As the only osteopathic hospitals in the Dayton area, Grandview and Southview Hospitals feature the largest single base of primary care physicians in the region, with over 1,900 employee and more than 300 physicians on staff. In Dayton alone, osteopathic physicians, or DOs, care for a quarter of a million people with over one million visits each year. In addition, Grandview is a regional campus of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and is the second largest osteopathic teaching hospital in the country.

The origins of Grandview Hospital reach back to 1926 when three osteopathic physicians: William Gravett, DO; Heber Dill, DO; and Frank Dilatush, DO founded the Dayton Osteopathic Hospital located in downtown Dayton on West Second Street. The hospital was a converted private home and housed only 10 beds.

With growing practices and a growing number of osteopathic physicians settling in Dayton, the three physicians knew that a larger hospital was needed. The group purchased a site on Grand Avenue and in 1947 built a new 65-bed hospital named Grandview. Growth throughout the next three decades increased the hospital’s capacity to make Grandview a 452-bed hospital.

In 1978, Grandview opened the Ambulatory Care Center, devoted exclusively to comprehensive outpatient care, to serve communities in the south Dayton area. In 1983, a new 56-bed inpatient wing was added and the center was renamed Southview Hospital and Family Health Center. In 1999 Grandview and Southview Hospitals became part of the Kettering Medical Center Network.