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===Health systems=== There are over a dozen major hospitals, which include the [[Detroit Medical Center]] (DMC), [[Henry Ford Hospital|Henry Ford Health System]], [[St. John Health|St. John Health System]], and the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center. DMC, a regional [[Level I trauma center]], consists of Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, [[Children's Hospital of Michigan]], [[Harper University Hospital]], [[Hutzel Women's Hospital]], Kresge Eye Institute, [[Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan]], [[Sinai-Grace Hospital]], and the [[Karmanos Cancer Institute]]. DMC has more than 2,000 licensed beds and 3,000 affiliated physicians. It is the largest private employer in the city.<ref name=WSUMED>{{cite web|url=http://www.med.wayne.edu/about_the_school/ |title=Organization History and Profile |access-date=April 20, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415162018/http://www.med.wayne.edu/about_the_school/ |archive-date=April 15, 2006 }} ''Wayne State University'' Retrieved January 24, 2011.</ref> The center is staffed by physicians from the [[Wayne State University School of Medicine]], the largest single-campus medical school in the United States and the fourth largest medical school overall.<ref name=WSUMED/> [[File:DMCOct2009.jpg|thumb|[[Harper Hospital]] and [[Hutzel Women's Hospital]]]] DMC formally became a part of [[Vanguard Health Systems]] on December 30, 2010, as a for-profit corporation. Vanguard has agreed to invest nearly $1.5 B in the DMC complex.<ref name =Lane>{{cite web|last=Lane|first=Amy|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100611/FREE/100619971 |title=For-profit Vanguard signs deal to buy nonprofit Detroit Medical Center |website=Crainsdetroit.com |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref><ref name=Anstett>Anstett, Patricia (March 20, 2010).[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120905091819/http://www.dmc.org/upload/docs/News/FREEP3202010.pdf $1.5 billion for new DMC]. ''Detroit Free Press''. DMC.org. Retrieved on June 12, 2010.</ref> Vanguard has agreed to assume all debts and pension obligations.<ref name="Lane"/> The metro area has many other hospitals including [[William Beaumont Hospital]], St. Joseph's, and [[University of Michigan Health System|University of Michigan Medical Center]]. In 2011, DMC and Henry Ford Health System substantially increased investments in medical research facilities and hospitals in the city's Midtown and New Center.<ref name="Lane"/><ref name=Greene>Greene, Jay (April 5, 2010).[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100405/FREE/100409959 Henry Ford Health System plans $500 million expansion]. ''Crains Detroit Business''. Retrieved on June 12, 2010.</ref> In 2012, two major construction projects were begun in New Center. The Henry Ford Health System started the first phase of a $500 million, 300-acre revitalization project, with the construction of a new $30 million, 275,000-square-foot, ''Medical Distribution Center'' for [[Cardinal Health, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/henry-ford-health-system-300-acre-detroit-development-cardinal-health-_n_1556870 | title= Henry Ford Health System Plans $500 Million, 300-Acre Detroit Development | work=[[HuffPost]] | date=May 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dbusiness.com/business-features/block-by-block/|title=Block By Block|first=R. J.|last=King|newspaper=dbusiness |date=October 2, 2014}}</ref> and Wayne State University started construction on a new $93 million, 207,000-square-foot, Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio).<ref name="Henderson">Henderson, Tom (April 15, 2012).[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20120415/FREE/304159964/wsu-to-build-93m-biotech-hub WSU to build $93M biotech hub]. ''Crains Detroit Business''. Retrieved on March 15, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archinect.com/dehronek_leedap/project/wayne-state-university-ibio-the-integrative-biosciences-center |title=Wayne State University IBio β The Integrative Biosciences Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925081546/http://archinect.com/dehronek_leedap/project/wayne-state-university-ibio-the-integrative-biosciences-center |archive-date=September 25, 2015 }}</ref> As many as 500 researchers and staff will work out of the IBio Center.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://media.wayne.edu/2012/10/15/wayne-state-breaks-ground-on-multidisciplinary- |title= Wayne State breaks ground on Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Building|website=Media.wayne.edu|date= July 2, 2020}}</ref>
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