Hospital type General Lists Hospitals in New York Number of beds 245 Care system Nonprofit organization | Website www.nwhc.net Phone +1 914-666-1200 Founded 1916 | |
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Location 400 Main St, Mount Kisco, Westchester, New York, United States Address 400 E Main St, Mt Kisco, NY 10549, USA Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hours Similar Putnam Hospital Center, Phelps Memorial Hospital, Lawrence Hospital, Montefiore New Rochelle, Blythedale Children's Hospital | ||
Inside northern westchester hospital 6 min
Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) is a not-for-profit, 245-bed, all private room facility in Mount Kisco, New York serving residents of Northern Westchester, Putnam County, and Southern Dutchess County, as well as parts of Fairfield County, CT. Since its founding in 1916, the Northern Westchester Hospital community has been defined as the ten towns and villages in the immediate radius surrounding the hospital. The hospital’s broader ‘Region’ includes those additional towns located to the north into Putnam County, New York and to the East towards the Hudson River border of Westchester County, including west Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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- Inside northern westchester hospital 6 min
- Northern westchester hospital 100 years of care in the community
- History
- Medical specialties
- Awards and accreditation
- References
With more than 700 physicians, Northern Westchester Hospital provides a wide range of patient-centered services through its Emergency Department, Women's Imaging Center, Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Clinical trials program, and Gamma Knife center. Northern Westchester Hospital is a designated training and case observation center for the da Vinci Surgical System in colorectal surgery. NWH breast surgeons provide Microvascular Surgery using the Novadaq SPY Imaging System. A number of bariatric surgical procedures are performed, including Stomach Intestinal Pylorus-Sparing Surgery (SIPS).
Northern westchester hospital 100 years of care in the community
History
Opening its doors in 1916, Northern Westchester Hospital consisted of 15 beds and 6 primary physicians. A committee composed of William Sloane, Moses Taylor, Joseph C. Baldwin, Jr., Edwin G. Merrill, John Henry Towne, Winthrop Cowdin, Cornelius R. Agnew, and Hiram E. Manville had been set up to organize the hospital and its creation. On May 8, 1916 the first hospital meeting was held, giving way to the historic election of the hospitals first president, William Sloane, and its first board of directors. Erected on a 2 ½ acre parcel of land, and filling 12 out of the initial 15 beds within its first day, NWH would soon prove to be a vital part of the community.
In the early 1920s the population growth of Westchester and upstate New York made it a necessity for NWH to expand. Beginning in April 1925 the hospital would expand into a 50-room facility to meet the needs of a more sophisticated healthcare system, adding with it a state of the art radiology facility. As the community continued to grow a new construction initiative would commence in 1958. Consisting of a new 3 story wing, the project would be completed in 1961 adding 89 new beds. The hospital would see its last major expansion for the era in 1973. The opening of the DeWitt Wallace Pavilion added 259 new beds, allowing NWH to enter a new age of patient-centered care. Following the expansion, the hospital would narrow its focus on acquiring the latest technology to better serve the community and region. In 1989 the first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) were installed, setting precedent for the hospitals cutting edge technology for years to come.
Northern Westchester Hospital joined the North Shore-LIJ Health System in January 2015. In order to continue delivering a high level of care for its communities, the NWH Board of Trustees decided that NWH needed an innovative partner who could provide the scale and resources to capitalize on the changes underway in the healthcare industry. As one of the Nation's largest health systems, North Shore-LIJ has been committed to the important role that regional hospitals have in delivering quality healthcare to their local communities. President and CEO Michael J. Dowling sites reasons for the interest in this partnership with NWH: "NWH is a teaching hospital for patient-centered care, and Northern Westchester has consistently ranked among the top five hospitals in New York State and number one in the Hudson Valley for patient satisfaction. Northern Westchester Hospital modernized its surgical services facility in April 2016 to include six new operating rooms and 13 private pre- and post-anesthesia care beds.
Northern Westchester Hospital celebrated its centennial year in 2016 with various community and staff events, such as partnerships with area historical societies, community walks, Board of Trustees and neo-natal intensive care unit reunions, and employee and community galas.
Medical specialties
As a comprehensive acute care hospital, NWH provides patient-center care in the following services:
Awards and accreditation
Northern Westchester Hospital has received the following awards and recognition: