Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center

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Coordinates: 40.736416° N 73.999588° W

This article is about a hospital in New York. For other uses, see St. Vincent's Hospital.
St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center
Sisters of Charity
"Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence"
Location
Place Manhattan, New York City: Campuses throughout city and Westchester. New York, New York, (US)
Organization
Care System Catholic
Hospital Type Community
Affiliated University New York Medical College
Services
Emergency Dept. I trauma center
Beds Unknown
History
Founded 1849
Links
Website Homepage
See also Hospitals in New York

Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center (SVCMC), locally referred to simply as "St. Vincent's" or "St. Vinnie's", is a major teaching hospital in the New York City neighborhood of Greenwich Village.

It consists of two hospital buildings and several outpatient facilities, has over 1000 affiliated physicians, including 70 full-time and 300 voluntary attending physicians, and trains more than 300 residents and fellows. It is the designated provider for New York and New Jersey members of the U.S. Department of Defense Health Plan. St. Vincent's was the primary admitting hospital for those injured in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

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[edit] Facilities

[edit] History

St. Vincent's Hospital (Manhattan) has served as a medical facility for more than 150 years. Its namesake is St. Vincent de Paul, a sixteenth-century French monk. He founded the Sisters of Charity, an order of Roman Catholic nuns that focuses on care for the poor, best known for their idiosyncratic "The Flying Nun" habits. In 1849, four order nuns were dispatched to New York City on instructions from their Mother Superior Elizabeth Ann Seton to set up one of the only charity hospitals in the city. What began as a humble 30-bed hospital in a small brick house on 13th Street of Greenwich Village[2] has expanded over time to become a major medical and research center. It has maintained its connection to the Roman Catholic tradition, and is sponsored by the Bishop of Brooklyn and the President of the Sisters of Charity. Of interest, St. Vincent is the designated patron saint of charities, hospital workers, hospitals, and volunteers.

The SVCMC network was formed in 2000, when St. Vincent's Hospital (Manhattan), formerly the St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center of New York, merged with Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens and Sisters of Charity Healthcare on Staten Island, which included the newly renamed St. Vincent's Hospital (Staten Island), Mary Immaculate Hospital in Queens, St. John’s Queens Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital in Brooklyn, and Bayley Seton Hospital in Staten Island. In 2003, St. Clare’s Hospital, renamed St. Vincent’s Hospital (Midtown), was also affiliated.

In 2005, under financial pressure from its charity involvements, burgeoning administration costs, and rising health care costs, the SVCMC system filed for bankruptcy. The system launched an aggressive reorganization effort, selling or transferring its money-losing facilities and focusing development on its main hospital, which allowed it to emerge from bankruptcy in the summer of 2007. In the name of modernizing and restructuring, it also announced plans to build a new Manhattan hospital across the street from the current facility, with a planned opening set for 2011.[3]

[edit] Medical Education

SVCMC serves as the academic medical center for New York Medical College. It offers a complete and well-respected residency and fellowhip program, and also serves as a clerkship facility for students of medicine, nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.
Residencies
Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Primary Care, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nuclear Medicine, OB/GYN, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pathology, Pediatrics, PM&R, Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Radiology, General Surgery, Transitional.
Fellowships
Cardiovascular, Critical Care, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Pulmonary, Pediatric Palliative Care.
Allied Health Programs
CPR, Advanced Life Support, EMT, Paramedics, Nuclear Medicine Technology.[4]

[edit] Mission

Drawing on its Roman Catholic heritage, SVCMC's emphasis is on patient-focused healthcare, with a special mission to provide care for the poor and disenfrachised.


"Respect: The basic dignity of the human person is the guiding principal in all our interactions, policies and procedures.
Integrity: Integrity is the consistency between the Catholic identity we profess and the ways in which we act it is that quality of truthfulness, which fosters trust.
Compassion: Compassion is the way we share deep concern, love and care toward each person.
Excellence: Excellence is our way of demonstrating that we can always be more, always be better."[5]


[edit] Notable programs

St. Vincent's HIV Center
As one of the first institutions to address and treat HIV and AIDS in the 1980s, St. Vincent's HIV Center is one of the oldest, most experienced and most renowned HIV treatment programs in the US. It provides coordinated outpatient and inpatient primary care and case management services to HIV-positive adults, pregnant women, and children, and also provides HIV prevention services, AIDS education programs, HIV clinical research, and support groups. In addition, SVCMC developed the unique Airbridge Project, which coordinates care for HIV-positive patients who make frequent trips to Puerto Rico.[6]

Chinese Outreach Program
Due its close proximity to Chinatown in Manhattan, SVCMC has had close ties to the Chinese community throughout its history. In an effort to reach this underserved population, the hospital has opened an independent Chinese-speaking inpatient unit, has employed physicians and nurses who speak Cantonese and Mandarin, and has employed certified medical interpreters. They have also opened an outpatient facility in Chinatown, provide a free shuttle service from Chinatown to the hospital, and offer Chinese-focused healthcare services such as Acupuncture and Chinese traditional cuisine.[7]

Cystic Fibrosis Program
One of the most comprehensive and renowned CF programs in the country, the Saint Vincent's Cystic Fibrosis therapy program offers complete care for patients with cystic fibrosis and attracts patients from around the world.

Perinatal Hospice Center
Headed by the Director of Neonatology, Dr. Mary-Joan Marron-Corwin, the Perinatal Hospice was founded in 2007 to meet the needs of parents who discover early in pregnancy that their baby is nonviable outside the womb. Rather than terminate the pregnancy, these parents choose to carry their baby to term. The Perinatal Hospice helps parents facilitate their deliveries.

John J. Conley Department of Ethics
Closely linked to the Bioethics Institute at New York Medical College, The Conley Ethics Department has become a leader in the study of clinical medical ethics and spirituality in healthcare. Chaired by Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, the department aims to integrate the biopsychosocial model of healthcare within the SVCMC system.[8]

Elizabeth Ann Seton Chapel
Because the hospital was built up around a pre-existing house of worship, today it boasts one of the largest and most ornate hospital chapels in the country. The Elizabeth Ann Seton Chapel is nestled in the center of the Saint's Vincent's Hospital (Manhattan), and offers daily Mass and refuge for patients and hospital staff.[9]

Hospital Pet Care Program
Responding to the unique needs of an urban population, SVCMC instituted a program to help patients provide for the pets during their stay in the hospital. Animals are either walked and fed while they stay at home, or are relocated to care facilities or short-term foster homes.[10]

Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Comprehensive Cancer Center assists with every aspect of cancer care, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Patients can receive surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, even stem cell transplants on an outpatient basis. Should issues arise, the Center is equipped to stabilize and provide immediate care, so a visit to a hospital emergency department is usually unnecessary. It has the only treatment area in New York City that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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[edit] Notable Faculty

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hospitals, Facilities and Services
  2. ^ History and Mission
  3. ^ News Releases
  4. ^ Residency and Fellowship Programs
  5. ^ Our Mission
  6. ^ HIV Services
  7. ^ Culturally Competent Services
  8. ^ Staff
  9. ^ Pastoral Care
  10. ^ Patient Pet Care Program
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