Hospitals in New York City

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Hospitals in New York City

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Bellevue Hospital Center, 462 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016. General Information number: 212-562-4141. Google Map.
Beth Israel Medical Center. "Beth Israel Medical Center is a 1,368-bed, full-service tertiary teaching hospital that was founded on Manhattan's Lower East Side before the turn of the 20th century. Beth Israel originally was dedicated to serving a vulnerable population in that community. Now a century later, the Medical Center serves individuals and families from every walk of life throughout New York City and beyond." (see Web site for directions)
Cabrini Medical Center. "Cabrini Medical Center is a voluntary hospital, sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Center, an integral part of the Church within the Archdiocese of New York, seeks to promote the teachings of the Gospel and of its foundress, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini.

The Center draws its life-giving purpose from the mission of the Sponsors who strive to communicate the compassionate caring, healing love which God has for all, especially for the poor and the suffering."
Coler Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility. "Located on Roosevelt Island, in New York City, our 2,000-bed facility offers patient/resident focused clinical, nursing and rehabilitative care necessary to address the medical, physical, and social needs of patients/residents. We emphasize a clinical program that focuses on assisting patients/residents to achieve their highest level of functioning." Google Map.
Cornerstone of Medical Arts Center Hospital. 57 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. 212-755-0200. 800-233-9999. Fax: 212-755-4670. "Cornerstone Treatment Facilities Network has been a respected leader in the chemical dependency treatment field for more than 25 years providing a full range of inpatient and outpatient treatment services." Google Map.
Florence Nightingale Health Care Center. (Out of business)
Gracie Square Hospital. 420 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021. 212-988-4400. "Since 1959, Gracie Square Hospital has been providing the highest quality psychiatric care to individuals in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. Through a broad spectrum of inpatient programs, Gracie Square provides patients with the continuity of care necessary for successful treatment and a healthy recovery.

Today, the hospital consists of a 157-bed inpatient facility, with units dedicated to adult and geriatric psychiatry, Dual Focus treatment for patients who are mentally ill and chemically addicted, short term psychiatric care, and treatment of the Asian psychiatric patient.

Gracie Square's leading position in the field of psychiatric care results from the visionary clinical and management teams who have consistently responded to the many changes in the health care delivery systems. Over the years, Gracie Square has developed pioneering programs that have set a nationwide standard for psychiatric and substance abuse treatment." Google Map.
Harlem Community Hospice. "Continuum Hospice Care is committed to providing specialized care to patients with end-stage diseases. Under the direction of Carolyn Cassin, Continuum Hospice Care is nonsectarian, not-for-profit, and provides comprehensive care for persons at the end of life, without regard to race, creed, disease, sexual orientation, or ethnic background. Serving Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, Continuum Hospice Care was licensed and certified in 1988 and has served over 7,500 patients and their loved ones since its inception."
Harlem Hospital Center. 506 Lenox Avenue New York, New York 10037. 212-939-1000. "A venerable member of the community, Harlem Hospital was founded in 1887. Today, at 400 beds, it is the largest health facility in Harlem capable of treating the most seriously ill. Harlem has one of the finest trauma teams in the nation, and the new Urgent Care Center has reduced waiting time in our busy, 911-designated, Level I Emergency Department. Special Asthma Treatment and Pediatric Emergency Units provide specialized critical care. Harlem also operates one of only a few Burn Units in New York City that includes a specialty in plastic and reconstructive surgery to reduce the scarring unique to the minority community.

