National Jewish Health

The National Jewish Health strategic plan is a 10-year vision that will guide us as we grow and pioneer personalized medicine. The essence of the plan is the true integration of our research, clinical and educational efforts at the point of the patient.

Embracing this strategic plan will enable us to build on the outstanding history of National Jewish Health and to extend our excellence as leaders in the research and treatment of respiratory, cardiac, immune and related diseases.

Research: Build a more complete research continuum that integrates clinical, translational and basic research to promote innovation and collaboration.

Clinical: Recruit the finest faculty and staff to support our mission; increase patient care to support greater breadth and depth of services; improve quality and performance; and take a leadership role in individualized medicine and personalized health care.

Faculty: Accelerate the growth of the faculty in areas related to clinical, translational and basic science while developing the next generation of leaders.

Entrepreneurial Ventures: Pursue ventures, including commercialization of research and wellness programs, that generate returns sufficient to fund growth initiatives and mission-related activities.

Philanthropy: Increase our donor base and create funding opportunities for major donors to support innovative programs, research and faculty growth.

National Jewish Health is the leading respiratory hospital in the nation. Founded in 1899 as a nonprofit hospital, National Jewish Health today is the only facility in the world dedicated exclusively to groundbreaking medical research and treatment of patients with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders. We educate and train the next generation of health care professionals to be leaders in medicine and science. Patients and families come to National Jewish Health from around the world to receive cutting-edge, comprehensive, coordinated care.

- Recruited over 200 globally recognized faculty and health care professionals, the next generation of leaders in medicine and science.

- Established the Center for Genes, Environment and Health to help researchers understand how genes work in biological systems and how variants of these genes contribute to disease and personalized treatments.

- Created the Cancer Center, drawing upon the institution's existing strengths in imaging, genomics, interventional pulmonology, immunology, pathology and clinical research to diagnose and treat patients with lung and gastrointestinal cancers.

- Built the Institute for Advanced Biomedical Imaging® to provide advanced diagnostics that are central to personalized medicine. Along with the Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Center, the Institute helps to choose the right therapy for the individual to provide diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary procedures, and gastroenterology and otolaryngology services.

- Founded the Integrated Bioinformation and Specimen Center that collects and anonymously stores clinical data,tissue, fluids and DNA of thousands of patients who have generously agreed to participate in this program.

- Developed the Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories, where faculty translate research discoveries into new diagnostic tests that detect diseases earlier and more accurately and help to choose the right therapy for the individual.