New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

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Founded in 1898, and affiliated with what is now NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital since 1927, Weill Medical College of Cornell University is among the top-ranked clinical and medical research centers in the country. In addition to offering degrees in medicine, Weill Cornell also has PhD programs in biomedical research and education at the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and with neighboring Rockefeller University and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, has established a joint MD-PhD program for students to intensify their pursuit of Weill Cornell's triple mission of education, research, and patient care. <br> The Medical College is divided into 20 academic departments: seven focus on the sciences underlying clinical medicine; and thirteen encompass the study, treatment, and prevention of human diseases, and maternity care. In addition to its affiliation with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College and Graduate School maintains major affiliations with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, as well as with the metropolitan-area institutions that constitute NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare Network. The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University are accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. The main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets in New York City, with other locations in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Long Island and Westchester County, New York. source: en.wikipedia.org

Lenox Hill Hospital, a 652-bed, acute care hospital located on Manhattan's Upper East Side, has earned a national reputation for outstanding patient care and innovative medical and surgical treatments. The hospital is particularly well known for excellence in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, orthopedics, sports medicine, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and maternal/child health. The Hospital is also a recognized leader in public health education and community outreach.

As the flagship facility of New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation, Bellevue handles nearly 500,000 outpatient clinic visits, 100,000 emergency patients, and some 26,000 inpatients each year. More than 80 percent of Bellevue’s patients come from the city’s medically underserved populations. Today, the hospital occupies a 25-story patient care facility, with a state of the art ICU, digital radiology communication and a new modern outpatient facility. The hospital has an attending physician staff of 1,800 and a house staff of more than 1000. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" target="new">Source</a>

"Since 1852, The Mount Sinai Hospital has been a source of major advances in medicine, including blood transfusions, flu vaccines, liver transplants, genetic research and geriatrics. The Hospital fosters an environment in which innovation is encouraged and achieved. Our medical students are an essential part of this proud heritage.<br> A premier tertiary-care facility, The Mount Sinai Hospital draws patients from surrounding communities, across the country and around the world. Our staff of more than 3,000 full-time and voluntary physicians treats almost 47,000 inpatients and 427,000 outpatients each year. Many of our faculty are in private practice in the neighborhoods surrounding the Hospital.<br> Mount Sinai was the first medical school to establish a Department of Geriatrics, as well as departments of environmental and occupational medicine. The interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Institute fosters an innovative approach to treating heart diseases. The Hospital is also home to the world's only center for the diagnosis and care of Jewish genetic diseases."

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cornell University Weill Medical Center. <br> The two medical schools remain essentially autonomous, though there is increasing cooperation and coordination of clinical, research, and residency training programs. The hospitals have merged administrations, with Herb Pardes, M.D., leading the combined hospitals since 2001.<br> NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the most comprehensive university hospitals in the world, with leading specialists in every field of medicine.<br>

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center is a 1,076-bed, full-service community and tertiary care hospital serving New York City’s Midtown West, Upper West Side and parts of Harlem.<br> Its two hospital components which merged operations in 1979 are nearly 50 blocks apart on Manhattan's west side:<br> St. Luke's Hospital (including Woman's Hospital) at 114th and Amsterdam, a level-I trauma center Roosevelt Hospital at 59th and 10th Avenue The hospital center is a member of the Continuum Health Partners, a nonprofit hospital system.<br> It is affiliated with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" target="new">Source</a>

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 2004. Today, over 400 of its 500+ graduates hold positions in major orthopedic departments, many serving as department heads.

Beth Israel Medical Center is a 1,368-bed, full-service tertiary teaching hospital in New York City. Originally dedicated to serving immigrant Jews living in the tenement slums of the Lower East Side, it was founded at the turn of the 20th century. The main hospital location is the Petrie Division at First Avenue and 16th Street, and facing Stuyvesant Square. Other campuses included Beth Israel-Kings Highway Division in Brooklyn and Phillips Ambulatory Care Center at Union Square.<br> It acts as University Hospital and Manhattan Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The hospital is also a teaching hospital of St. George's University and the Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing.<br> Beth Israel Medical Center is a member of the Continuum Health Partners, a nonprofit hospital system that includes four other institutions: Roosevelt Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, Long Island College Hospital, and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" target="new">Source</a>

Improving the quality of life and outcomes for dialysis patients takes precedence over all else. Kidney transplantation encouraged in all eligible patients. Home dialysis offered to all patients.

