St. Luke's Health Network

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St. Luke's University Health Network
Geography
Location Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Organization
Funding Non-profit hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Temple University
Services
Emergency department Adult Level I
Pediatric Level II
Beds 734
History
Founded 1872
Links
Website http://www.mystlukesonline.org/
Lists Hospitals in Pennsylvania

St. Luke's University Health Network is the second largest health care provider in the Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania). Its main hospital, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1872. The five other hospitals of the network are located in Allentown, PA, Quakertown, PA, Coaldale, PA, Palmer, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ providing a total 1058 beds. St. Luke's Warren Campus in Phillipsburg, NJ is the network's first New Jersey location. There are numerous outpatient sites, clinics, and physician practices spread throughout nine counties in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. The Network lives by these values: Pride, Caring, Respect, Accountability, Flexibility, and Teamwork[1]

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Facts and figures[2] [edit]

  • 44,000 annual admissions
  • 1,224 physicians
  • 7,000 employees
  • 1200 Volunteers
  • Level I Trauma Center

Major centers [edit]

  • St. Luke's Regional Level 1 Trauma Center
  • St. Luke's Cancer Center
  • St. Luke's Regional Heart Center
  • St. Luke's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • St. Luke's Center for Neuroscience
  • St. Luke's Women's & Children's Services
  • St. Luke's Regional Breast Center, designated a "Breast Imaging Center of Excellence" by the American College of Radiology.[3]

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.mystlukesonline.org/about/index.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.mystlukesonline.org/about/index.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.mystlukesonline.org/about/news/breast-ctr-excel.aspx

External links [edit]