The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1996 when the Beth Israel Hospital and New England Deaconess Hospital (formed in 1916 and 1896, respectively) merged, the teaching hospital is an independent institution ranked as one of the top recipients of funding for biomedical research from the National Institutes of Health. With close to $200 million in funding every year, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center performs over 850 actively sponsored projects and up to 200 clinical trials.

Considered one of the best hospitals in the country, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is also one of the biggest in New England, a member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and is affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center, as well as a part of the Boston MedFlight consortium. Aside from featuring a Level I trauma center with a rooftop helipad, the hospital is also the official medical center that attends to the needs of the Boston Red Sox.