Homer G. Phillips Hospital was internationally known as a state-of-the-art institution and for training Black medical graduates, when few other places did so. The hospital, located in the Ville, was open from 1937 to 1979.
Homer G. Phillips Hospital was internationally known for being a state-of-the-art institution and for the wide array of training opportunities at a time when few academic institutions in the U.S. offered training for Black medical graduates.