Our Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, one of America's oldest, provides diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis, counseling and genetic counseling. The award-winning model Tuberculosis Clinic, one of only three in the nation, has reduced active tuberculosis cases in Harlem by 75 percent between 1992 and the present. Our Asthma Center is one of only six such clinical research centers in the country." Directions.
Hospital for Joint Diseases. "The Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute is a voluntary, not-for-profit, 220 bed hospital located at 17th Street and Second Avenue in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan. First incorporated in 1905 and relocated to its present site in 1979, HJD has evolved from an orthopaedic/ rheumatologic hospital into a specialty medical institute with expertise in orthopaedic surgery, rheumatology and molecular medicine, rehabilitation medicine, neurology and specialized neurosurgery. HJD provides primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of service in the treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of musculoskeletal, rheumatologic, and neurological diseases and injuries. HJD serves an area that encompasses New York City, Nassau County, New York State, Northern New Jersey and beyond. As of May 1998, HJD is a fully integrated member organization of Mount Sinai/ NYU Health and a teaching hospital of New York University School of Medicine."
Hospital for Special Surgery. "Founded in 1863 by Dr. James Knight and 20 prominent New Yorkers, Hospital for Special Surgery is the oldest orthopedic hospital in the country. Recognized since its inception as a world leader in musculoskeletal medicine, the Hospital’s strength lies in the depth of experience of its physicians and clinical staff and the knowledge they can access from nearly 140 years of familiarity with essentially every musculoskeletal disease known. It has one of the most sought after residency programs in orthopedics with over 400 applicants competing for eight spots in 2001. Today, over 400 of its 500+ graduates hold positions in major orthopedic departments, many serving as department heads."
Jacob Perlow Hospice. "Continuum Hospice Care is committed to providing specialized care to patients with end-stage diseases. Under the direction of Carolyn Cassin, Continuum Hospice Care is nonsectarian, not-for-profit, and provides comprehensive care for persons at the end of life, without regard to race, creed, disease, sexual orientation, or ethnic background. Serving Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, Continuum Hospice Care was licensed and certified in 1988 and has served over 7,500 patients and their loved ones since its inception."
Jewish Home & Hospital Lifecare System. "A premier non-profit skilled nursing home and geriatric health care / rehabilitation facility employing skilled nurses, physicians and other professionals to provide excellent long term care, adult day care, home health care, health services and social / community services in the New York area."
Lenox Hill Hospital. "Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is a 652-bed, fully accredited, acute care
hospital and a major teaching affiliate of NYU Medical Center. Founded in 1857, the Hospital has earned a national reputation for providing the highest quality care, training new physicians, contributing to progress in research, and offering innovative community outreach programs."
Lincoln Medical And Mental Health Center. "Mission Statement: To extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of their ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity and respect;

To promote and protect, as both innovator and advocate, the health, welfare and safety of the people of the City of New York;

To join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership which will enable each of our institutions to promote and protect health in its fullest sense -- the total physical, mental and social well-being of the people."
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. (See Lenox Hill Hospital.)
Manhattan Psychiatric Center. "Manhattan Psychiatric Center offers inpatient and outpatient treatment for adults with mental illness." Directions.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, composed of Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases and Sloan-Kettering Institute, is dedicated to excellence in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through patient care, research, and education.

Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases provides patient care. Early detection, precise diagnosis, individually tailored treatment, and concern for a patient's needs are the hallmarks of the care provided." Directions.
Metropolitan Hospital Center. "Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC), founded in 1875, is a full-service, acute care hospital that emphasizes primary care medicine and utilizes the latest advances in medical science. In October 1998, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) renewed Metropolitan's accreditation." Directions.
Monsignor James H Fitzpatrick Pavilion for Skilled Nursing Care. "Monsignor Fitzpatrick Skilled Nursing Pavilion is a 115-bed long-term care facility located on three renovated floors of the original historic Mary Immaculate Hospital buildings in Jamaica, Queens."
Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. "Founded in 1852, The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the country's oldest and largest voluntary teaching hospitals. Mount Sinai is internationally acclaimed for excellence in clinical care, education, and scientific research in nearly every aspect of medicine. Mount Sinai's 1,171-bed tertiary-care teaching hospital with a medical staff of nearly 1,800 provides physicians who deliver the most advanced and compassionate inpatient and outpatient care. Located at 98th Street and Madison Avenue, The Mount Sinai Hospital serves Manhattan's Upper East Side and Harlem." Google Map.
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian and to the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health. Each year, thousands of parents throughout the New York-tri-state area as well as the world bring their children to the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian and to the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health to seek the expertise, compassion, and medical leadership that has defined our institutions for more than a century." Directions.
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. "With approximately 142,000 outpatient visits and over 20,000 surgical procedures per year, the Infirmary is the largest provider of eye care in America, and it operates one of the nation's most extensive ear, nose and throat clinics in the nation. The Infirmary is also a market leader in plastic and reconstructive surgical procedures in the New York metropolitan area. Maintaining costs while upholding the highest standards of excellence is a major goal of the Infirmary today. Less invasive surgical procedures and cutting-edge technologies, many of them developed and refined at the Infirmary, have improved treatment success rates and shortened hospital stays, benefiting everyone.

