New York is known for having the best of everything, and our medical centers are no exception. From cutting-edge cancer treatment to emergency psychiatric care to educating families about childhood obesity, the city’s hospitals take comprehensive health care to the next level. But how do you find the right hospital when your family needs it? The search begins here, with our guide to New York’s leading hospitals.
Beth Israel Medical Center (Petrie Division) First Avenue and 16th Street 212-420-2000
Beth Israel Medical Center is a 1,368-bed, full-service tertiary teaching hospital. Beth Israel’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit provides critical care and offers a child life program that integrates art, music, play and pet therapy. The Continuum Center for Health and Healing combines traditional and alternative medicinal practices to create specialized care for families, and has teamed up with Donna Karan and Dr. Woodson Merrell to provide integrative medicine and cancer treatment through Karan’s Urban Zen Initiative. In addition, the Continuum Cancer Centers of New York—located at Beth Israel and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center—deliver high-quality cancer care, emphasizing a team approach to cancer treatment. The Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute at Beth Israel provides high-quality comprehensive diabetes care, raises awareness, conducts research and provides education.
Hospital for Special Surgery 535 East 70th Street 212-606-1000
Hospital for Special Surgery is a center of excellence in the care of children with orthopedic and rheumatic disorders. From infants to adolescents, HSS’s commitment to improving the lives of young people with complex musculoskeletal conditions is world-renowned—the hospital receives more than 12,000 patient visits each year. At HSS, pediatric patients benefit from the expertise of a multidisciplinary team, including pediatric orthopedists, pediatric rheumatologists, pediatric anesthesiologists, pediatricians, radiologists, nurses, social workers, case managers and therapists (physical, occupational and speech). Whether it’s the ability to play without pain or walk unassisted, HSS pediatric patients are on the move and able to enjoy an active childhood.
Lenox Hill Hospital 100 East 77th Street 212-434-2000
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 Florence Selwyn Klopfer Family- Centered Maternity Care Unit consists of 11 modern labor, delivery, and recovery rooms, along with well-baby nurseries and a Neonatal Critical Care Unit. The 28-bed NICU provides intensive monitoring and treatment of low-birth weight and sick newborns. The Lenox Hill Hospital Radiology Department has a stateof-the-art Breast MRI imaging program and new Computer-Assisted Detection (CAD) software. Lenox Hill’s Department of Medicine’s large staff of primary care physicians and internists oversees families’ total health care needs.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 1275 York Avenue 212-639-2000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the world’s oldest and largest private cancer center devoted to prevention, patient care, research and education in cancer. Its scientists and clinicians generate approaches to better understand, diagnose and treat cancer. Its doctors have unparalleled expertise in diagnosing and treating all types of cancer, and patients benefit from the multidisciplinary approach to care that offers the best opportunity for accurate diagnosis and the most effective treatment available. Memorial Sloan-Kettering uses the latest technology and the most innovative, advanced therapies, and the close collaboration between its doctors and research scientists means that new drugs and therapies developed in the laboratory can be moved quickly to the bedside, offering patients improved treatment options.
Montefiore Medical Center 111 East 210 Street 1-800-MD-MONTE
Montefiore is a 1,491-bed medical center that includes four hospitals, a large home healthcare agency, the largest school health program in the U.S., a 23-site medical group practice integrated throughout the Bronx and Westchester, and a care management organization providing services to 179,000 health plan members. The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore is one of the most clinically and technologically advanced children’s hospitals in the U.S. Women’s Health Services provides a full range of high-quality, sensitive and responsive health services to a diverse community of women in the Bronx and nearby Westchester County, and offers services to meet the physical and mental health needs of women in all stages of life.
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian 3959 Broadway 1-800-245-KIDS
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top children’s hospitals in the country. The Center for Prenatal Pediatrics provides specialized care for complex, high-risk pregnancies, from diagnosis to birth and beyond. The NICU cares for infants with a variety of life-threatening problems. Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital currently receives approximately 50,000 pediatric emergency visits a year, is one of only three level I Pediatric Trauma Centers in New York State, and offers one of the only pediatric psychiatric emergency programs in the country. Currently under construction is the 25,000-square-foot Alexandra and Steven Cohen Pediatric Emergency Department. The Carmen and John Thain Labor and Delivery Unit provides everything from routine screening tests to the most advanced diagnosis and management of high-risk births.
