “Best Hospitals for Common Care” category, our COPD, Lung Cancer Surgery and pneumonia programs were rated “high performing,” the highest rating available. In addition, we are one of the country’s leading recipients of research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is impressive for an institution of our size and budget.
National Jewish Health is also the only medical campus in the country with a school for chronically ill children. Morgridge Academy is a free K-8 school for children diagnosed with diseases, including severe asthma and allergies, cystic fibrosis and immune deficiencies, including HIV/AIDS.
This level of excellence in patient care and research goes well beyond the walls of National Jewish Health.
Whether you live in Denver, Las Vegas, New York or London, our research benefits you and your family – even if you never come here for care.
Leading Respiratory Hospital in the Nation
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, including those listed below.
Institutional Achievements
National Jewish Health has the largest pulmonary division in the nation and is the only hospital whose principal focus is pulmonary disease.
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) ranks National Jewish Health in the top 1 percent of hospitals in the nation.
National Jewish Health has more than 50 doctors named on various physician ranking lists, including as “America’s Top Doctors” by Castle Connolly, and the Denver local 5280 magazine list of “Top Docs.”
Ranked in the top ten by U.S. News & World Report every year that the Pulmonology category has been included in the rankings (27 years).
In the past year, National Jewish Health researchers have published over 500 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, many of them in the most influential publications such as Cell, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA and Nature.
National Jewish Health is in the top 6 percent of institutions in the country funded by the NIH, in terms of absolute dollars. This is a tremendous achievement for a specialty hospital/research center.
Ranked among the leaders worldwide in the impact of our scientific publications, our faculty also have helped write national guidelines for the diagnosis and care of patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic lung disease, atopic dermatitis and other diseases.
Every year patients come to National Jewish Health from all 50 states and numerous foreign countries, seeking care they could not receive anywhere else.
Research Achievements
National Jewish Health is responsible for many important scientific advances, including:
IgE, the molecule responsible for allergic reactions. This discovery has become the basis for many new treatments for asthma and allergies.
The T-cell receptor gene, which plays a crucial role in recognizing foreign invaders and orchestrating an immune response. It opened the door to understanding how bodies fight viruses, bacteria and cancer.
Superantigens, extremely powerful bacterial toxins associated with particularly virulent diseases, such as toxic shock syndrome and Legionnaire’s disease.
Combined chemotherapy for tuberculosis. National Jewish Health physicians were among the leaders in developing this crucial tool for fighting tuberculosis.
Culture medium for tuberculosis. A low-cost medium to grow tuberculosis organisms, which could make evaluation of drug-resistance possible in many of the hardest hit nations.
Proteins that slow the growth of cancer tumors by preventing the growth of blood vessels necessary for their growth and survival. The discovery could lead to new therapies for cancer.
Mechanisms of apoptosis. Pioneering efforts have helped doctors understand how the body effectively removes and recycles up to two billion cells a day and resolves inflammation in the lung.
Immune response trigger. Research at National Jewish Health revealed exactly what triggers the adaptive immune response: fragments of proteins from invading organisms bound to and presented by MHC molecules.
The immunological synapse, a complex and long-lived connection between immune-system cells that greatly influences the immuneresponse.
New family of anti-viral agents. A naturally occurring lipid fights viral infections in the lungs and the inflammation associated with them.
Methamphetamine hazards. Groundbreaking research identified hazardous chemical exposures associated with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories.
Breast cancer inhibitor. A protein known as cdk6 is low in breast cancer cells, and is being investigated as a potential tool for diagnosing breast cancer and as a therapy to fight it.
Genetic roots of pulmonary fibrosis. A team led by researchers at National Jewish Health discovered genetic mutations that increase the risk of developing pulmonary fibrosis by 7 to 22 times, offering insight into the origins and possible treatments for this devastating disease.
Food allergy cure. In several trials, patients have been desensitized to allergenic foods through repeated exposure to small amounts of the food or its proteins. Still in clinical trials.
Allergies to artificial joints. Researchers have developed a blood test that can detect allergy to nickel used in artificial joints, a common cause of failure.
