Westchester Medical Center

Description

About Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center is the Hudson Valley regions advanced care and referral hospital serving as a lifeline to the more than 35 million people throughout the region Each year more than 120000 patients are cared for in every medical specialty through our adult hospital and our 114bed Maria Fareri Childrens Hospital the only allspecialty childrens hospital in the region

With more than 900 attending physicians and 3300 healthcare professionals Westchester Medical Center is transforming and growing in order to meet the medical needs of our patients their families and the communities we serve Our advancements extend across the entire medical facility from the latest technology and lifesaving procedures to nationally recognized doctors nurses and staff

History

History
Our History of Providing Specialty Care

What is now known as Westchester Medical Center began in 1918 when the US Army took over county buildings to set up an Army Hospital for treating troops affected by the Spanish Influenza epidemic In 1920 the Army returned the buildings to the Westchester County government as a fully equipped hospital

Caring for the Critically Ill

After renaming the campus Grasslands Hospital the county began caring for those suffering from several prevalent diseases of the 1920s and 1930s Entire buildings were devoted to treating both adult and child patients with tuberculosis and the center eventually became a center for treating victims of other great medical illnesses such as polio scarlet fever and diphtheria during the early and mid 20th century

Staffed largely by volunteer physicians during its early history Grasslands Hospital was one of the first public institutions to establish a Renal Dialysis Unit and a cardiovascular service which earned an outstanding reputation that still endures today

After more than a half century making medical history Grasslands Hospital was closed in 1977 to make way for its modern cousin the newly built regional academic medical center known as Westchester Medical Center

Providing Public Service to Those in Need

In 1998 Westchester Medical Center became an independent institution by breaking away from the county government Today in its new format as a public benefit corporation Westchester Medical Center still maintains its public mission to treat anyone in need of advanced medical care

We now serve a 5000squaremile area that is home to more than 36 million people As the regions Trauma and TertiaryQuaternary Care Center we provide the most advanced level of care and medicine to tens of thousands of newborns infants children and adults each year From trauma and burn care heart transplant and neurosurgery to the only allspecialty Childrens Hospital in the New York metropolitan area Westchester Medical Center is now one of the finest medical institutions in the nation