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The hospital is located in [[Miami]]'s [[Health District (Miami)|Health District]] at 1611 NW 12th Avenue at the Northwest quadrant of [[Interstate 95 in Florida|Interstate 95]] and the [[Florida State Road 836|Dolphin East-West Expressway]], two of [[Miami metropolitan area|metropolitan Miami]]'s most heavily trafficked highways. The hospital is accessible by [[Metrorail (Miami)|Miami Metrorail]]'s [[rapid transit]] system at the [[Civic Center station (Metrorail)|Civic Center Station]] stop at 1501 Northwest 12th Avenue in Miami.
 
Jackson Memorial Hospital is the center of a thriving medical campus in Miami's Health District that includes Miami's [[Veterans Health Administration|Veterans Administration]] Medical Center, the University of Miami Hospital, (formerly Cedars of Lebanon Medical Center), and the [[University of Miami]]'s [[Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine]] with its vast research affiliates, laboratories, and institutes, including the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Miami's [[Bascom Palmer Eye Institute]], the nation's top-rated [[ophthalmology]] hospital,<ref>[https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/ophthalmology "Ophthalmology"] at "Best Hospitals," ''U.S. News & World Report'']</ref>, the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, the Diabetes Research Foundation, the [[Parkinson's Foundation|National Parkinson's Foundation]], and the University of Miami's [[Miami Project to Cure Paralysis|Project to Cure Paralysis]].
 
Jackson Memorial Hospital's Miami Transplant Institute is the largest transplant center in the U.S., performing more transplants in 2019 than any U.S. center has ever performed in a single year.<ref name="In Record-Setting Year, Miami Organ Transplant Hub Performed Most Transplants in US">{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article239322958.html|title=In Record-Setting Year, Miami Organ Transplant Hub Performed Most Transplants in US|website=[[Miami Herald]] }}</ref> It is the only hospital in Florida to perform every kind of [[organ transplant]] for both adult and pediatric patients.<ref name="hrsa.gov">{{cite web|url=https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/view-data-reports/build-advanced/|title=Build Advanced - OPTN|website=optn.transplant.hrsa.gov}}</ref>