About National Jewish Health
National Jewish Health is the place in the United States where patients with the most difficult cases of lung, heart, immune and related diseases seek life-changing care. Our mission since 1899 is to heal, to discover and to educate as a preeminent health care institution. Through unparalleled, personalized patient care and groundbreaking scientific discoveries, patients from across the world find answers here that they could not find anywhere else.
We accept all patients, regardless of their ability to pay, as we have for more than a century. This is thanks to the generosity of donors who are dedicated to our mission of providing hope and healing to all, through advanced science and compassionate, personalized care.
As a world leader in care and research of lung, heart, immune and related diseases, we impact both the immediate and long-term battle against some of the most devastating diseases. Whether you live in D.C., Denver, New York, London — or anywhere else in the world — your support of National Jewish Health right now will help to make possible life-changing care and breathtaking discoveries that will impact you, your children, and generations to come.
Find quick facts about National Jewish Health here.
To watch a video about our work, scroll down.
Ladies and gentlemen, now announcing the amazing, the one and only,
Ella Basham.
I used to put on productions and I was always the star of the show.
She just loves to sing, loves being a performer.
Ella makes a lot of hard things look easy.
She'll hear a song one time and be able to sing it on her own.
The funny thing I think about growing up with severe asthma
is that you don't really realize that you can't breathe until you can.
When I have asthma attack
Ladies and gentlemen, now announcing the amazing, the one and only,
Ella Basham.
I used to put on productions and I was always the star of the show.
She just loves to sing, loves being a performer.
Ella makes a lot of hard things look easy.
She'll hear a song one time and be able to sing it on her own.
The funny thing I think about growing up with severe asthma
is that you don't really realize that you can't breathe until you can.
When I have asthma attacks, I get a ringing in my ears, my vision blurs,
I can't breathe at all.
Sometimes those asthma attacks took me out for like days.
I was diagnosed with pneumonia in January of 2020, got diagnosed again,
and to me it seemed like super strange to have pneumonia that many times.
We were at a friend's house, but I couldn't even say my name to new people
without getting out of breath.
I was like, hey, I've got to go to the hospital.
And I started having every CT scan, every MRI.
The doctor team in Illinois started to realize this could be eGPA.
They made it sound like one of the scariest things you could possibly have.
Once they told me it was eGPA, told me things that were going to happen,
being on high dosages of steroids,
one of the doctors had said, hey, you're going to gain a ton of weight
no matter what you do.
Chris went from being a active father and husband
to being a completely different person.
And it felt like he was just disappearing.
His skin was gray.
You could tell his breathing was labored.
I wondered if he was going to die.
I tried searching and ran into these videos by Michael Wexler
from National Jewish Health about eGPA.
I emailed him and he just said, I have a trial coming up.
I'll see if I can get him into it.
I couldn't believe it.
I called Chris the next day and I was like, you need to go to National Jewish Health.
I think Bruce Springsteen said it really, really well.
He said, imagine if you can write something
that in three minutes and 20 seconds will change somebody's life.
And I think that's the beauty of music.
About 2010, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia
and given a very small chance of survival.
But I got a bone marrow transplant from my sister who saved my life.
And there was a lot of complications with that.
But the real complication came in about 2018
when I discovered the interstitial lung disease.
You fell in love, I was too soon.
I went in for just a standard physical.
Doctor said, OK, yeah, we'll do a lung x-ray.
And it came back and he said, do you have fibrosis tissue in your lungs?
He called it ground glass tissue.
And he said, I want you to go over to National Jewish and do a workup.
Chris's case is particularly difficult.
His lung disease is a form of progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
And it's likely a complication of the treatment for his leukemia.
And that treatment can injure the lungs.
There were no treatments to slow the progression for the most common form of pulmonary fibrosis.
And then two drugs were approved here at National Jewish Health.
In Chris's case, he's taking a medication that slows down the scar tissue deposition in his lung.
So that allows him to maintain his fitness and his current quality of life.
I'm walking four miles today.
There's a path that goes out on the north side of the suburbs.
My view is incredible.
And I guess it's a feeling that we are just passing through.
In Chris's case, participating in this trial really gave him a new opportunity to combat this disease, to get off of corticosteroids.
