Jacobi Medical Center
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Jacobi Medical Center is a municipal hospital located in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, New York. Founded in 1955, Jacobi Medical Center provides health care for some 1.2 million Bronx and New York area residents. It is a major academic affiliate and teaching site of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Jacobi was named in honor of Dr. Abraham Jacobi, who is considered to be the father of American pediatrics[1].
Jacobi Medical Center is a Level I Trauma Center and is the regional hyperbaric center and regional snakebite center for the New York Tristate area. It also operates the only burn unit in the Bronx, the second largest in New York City. It also operates a Level III Neonatal ICU, a a women’s health center, an outpatient center for adult AIDS patients[2].
address: 1400 Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, New York 10461
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