International Collaborations

Swissmed Centrum Zdrowia S.A. has established collaboration with the Kettering Medical Center Network in Dayton, Ohio, (USA). The collaboration offers opportunity for training for physicians, middle medical staff and managers employed in our new hospital.

The medical partnership agreement signed by Swissmed and Kettering Medical Center anticipates the possibility of sending Polish patients to the USA in order to perform specialist surgeries, which are not conducted in our country.

This makes Swissmed the first in Europe affiliated institution of the American medical organization. Medical collaboration with Cleveland Clinic as well as with the British National Health System will soon also be possible (within the Operations Abroad programme).

The following services are now available for Swissmed patients in the KMCN institutions in the USA:

	Gamma Knife – non-invasive brain tumour surgeries
	Electrophysiologic heart disorders treatment
	Advanced open-heart surgeries
	Brain surgeries using neuronavigation
	Spine surgeries – including operations of discopathy
	Epilepsy surgery treatment
	Parkinson’s disease surgery treatment
	Positron Emission Tomography
	Radiotherapy
	Surgical obesity treatment
	Plastic surgery
	Hand surgery
	Knee- and hip alloplasty
	Infertility treatment

The Kettering Medical Center Network consists of 5 hospitals and 43 medical institutions in Dayton, Ohio (USA). Modern medical equipment, a well-qualified team (over 6 800 professionals) and satisfied patients make that the KMCN hospitals are recognized among the best in the United States.

The biggest of KMCN institutions – the 522-bed Kettering Medical Centre 522 - and the Grandview Medical Centre (the second big hospital in the network) are on the prestigious list of the top 100 hospitals in the USA.