ColerGoldwater is a leading, comprehensive specialty care hospital and nursing facility dedicated to providing quality medical, sub-acute, rehabilitative and long-term specialty services. We are committed to serving the New York City and surrounding communities while setting the example as a national leader in long-term and subacute care with centers of excellence in areas such as: geriatrics, rehabilitation and ventilator dependence.

The name and location of the hospital has gone through several changes since Elizabeth Blackwell founded the New York Dispensary for Poor Women and Children in 1853. In 1857 she opened the hospital under the name of New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children at a different location (7th Street, near the present day Tompkins Square Park. As the hospital required more space it was moved again the next year 1858 to Stuyvesant Square. Finally in 1981, merging with the Beekman Downtown Hospital, it relocated to its present site in Lower Manhattan under the name of New York Infirmary-Beekman Downtown Hospital. In 1991 it was renamed New York Downtown Hospital. In 1997 after three years of affiliation with NYU Medical Center the name was changed to NYU Downtown Hospital and in 2005 the affiliation with the NYU Medical Center ceased and the hospital reverted back to the name New York Downtown Hospital. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" target="new">Source</a>

Harlem Hospital Center has been a bedrock of the Harlem community since 1887. The hospital provides a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic and family support services to the residents of Central Harlem, West Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. Harlem is the largest hospital in the area, capable of treating the most seriously ill. Harlem provides over 90 specialized ambulatory care services, dentistry and oral surgery, behavioral health services, and community substance abuse treatment. <br> Harlem is a designated Level 1 Trauma Center, with a full spectrum of specialty services, including an adult intensive care unit, a respiratory intensive care unit, a pediatric intensive care unit, and a cardiac care unit. Harlem operates one of only a few Burn Units in New York City that include a specialty in plastic and reconstructive surgery to reduce the scarring unique to the African-American community.

Jewish Home Lifecare offers long term care, adult day care, home health care, health services, and social and community services throughout the New York area. <br> The nursing home provides health services for more than 5,200 senior citizens daily, at our three campuses in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester, and through our Lifecare Community Services Division, which provides healthcare and social services throughout the metropolitan area.

At almost 100 years old, Maimonides Medical Center remains a vital and thriving non-profit, non-sectarian hospital. It is the pre-eminent treatment facility and academic medical center in the Borough of Brooklyn – and among the best in the country ... Maimonides provides high quality compassionate patient care and community services to people of all faiths and backgrounds from the incredibly diverse population of Brooklyn.

"The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is one of Brooklyn's largest voluntary nonprofit teaching hospitals and a regional tertiary care center. Brookdale provides general and specialized inpatient care to thousands of people every year. In addition Brookdale provides 24-hour emergency services, numerous outpatient programs and long-term specialty care. <br> Brookdale is one of Brooklyn’s largest, and most experienced full service emergency departments and a regionally recognized Level I Trauma Center. Brookdale is also a New York State DOH designated Stroke Center. Our community centered organization provides numerous outpatient Ambulatory Care services in both on campus and off site facilities. We also specialize in rehabilitative medicine and long-term specialty care in our renowned Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation and in addition are home to 87 units of assisted living and independent housing in the Arlene and David Schlang Pavilion"

A voluntary, non-profit hospital, New York Methodist’s mission is to provide excellent health care services in a compassionate and humane manner to the people who live and work in Brooklyn and its surrounding areas. <br> New York Methodist is proud to be affiliated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University – and ivy league medical school that is among the nation’s best in patient care, medical education and research. We are also a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System which provides us with access to top-ranking physicians and comprehensive resources, including some of the best thought leaders in the medical field.

Serving the southern Brooklyn community since 1875, Coney Island Hospital is Brooklyn’s most modern community hospital and is affiliated with several of New York City’s finest university medical programs. <br> Providing patients with the highest quality care. Caring for the “whole person” and seek to heal patients, their families and diverse community in a way that respects both individuality and culture. Coney Island Hospital’s three inseparable priorities are Quality Care, Patient Safety and Customer Service.

Lutheran HealthCare* has no reason for being of its own; it exists only to serve the needs of its neighbors. <br> Lutheran HealthCare defines health as the total well-being of the community and its residents. Beyond the absence of individual physical illness, this includes, at least, decent housing, the ability to communicate effectively, employment, educational opportunities and civic participation. <br> Lutheran HealthCare understands that a hospital is not a collection of buildings, machines and beds, but a staff of talented, creative and committed people who serve the community as they are needed. <br> Lutheran HealthCare works in partnership with its neighbors, each relying on the other as friends who care about and assist each other.

