Westchester Medical Center
| Westchester Medical Center | |
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| Westchester County Health Care Corporation | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 100 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°05′10″N 73°48′20″W / 41.086133°N 73.8054204°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Acute Care |
| Affiliated university | New York Medical College |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Regional Trauma Center |
| Helipad | FAA LID: 7NK8 |
| Beds | 652 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is a 895-bed Regional Trauma Center providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for having one of the highest case mix index rates of all hospitals in the United States. 652 beds are at the hospital's primary location in Valhalla, while the other 243 beds are at the MidHudson Regional Hospital campus in Poughkeepsie.
Westchester Medical Center is the primary academic medical center and University Hospital of New York Medical College. Many of New York Medical College’s faculty provide patient care, teach, and conduct research at the adjacent campus. The Center also offers roadside-to-bedside seminars to healthcare professionals and first responders throughout the year, providing them with information on topics like stroke treatments, transporting critical patients or organ transplants. Westchester Medical Center provides diverse specialty services through its six "Centers of Excellence", hosts one of the leading Kidney and Liver transplant programs in New York, and is home to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, the only all-specialty children's hospital in the region.
Originally purchased in 1915, the site which would eventually become Westchester Medical Center was first used as a United States Army Hospital during World War I. In 1920, the Army turned the hospital over to the Westchester County government which renamed it Grasslands Hospital. In the 1920s and 1930s, Grasslands Hospital specialized in treating adults and children with tuberculosis, polio, scarlet fever, and diphtheria and later became known for its cardiovascular services and became one of the first public institutions to establish a renal dialysis unit. Grasslands Hospital was closed in 1977 to make way for its modern replacement, the newly built regional academic medical center known as Westchester Medical Center. In 1998, Westchester Medical Center became an independent institution after being spun off from the county government as an independent public benefit corporation known as the Westchester County Health Care Corporation.
With more than 900 physicians practicing a wide range of specialties from Cardiology to Trauma, Westchester Medical Center provides medical care to all patients through its six "Centers of Excellence":
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