Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital

Teaching hospital

A teaching hospital is a hospital that provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients...

 and biomedical research

Biomedical research

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 facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston

Boston

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. With the opening of the Lunder Building in 2011, it is the largest hospital in New England

New England

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 with 1,057 beds.

It has most recently been ranked as the second best hospital in the United States, behind Johns Hopkins Hospital

Johns Hopkins Hospital

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, by U.S. News & World Report

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.

MGH was the original teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

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 and is currently one of over a dozen hospitals affiliated with HMS.