Editing Akron, Ohio (section)

===Hospitals===
[[File:Summa Akron City Hospital.jpg|thumb|[[Summa Akron City Hospital]]]]
Akron has designated an area called the Biomedical Corridor, aimed at luring health-related ventures to the region. It encompasses {{convert|1240|acre|km2}} of private and publicly owned land, bounded by Akron General on the west and Akron City on the east, and also includes Akron Children's near the district's center with the former Saint Thomas Hospital to the north of its northern boundaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohio.com/news/82520807.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615141407/http://www.ohio.com/news/82520807.html |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |title=Akron's biomedical corridor taking shape}}</ref> Since its start in 2006, the corridor added the headquarters of companies such as Akron Polymer Systems.<ref name="Akron Ohio: Akron Ohio: Mayor's Office of Economic Development"/>

Akron's adult hospitals are owned by two health systems, [[Summa Health System]] and Akron General Health System. Summa Health System operates [[Summa Akron City Hospital]] and the former St. Thomas Hospital, which in 2008 were recognized for the 11th consecutive year as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by [[U.S. News & World Report]].<ref name="Summa Health System - Summa Celebrates 11th Consecutive Year on U.S. New"/><ref name="Summa Health System - Locations"/> Summa is recognized as having one of the best orthopaedics programs in the nation with a ranking of 28th.<ref name="Summa Health System - Hospital Rankings"/> Akron General Health in affiliation with the [[Cleveland Clinic]] operates Akron General Medical Center, which in 2009, was recognized as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by [[U.S. News & World Report]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.akrongeneral.org/portal/page?_pageid=153,166999&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |title=Akron General Medical Center |publisher=Akron General |date=September 22, 2008 |access-date=April 3, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013104552/http://www.akrongeneral.org/portal/page?_pageid=153,166999&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |archive-date=October 13, 2008  }}</ref><ref name="Akron General earns honors"/> [[Akron Children's Hospital]] is an independent entity that specializes in pediatric care and burn care.<ref name="Akron Children's Hospital : Why Akron Children's?"/> In 1974, Howard Igel and Aaron Freeman successfully grew [[human skin]] in a lab to treat burn victims, making Akron Children's Hospital the first hospital in the world to achieve such a feat.<ref name="bio"/> Akron City and Akron General hospitals are designated [[Level I Trauma Center]]s.