We're doing ground breaking research in pulmonary disease, and we're doing a lot of research in pulmonary disease.
In this study, we are comparing two different biologic therapies.
Our goal is to try to get people off of corticosteroids.
We started dropping steroids consistently for several months.
The longer I've been off the steroids, the better and better I felt.
I started losing weight and was able to play with the kids a little bit more without becoming winded.
I would say that he definitely is feeling more like himself.
We're making dinners again and spending more time together.
I went from two years of confusion dealing with what I was told was the top care team at the hospital in Illinois to coming to National Jewish Health
and being told we've dealt with this, we know how it works, we're going to guide you through it.
I was just doing a lot of searches for pediatric asthma allergy doctors, and National Jewish came up.
EL was referred to our pediatric severe asthma clinic, which is a multidisciplinary program that takes advantage of different specialists
EL was referred to our pediatric severe asthma clinic, which is a multidisciplinary program that takes advantage of different specialists
in order to meet the specific needs of the child.
After National Jewish had put me on these asthma shots, I was in a production of Mamma Mia at my high school, and I didn't reach for my inhaler at all.
Being invited to her performance was a privilege.
When Ella saw Dr. Kovar and Dr. Kovar saw Ella, it was a pretty emotional moment, Ella being surrounded by the National Jewish Health team.
I even have a hard time talking about it because it's just very meaningful.
It's one of the most rewarding experiences I've had as a provider here at National Jewish.
When I was diagnosed, I went to National Jewish Health, and there's a reason that you do that.
National Jewish Health is focused on the cutting edge of what is possible. They are the best in the country.
The second I got to National Jewish Health, because of the expertise, something that was extremely rare in every other circle of the world, was something that was very treatable.
National Jewish Health saved Chris's life.
I just can't thank National Jewish Health enough for shaping a treatment plan that lets her not just breathe better, but stand up on a stage and live her dream.
National Jewish matters because it's giving people another chance at life.
I feel very privileged to be part of National Jewish Health.
The science, the individualized care for our patients, the personalized approach, that's the vision of National Jewish, and we won't stop until we have solutions.
At National Jewish Health, we are committed to breathtaking discoveries and life-changing care.
For more information, visit www.nationaljewishhealth.org
s, I get a ringing in my ears, my vision blurs,
I can't breathe at all.
Sometimes those asthma attacks took me out for like days.
I was diagnosed with pneumonia in January of 2020, got diagnosed again,
and to me it seemed like super strange to have pneumonia that many times.
We were at a friend's house, but I couldn't even say my name to new people
without getting out of breath.
I was like, hey, I've got to go to the hospital.
And I started having every CT scan, every MRI.
The doctor team in Illinois started to realize this could be eGPA.
They made it sound like one of the scariest things you could possibly have.
Once they told me it was eGPA, told me things that were going to happen,
being on high dosages of steroids,
one of the doctors had said, hey, you're going to gain a ton of weight
no matter what you do.
Chris went from being a active father and husband
to being a completely different person.
And it felt like he was just disappearing.
His skin was gray.
You could tell his breathing was labored.
I wondered if he was going to die.
I tried searching and ran into these videos by Michael Wexler
from National Jewish Health about eGPA.
I emailed him and he just said, I have a trial coming up.
I'll see if I can get him into it.
I couldn't believe it.
I called Chris the next day and I was like, you need to go to National Jewish Health.
I think Bruce Springsteen said it really, really well.
He said, imagine if you can write something
that in three minutes and 20 seconds will change somebody's life.
And I think that's the beauty of music.
About 2010, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia
and given a very small chance of survival.
But I got a bone marrow transplant from my sister who saved my life.
And there was a lot of complications with that.
But the real complication came in about 2018
when I discovered the interstitial lung disease.
You fell in love, I was too soon.
I went in for just a standard physical.
Doctor said, OK, yeah, we'll do a lung x-ray.
And it came back and he said, do you have fibrosis tissue in your lungs?
He called it ground glass tissue.
And he said, I want you to go over to National Jewish and do a workup.
Chris's case is particularly difficult.
His lung disease is a form of progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
And it's likely a complication of the treatment for his leukemia.