With costs among the lowest and patient volume among the highest in New York City, the Infirmary remains a preferred institution among physicians, patients and payers. A unique attribute of the Infirmary is the geographic coverage it serves; the Infirmary's patient base extends throughout the tri-state area.. The affiliated professional staff, who are located in the tri-state region, are 90% board certified.

The Infirmary has also been a leader in working with managed care. Over 85% of the medical staff are involved in one or more managed care plans; managed care represents over 20% of the activity and continues to grow. The Infirmary currently has over 40 contracts with HMOs and PPOs, and maintains strong relationships with a vast number of primary care physicians in the tri-state region." Directions.
New York Presbyterian Hospital. "New York-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the most comprehensive university hospitals in the world, with leading specialists in every field of medicine. With our dedicated staff, modern facilities, state-of-the-art technology, commitment to quality care, and role in educating future physicians, we are a recognized leader in health care." Maps and directions. Comment: New York Presbyterian Hospital has 5 locations. Consult their Web site to determine which location is appropriate for your need.
New York University Downtown Hospital. "Meeting these needs of the local community and training future healthcare workers has been part of the Hospitalís primary mission for more than a century and a half. Indeed, NYU Downtown Hospital represents the co-mingling of two great hospitals, both of which were specifically created to address the unique healthcare needs of Lower Manhattan.

The Hospitalís first incarnation, The New York Infirmary, was founded in 1853 by a medical and social pioneer determined to provide care for the impoverished women and children of Lower Manhattan. The pioneer was Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, the first female physician in the United States."
New York University Medical Center. "NYU Medical Center, one of the nation's premier centers of excellence in health care, scientific research, and medical education, is located on 30th Street and First Avenue in mid-town Manhattan. The Medical Center consists of two hospitals, Tisch Hospital and Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, and New York University School of Medicine.

