Longwood Medical and Academic Area facts for kids
The Longwood Medical and Academic Area, also known as Longwood Medical Area, LMA, or simply Longwood, is a medical campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Flanking Longwood Avenue, LMA is adjacent to the Fenway–Kenmore, Audubon Circle, and Mission Hill neighborhoods, as well as the town of Brookline.
It is most strongly associated with Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and other medical facilities such as Harvard's teaching hospitals, but prominent non-Harvard institutions are located there as well. Long known as a global center of research, institutions in the Longwood Medical Area secured over $1.2 billion in NIH funds alone, in FY 2018 which exceeds funding received by 44 states.
Hospitals and research institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
- Joslin Diabetes Center
- Massachusetts Mental Health Center
- New England Baptist Hospital
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Schools and colleges
- Boston Latin School
- Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
- Emmanuel College
- Harvard Medical School
- Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Simmons University
- Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Winsor School
Transportation
LMA is served by two subway stations at opposite ends of Longwood Avenue:
- Longwood station on the MBTA Green Line's "D" branch; and
- Longwood Medical Area on the Green Line E branch
Several public bus routes serve the area and commuter rail service is available at nearby Ruggles Station. The Longwood Collective, formerly known as MASCO (Medical Area and Scientific Community Organization)), offers shuttle buses for affiliated personnel around the Longwood Medical Area and between Harvard University's main campus in Cambridge and its medical campus in Boston. The medical campus shuttle, known as M2, is free for passengers holding a Harvard ID.
Energy
LMA receives electrical power, cooling, and heating from a trigeneration (CCHP) facility, the Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP).
Lodging
- Inn at Longwood Medical
- Longwood Inn
- The Baldwin at Longwood Medical Centre
- Yawkey Family Inn