And that treatment can injure the lungs.
There were no treatments to slow the progression for the most common form of pulmonary fibrosis.
And then two drugs were approved here at National Jewish Health.
In Chris's case, he's taking a medication that slows down the scar tissue deposition in his lung.
So that allows him to maintain his fitness and his current quality of life.
I'm walking four miles today.
There's a path that goes out on the north side of the suburbs.
My view is incredible.
And I guess it's a feeling that we are just passing through.
In Chris's case, participating in this trial really gave him a new opportunity to combat this disease, to get off of corticosteroids.
We're doing ground breaking research in pulmonary disease, and we're doing a lot of research in pulmonary disease.
In this study, we are comparing two different biologic therapies.
Our goal is to try to get people off of corticosteroids.
We started dropping steroids consistently for several months.
The longer I've been off the steroids, the better and better I felt.
I started losing weight and was able to play with the kids a little bit more without becoming winded.
I would say that he definitely is feeling more like himself.
We're making dinners again and spending more time together.
I went from two years of confusion dealing with what I was told was the top care team at the hospital in Illinois to coming to National Jewish Health
and being told we've dealt with this, we know how it works, we're going to guide you through it.
I was just doing a lot of searches for pediatric asthma allergy doctors, and National Jewish came up.
EL was referred to our pediatric severe asthma clinic, which is a multidisciplinary program that takes advantage of different specialists
EL was referred to our pediatric severe asthma clinic, which is a multidisciplinary program that takes advantage of different specialists
in order to meet the specific needs of the child.
After National Jewish had put me on these asthma shots, I was in a production of Mamma Mia at my high school, and I didn't reach for my inhaler at all.
Being invited to her performance was a privilege.
When Ella saw Dr. Kovar and Dr. Kovar saw Ella, it was a pretty emotional moment, Ella being surrounded by the National Jewish Health team.
I even have a hard time talking about it because it's just very meaningful.
It's one of the most rewarding experiences I've had as a provider here at National Jewish.
When I was diagnosed, I went to National Jewish Health, and there's a reason that you do that.
National Jewish Health is focused on the cutting edge of what is possible. They are the best in the country.
The second I got to National Jewish Health, because of the expertise, something that was extremely rare in every other circle of the world, was something that was very treatable.
National Jewish Health saved Chris's life.
I just can't thank National Jewish Health enough for shaping a treatment plan that lets her not just breathe better, but stand up on a stage and live her dream.
National Jewish matters because it's giving people another chance at life.
I feel very privileged to be part of National Jewish Health.
The science, the individualized care for our patients, the personalized approach, that's the vision of National Jewish, and we won't stop until we have solutions.
At National Jewish Health, we are committed to breathtaking discoveries and life-changing care.
For more information, visit www.nationaljewishhealth.org
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Our Achievements
- Recognized worldwide for the impact of scientific findings and for developing national guidelines for the diagnosis and care of asthma, lung cancer, COPD, idiopathic lung disease, atopic dermatitis, among many other diseases.
Physicians and scientists regularly publishing their groundbreaking work in the most prestigious scientific and medical journals, including Cell, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet and JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Consistently recognized as worthy of support by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
More than 50 physicians recognized among the best doctors on lists including “America’s Top Doctors” by Castle Connolly.
Groundbreaking Research
National Jewish Health is responsible for many important scientific advances, including:
- IgE, the molecule responsible for allergic reactions.
- The T-cell receptor gene, critical to immune response.
- Groundbreaking treatment for cystic fibrosis, asthma, COPD, among other diseases.
- Discovering the root cause of chronic fatigue in long-COVID.
Integrated and Innovative Care
- Multidisciplinary teams provide access for each patient to advanced treatment and world-class experts.
- We treat all patients, regardless of ability to pay.
Educating Current and Future Leaders
- Our physicians and scientists are thought leaders who elevate the standard of care while teaching others in our innovative methods.
- More than 900 physicians and scientists have held research and postdoctoral fellowships at National Jewish Health and now practice across the nation and the world.
- National Jewish Health operates Morgridge Academy, an accredited, tuition-free day school that serves chronically ill students in grades K-8.
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