Tisch Hospital, an acute-care general hospital of 704 beds, contains important treatment and diagnostic units and is a focus for a wide spectrum of regional patient care programs. Treatment and investigative units include the Institute of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery; the Skin and Cancer Unit of the Department of Dermatology, housed in the Charles C. Harris Skin and Cancer Pavilion; the Samuel Leidesdorf Medical Research Pavilion; and the Margaret S. Millhauser Laboratories for research in psychiatry and behavioral sciences. The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine is the world's first facility devoted entirely to rehabilitation medicine. Founded in 1948 by Dr. Howard A. Rusk, the Rusk Institute is the largest university-affiliated center for the treatment of adults and children with disabilities, as well as for research and training in rehabilitation medicine." Directions.
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center. Directions.
North General Hospital. "North General Hospital provides the many faces of Harlem with excellent healthcare, highly qualified doctors and top-notch treatment centers. Our services are customized to the unique needs of the communities we serve." Directions.
Rockefeller University Hospital. "The Rockefeller University, founded in 1901 as The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, was conceived by the Reverend Frederick Taylor Gates, a trusted advisor to John D. Rockefeller, Sr, who was influenced by reading Osler's Principles and Practice of Medicine. The institute that Gates envisioned and that its original Board of Scientific Directors created was a new research facility dedicated exclusively to the scientific study of medicine. The charter of the Institute stated its mission to develop a scientific understanding of 'the nature and causes of disease and the methods of its treatment, and to make knowledge relating to these various subjects available for the protection of the health of the public and the improved treatment of disease and injury.' The Board also agreed that the 'practice of medicine should be in itself an incident of investigation.' Therefore, a research hospital or clinical research center was mandated as an essential ingredient of the institute."
Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. "Rusk Institute operates under the auspices of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of New York University School of Medicine, one of the nation's foremost medical schools. The relationship between Rusk Institute and other clinical and research units within the Medical Center - including Tisch Hospital, a 704-bed acute-care facility - contributes to an environment which provides the optimal rehabilitation setting for patients. Should the need arise, patients at Rusk Institute have immediate access to Tisch Hospital's superb tertiary-care facilities, with its full range of medical and surgical services." Directions.
St. Clare's Hospital. Now St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital.
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. "St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, is a 1,076-bed, full-service community and tertiary care hospital. St. Luke's-Roosevelt was formed in 1979 by a merger of St. Luke's Hospital, adjacent to the campus of Columbia University, and The Roosevelt Hospital, located two blocks west of Columbus Circle. The St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, established in 1846 and 1871, respectively, brought to their merger extraordinary records of medical "firsts" and commitment to their patients."
St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital. "Formerly St. Clare’s Hospital and Health Center, St. Vincent’s Midtown has affiliated with the Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers to expand our clinical depth and resources to meet the needs of our Midtown and Upper West Side neighborhoods. Please visit us again as we build our website.

We are a 150-bed community hospital located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Our dedication to combining state-of-the-art healthcare with old-fashioned caring and compassion makes us unique among New York hospitals.

As part of our ongoing policy to keep pace with the rapid changes in healthcare, we recently completed Phase I of our modernization program. A “from-the-inside-out” investment of $43 million was made to upgrade of our Operating Suite, Intensive Care Unit, Radiology Center, Emergency Department, and patient rooms." Directions.
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center. "Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center is a 729-bed continuing-care facility with a multitude of special care units, as well as two large outpatient clinics.

As a member of the Catholic Health Care System, we are committed to the belief that life is sacred and worthy of appropriate medical support and rehabilitative services. We provide unique approaches to the care and treatment of our residents and patients, and serve the elderly, people with developmental disabilities, and those who live with chronic illness; people of all races, creeds, economic means and ethnic backgrounds."
Veterans' Administration Medical Center: Manhattan Campus of Harbor Healthcare. "The VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (VA NYHHS) consists of three campuses located in the East Side of Manhattan; in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; and in St. Albans, Queens. VA NYHHS also has Ambulatory Care Centers at all three campuses plus Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Harlem, SoHo, downtown Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

The New York Campus has bed services in acute medicine, surgery, acute psychiatry, neurology, and rehabilitation medicine. The campus is the VISN 3 Referral Center for Interventional Cardiology (i.e., angioplasty and stenting), Cardiac Surgery and Neurosurgery. New York has a Urology Stone Center. The facility has been at the forefront of clinical care and research for patients with HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic. It is the only VHA facility to house both a designated clinical care unit and Research Center for AIDS and HIV Infection (RCAHI). The RCAHI staff includes 12 M.D. and Ph.D. scientists who, with the support of grants from VHA and NIH, and others, investigate the pathogenesis and treatment of HIV and its complications."

Government Information

New York State Department of Health, Hospitals in New York State. "The New York State Department of Health is dedicated to ensuring quality health care in all of the State’s health care facilities. We strive toward this goal by measuring the care rendered to patients in comparison to a code of rules and regulations which all facilities must follow. This code involves minimum standards of care which facilities are required to provide.

Any complaints against a hospital submitted to the Department’s attention regarding patient care or environmental concerns are investigated by Department staff. The Department’s investigation of complaints determines whether or not the facility fulfilled the requirements of the State Health Code based on the concerns raised. The Department conducts surveys and investigations of hospitals for both State licensure purposes and through a contractual relationship with the federal government."

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