Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine is affiliated with seven major teaching hospitals and more than 20 other health care institutions throughout the Miami Valley region. The teaching hospitals are nationally ranked for excellence in patient care and include the unique combination of a children's hospital, an Air Force hospital, a veteran's hospital, and four community teaching hospitals. The school also has additional clinical and administrative operations at Elizabeth Place, a former hospital of the Franciscan Order in the city of Dayton.