Historical Achievements

• 1887: Denver Health’s Nursing School opens — First nursing school west of  the Mississippi.
  
  
• 1966: Gipson Eastside Health Center opens in Five Points neighborhood — First Community Health Center west of the Mississippi, and second in the country.
  
  
• 1976: Dr. Ben Eiseman and Dr. Ernest E. “Gene” Moore formalize a Trauma/Surgery Service, the First in the Rocky Mountain Region.
  
  
• 1988: Denver Health opens First School-based Health Center in Denver.
  
  
• 2006: First Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Denver with private rooms.
  
  
• 2007: Denver Health opens the Wellington E. Webb Center for Primary Care, the First community health center immediately adjacent to acute medical care center in the country.
  
  
• 2008: Denver Health’s Pavilion for Women and Children receives LEED Certified Green.
  
  
• 2008: The Denver Emergency Center for Children opens, the First emergency department in the region to provide emergency and urgent care under the same roof.