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remove this template message westchester medical center westchester county health care corporation geography location 100 woods road valhalla ny united states coordinates 41 05 10 n 73 48 20 w 41.086133 n 73.8054204 w 41.086133 ; 73.8054204 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 1 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 . 2 652 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 . contents 1 history 2 clinical and speciality services 3 quick facts 4 awards and recognition 5 milestones 6 expansion 6.1 midhudson regional hospital 6.2 bon secours charity health system 6.3 healthalliance of the hudson valley 6.4 wmchealth network 6.5 new ambulatory pavilion 7 references 8 external links history edit 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 . clinical and speciality services edit 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 maria fareri children s hospital the only all specialty children s hospital in the region . pediatric specialists including pediatric neurosurgeons open heart surgeons cardiologists oncologists and infectious disease specialists contribute to mfch s status as housing the only regional neonatal intensive and pediatric care units in the hudson valley . mfch also has one of the largest pediatric corneal transplant programs in the nation . trauma and burn center as the new york state department of health designated burn center for the hudson valley region the center treats both adult and pediatric trauma and burn cases and is one of eleven hospitals designated as a regional burn center . 3 transplant center offering evaluation and treatment for patients of all ages who require kidney liver heart corneal and bone marrow transplants . heart center known for its cardiac surgery and cardiac catheterization programs the heart center at westchester medical center offers cardiovascular services to patients of all ages . cancer center a player in cancer education and translational research the cancer center provides diagnostic preventive and therapeutic cancer programs and services . neuroscience center providing neurosurgical and neurological services to both adults and children the center features knifeless brain surgery a comprehensive epilepsy program and a cerebrovascular center . behavioral health center the behavioral health center at westchester medical center offers inpatient outpatient community and emergency care for adults children and adolescents . quick facts edit westchester medical center is home to the region s largest biomedical research site and much more advanced care academic medical center level i trauma center american college of surgeons accredited dual level one adult and pediatric center organ transplant center full service heart center pediatric intensive care unit level iv highest neonatal intensive care unit burn center in new york state verified by the american burn association all specialty children s hospital regional resource for large scale disasters critical care hyperbaric center comprehensive stroke center regional perinatal center awards and recognition edit awarded the 2010 ipro patient safety quality award 4 in 2009 named one of the 100 top hospitals in the nation for improved performance by thomson reuters 5 ranked fourth in new york state for overall bariatric surgery by healthgrades in 2011 . previously received the healthgrades bariatric surgery excellence award for 2007 2008 2008 2009 and 2009 2010 6 one of only 25 hospitals in the nation to receive the american heart association s 2008 triple performance achievement award milestones edit in 2009 westchester medical center installed a 256 slice computed tomography ct scanner the first of its kind in the hudson valley . 7 in 2008 children s hospital physician dr. m. fevzi ozkaynak helped lead a study that discovered new treatment for neuroblastoma the most common cancer diagnosed in the first year of life . 8 in 2008 westchester medical center physicians completed the first combination heart liver transplant ever performed in the hudson valley . 9 expansion edit midhudson regional hospital edit on may 9 2014 wmc completed its purchase of st. francis hospital in poughkeepsie new york renaming it midhudson regional hospital of westchester medical center . this added 40 psychiatric beds 18 rehabilitation beds 60 chemical dependence beds and 125 medical beds including pediatric and intensive care beds to wmc s total . bon secours charity health system edit on may 20 2015 wmc announced that it would become the majority corporate partner in the bon secours charity health system taking on active management of its three hospitals in rockland and orange counties and ancillary services . healthalliance of the hudson valley edit on december 14 2014 wmc and healthalliance of the hudson valley announced that they had begun discussions which would lead to wmc becoming the sole corporate member of hahv resulting in a relationship similar to that with bschs . this would result in wmc taking over management of hahv s two hospitals and assorted ancillary services in the area of kingston new york . wmchealth network edit with the establishment of these new associations in 2015 westchester medical center announced the creation of the wmchealth network . the network has 1 900 patient beds in 10 hospitals on 8 campuses spanning 6 200 square miles in the lower hudson valley of new york . the network has nearly 3 000 attending physicians and employs over 12 000 staff . 10 new ambulatory pavilion edit in september 2016 wmc broke ground for a new ambulatory pavilion on its main campus in valhalla ny . the new building will be attached to the main hospital . it will include 20 000 square feet of new private inpatient rooms 75 000 square feet of office space for affiliated private physician outpatient practices and 185 000 square feet of ambulatory care services including an advanced imaging center an ambulatory surgery center and a heart and vascular institute . at 230 million this is the largest healthcare construction project in westchester county since the hospital itself was built in 1977 and the maria fareri children s hospital was built in 2004 . this building is expected to open in 2018 and will add 180 new full time jobs to the hospital and local economy . 11 references edit new york state department of health hospital profile of westchester medical center . us hhs cms case mix index files . 1 ipro quality award winners 2010 . retrieved 2015 03 17 . thomas reuters press release . retrieved 2009 04 01 . westchester medical center valhalla ny free ratings & reports . healthgrades.com . retrieved 2009 09 01 . ferrette candice 2009 06 26 . hospital owns area s fastest ct scanner . the journal news . retrieved 2009 06 26 . new tool against deadly childhood cancer . cbs news . 2009 05 14 . retrieved 2009 05 19 . ferrette candice 2008 07 18 . woman gets rare heart liver transplant . the journal news . retrieved 2008 07 18 . what is wmchealth . retrieved 2016 10 11 . westchester s largest healthcare construction project in decades just announced . retrieved 2016 10 11 . external links edit new york portal hudson valley portal westchester medical center maria fareri children s hospital midhudson regional hospital bon secours charity health system new york medical college department of neurosurgery nys department of health profile of westchester medical center retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title westchester medical center & oldid 744021929 categories teaching hospitals in new yorkhospitals established in 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