NYC Health Hospitals Jacobi

Name :

NYC Health Hospitals Jacobi

Address  :

1400 Pelham Parkway South

Town  :

Bronx

State  :

New York

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

10461

Phone  :

718 918 5000

Web URL  :

Available

Description

At Jacobi we offer the best of care in the best of places You can count on us for state of the art medical care delivered with compassion dignity and respect Many of our physicians are recognized leaders in important clinical research thereby assuring our patients of the latest advancements in treatment options From preventive medicine such as annual examinations and screenings to comprehensive pediatric care nutrition and vaccinations to cuttingedge specialty services Jacobi provides you and your family with first class care in a wide range of services and specialties

History

In 1955 the NYC Department of Hospitals opened a new specialized care facility and teaching hospital situated on a lovely campuslike setting in the northeast Bronx Called the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center it included an 898bed facility for acute care Jacobi Hospital and an adjacent 500bed hospital for chronic tuberculosis care Van Etten Hospital From early on accomplishments and innovations were many

Burn Accomplishments

Jacobi developed an innovative method of hyperalimentation for burn patients
This method was subsequently adopted by burn centers worldwide

Jacobi physicians were the first to use CO2 lasers for burn treatment

Jacobi was one of the first burn centers to use advanced burn care products
like artificial skin

Surgical Innovations

Jacobi surgeons performed the worlds first successful clinical coronary
artery bypass

Jacobi surgeons were the first in the US to use mechanical staples

Jacobi established the first National Institutes of Health NIH Clinical
Research Center in the country for clinical injury

Jacobi obstetricians used a new germfree isolator to deliver the worlds
first germfree baby

Jacobi anesthesiologists developed the Gertie Marx Spinal Needle still used
today for epidural block

Medical Development

Jacobi founded the first Emergency Medical residency program in New York
City It remains one of the most prestigious training programs in the
country

Founded New York Citys first hospitalbased paramedic training program
To this day Jacobi enjoys a national reputation as a respected leader in
emergency medicine trauma surgery burn care and neonatal care