Mount Sinai Medical Center One Gustave Levy Place 212-241-6500
Founded in 1852, The Mount Sinai Medical Center 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 medicine. The hospital is also home to the world’s only center for the diagnosis and care of Jewish genetic diseases. In addition to pediatric primary care, Mount Sinai offers full pediatric treatment of heart, brain, and spine disorders; epilepsy; cancers and blood diseases; diabetes; gastrointestinal tract conditions; renal disease and hypertension; asthma and other respiratory system illnesses; sleep problems; allergies; and fetal and newborn conditions. The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center provides medical, mental health and health education services to young people. The Jaffe Food Allergy Institute aims to expand and improve basic science and clinical research, patient care, and educational efforts in the field of food allergies.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center 622 West 168th Street 1-877-NYP-WELL
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center is one of the leading academic medical centers in the world, comprising the teaching hospital New York-Presbyterian and its academic partner, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Maternal- Fetal Medicine Program offers advanced diagnosis and management of high-risk pregnancies. Opening in January 2010 is the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center, a six-level facility that will offer comprehensive heart care services. New York-Presbyterian/Columbia offers one of the most active and successful heart transplantation programs in the world; established in 1977, its surgeons have already performed more heart transplantations than any hospital in the U.S. For 100 years, the Neurological Institute has been an internationally recognized center for the treatment of brain disorders.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center 525 East 68th Street 1-877-NYP-WELL
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is one of the leading academic medical centers in the world, comprising the teaching hospital NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medical College, the medical school of Cornell University. The Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine is one of the world’s most successful programs specializing in assisted reproductive medicine and infertility. The Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center offers the most comprehensive array of health care services designed specifically for women. The Hospital’s new Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute offers comprehensive cardiac care for the full range of heart conditions. The Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health offers comprehensive pediatric care, with a team of leading specialists and stateof-the-art treatment options. The Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic offers behavioral health and psychiatric services for adolescents, adults and the elderly.
NYU Langone Medical Center 550 First Avenue 212-263-7300
NYU Langone Medical Center has stateof-the-art clinical programs in such specialties as breast, skin, and prostate cancer; child mental health; ear, nose, and throat disorders; epilepsy; neurology; and reconstructive and plastic surgery. Their neonatology program offers services in infant intensive care, cardiology, surgery, neurosurgery, genetics, gastroenterology and other areas. The NYU Child Study Center aims to improve the treatment of child psychiatric disorders. The NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center offers testing, evaluation, screening, treatment therapies and surgical intervention for patients with all forms of epilepsy. The Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (hassenfeld.med.nyu. edu) treats children with brain tumors, bone and soft tissue sarcomas, leukemia, vascular malformations, and platelet and blood-clotting disorders. NYU Langone Medical Center offers OB/GYN services as well as care in maternal-fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, OB/GYN imaging, gynecologic oncology, urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery and family planning. The hospital also offers world-renowned pediatric cardiac care as well as the full-spectrum of pediatric orthopaedic care.
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center St. Luke’s Division: 1111 Amsterdam Avenue Roosevelt Division: 1000 10th Avenue 212-523-4000 (main number for both)
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital is a 1,076bed, full-service community and tertiary care hospital respected for high-quality clinical care and for its contributions to research. Roosevelt’s Birthing Center offers the freedom and comfort of a home birth while ensuring that medical help is not far away. Roosevelt Maternity, a wing of private postpartum rooms, offers deluxe amenities. Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer are the hallmark of the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, but the center also offers other complementary services, like pre-surgery stress management sessions, yoga, meditation, support groups, nutrition counseling and more. The mission of the New York Obesity Research Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt is to help reduce the incidence of obesity and related diseases through leadership in basic research, clinical research, epidemiology and public health, patient care and public education.
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan 170 West 12th Street 212-604-7000
St. Vincent’s, the academic medical center for New York Medical College in New York City, serves thousands of residents of Manhattan’s West Side and Downtown. St. Vincent’s delivers an extensive range of gynecologic and obstetric services to women of all ages. The hospital’s level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides stateof-the-art care for premature and critically ill infants. St. Vincent’s Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Prenatal/Neonatal Supportive Care Program offers medical, psychological and spiritual support to parents who have had, or are expecting, a baby with a terminal condition. St. Vincent’s provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient general and subspecialty pediatric care. Their Parent Education Program lays the groundwork for a child’s healthy future by teaching new parents essential information about child development and family relationships.
Maimonides Medical Center 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn 718-283-6000
The Maimonides Infants & Children’s Hospital is the only accredited children’s hospital in Brooklyn, housing the only certified pediatric Echocardiology Lab in New York City; a 36-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; pediatric inpatient and intensive care beds; overnight accommodations for parents in all rooms; an ex panded pediatric ER; a pediatric Surgery and Endoscopy Center; and a new Pediatric Oncology Center, which provides the newest and most effective treatments for pediatric cancers and blood diseases. The Pediatric Neuroscience Center treats epilepsy, headaches, brain tumors, cerebral palsy, strokes, nerve injuries, and neurodevelopmental problems. The Norma Sutton Center for Neonatology cares for all high-risk deliveries and provides intensive care to sick infants in the NICU. Maimonides’ Kids Weight Down Program works to reduce child obesity by educating families about healthier eating choices and exercise.
New York Methodist Hospital 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn 718-780-5500
New York Methodist Hospital, a voluntary, acute-care teaching facility in Park Slope, provides a full range of family, women’s and pediatric services to meet the health needs of growing families. The Hospital’s Institute for Women’s Health offers a full range of programs and services directed at providing healthcare for women at every stage of their lives, including gynecological and obstetrical care, genetic testing and counseling, urogynecologial services, midwifery services, maternity and childbirth classes and fertility treatment.