St. Barnabas Hospital is the flagship of an expanding healthcare network located in the heart of the Bronx. Our hospital provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, and operates a 199-bed skilled nursing facility for long-term and subacute care. Outpatient services include a large network of primary care sites and community mental health centers, located throughout the Bronx. <br> As a Level I Trauma Center with nearly 100,000 visits annually, St. Barnabas Hospital plays a vital role in the delivery of emergency services in the Bronx.<br> The St. Barnabas Network is integral to the lives of families and individuals living and working in the community. We offer programs designed to assure that pregnant women, infants, children, teens, adults and grandparents alike have access to quality care.

Since 1928, Hebrew Hospital Home has provided high quality, skilled nursing care in a nurturing environment. Our longstanding record of excellence and ongoing initiatives to expand and improve our facilities and services have earned us an outstanding reputation in the community. Today, while we have grown to become one of the most comprehensive, full-service facilities of our kind in the region, individualized attention is still our hallmark; working together with patients and their families, we strive to develop a personal plan of care best suited to the particular needs of each of our clients and residents. We think of them as part of our family, and we take great pride in being able to provide them with the highest level of service and care

From its inception in 1899, Calvary Hospital has been faithfully devoted to providing palliative care to adult patients in the advanced stages of cancer, addressing the symptoms of the disease, not its cure. A voluntary, not-for-profit hospital, operated in connection with the Archdiocese of New York, Calvary continues to embody this tradition of caring through the services and programs offered and through the dedication and concern shown by its staff members.<br> The Hospital will continue to be faithful to this tradition through a twofold commitment. Calvary will strive primarily to expand its programs and services to meet the emerging physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of both patients and families through the provision of acute inpatient, outpatient, home care, hospice, and satellite services. In addition, through the Palliative Care Institute the Hospital will endeavor to transmit to other health care professionals, through research and education, the knowledge and competence which it has developed in the care of the advanced cancer patient.

Staten Island University Hospital is a 714-bed, specialized teaching hospital located in New York City's 5th and fastest-growing borough. <br> Occupying two large campuses, plus a number of community-based health centers and labs, the hospital provides quality care to the people of Staten Island, the New York metropolitan region, and to patients from around the world. <br> The 17-acre north campus (475 Seaview Avenue, Ocean Breeze) features the architecturally beautiful six-story Tower Pavilion; home of the renowned Heart Institute of Staten Island, a joint venture with Richmond University Medical Center. The Heart Institute rivals the best cardiac centers in the nation, and offers advanced cardiothoracic surgeries, including "continuous beating heart" surgery plus sophisticated invasive and non-invasive diagnostics.

Founded in 1916, Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center follows a tradition built on compassion, nurtured with experience and skill, and sensitive to the changing needs of the people who seek our care and services. <br> More than a residential healthcare facility, Eger today offers dedicated programs of restorative and post-acute care, short-term rehabilitation, case management, hospice care, and respite services to help residents and their caregivers. <br> Located on a serenely wooded 22 acre campus, Eger is a multifaceted facility with 378 skilled nursing beds that strives for individualized resident-centered services.

The Management Team at The New York Hospital Queens is comprised of a diverse group of experienced individuals who are dedicated to the maintenance and continuing development of a health care facility which is second to none in its responsiveness to the community. Under the direction of CEO Stephen Mills, a group of talented and caring professionals has been assembled. Their administration of the Medical Center's resources will guarantee the vibrancy of the institution as it grows to meet the challenges of health care delivery in the 21st century.

he history of Jamaica Hospital is a long and colorful one. It is filled with defining moments, colorful characters, and connections to events affecting the local community, the City of New York, and the world. <br> Jamaica Hospital has undergone a major transformation over the past 25 years of its existence. Emerging from near oblivion brought about by financial decline, and operational difficulty caused by an old and outdated facility, Jamaica Hospital is today a larger, stronger and more prominent medical and community health institution.

Founded in 1884 by a group of community minded women who set up a room with one bed in a rented house, Flushing Hospital Medical Center (FHMC) today is a 293-bed voluntary, not-for-profit teaching hospital. The medical center, located in the city's most culturally diverse borough, has served the health care needs of the community for more than a century, and has, over the years, become a solid and vital part of the infrastructure of the city itself.