Maimonides Medical Center

Maimonides Medical Center

10th Avenue
Geography
Location 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Albert Einstein College of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine[1]
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 711[1]
History
Founded 1911
Links
Website http://www.maimonidesmed.org
Lists Hospitals in New York

Maimonides Medical Center is a non-profit, non-sectarian hospital located in Borough Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York.[2] Maimonides is both a treatment facility and academic medical center with 711 beds, and more than 70 primary care and sub-specialty programs.[3]

History

Early years

The institution was founded in 1911 as the New Utrecht Dispensary.[4] Several small dispensaries merged with Utrecht in 1919 to form the Israel Hospital of Brooklyn.[4] In 1920 it merged with Zion hospital and became United Israel Zion Hospital, later renamed to Israel Zion Hospital.[4]

cornerstone (still in place) at Israel Zion hospital building

The United Israel Zion Hospital and Beth Moses Hospital merged in 1947 to give rise to the Maimonides Medical Center.[4] The institution is named after Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, the 12th century Jewish philosopher who established the concept of medicine as a natural science and authored ten medical books that set forth the foundation of modern medical training of physicians.

Deadly fire

In 1993, a faulty respirator supplying oxygen to an elderly woman exploded, killing her and two other patients.[5] Investigators said that an electrical fault in the machine had caused it to ignite. The fire created a blast fed by pure oxygen, which sent a fireball through a seventh-floor window.[5] Fire officials said that two patients were burned to death, and a third patient across the hall, died of smoke inhalation.[5] The faulty respirator was manufactured by Puritan Bennett. Barry M. Spero, the hospital's president at the time, said that biomedical engineers routinely checked the equipment according to specifications by the manufacturer. He referred to the incident as, "truly a catastrophic disaster."[5]

Expansion

The Maimonides Medical Center last expanded its emergency department in 1997 with the opening of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Emergency Center. Beginning in September 2007 and continuing through the end of the year, the Medical Center started construction on additional space in the new building at the corner of 48th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. The New section of the Emergency Room has already been completed and is presently serving patients.There are 2 wings, one is known as the South side and the other referred to as the North side, the main differences in both side are the acuity or severity of patients seen.

Affiliation

In February 2013, Maimonides Medical Center, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and Montefiore Medical Center signed an affiliation agreement that made Maimonides a university hospital and the Brooklyn campus of Albert Einstein College of Medicine.[6]

Landmarks

The Maimonides Medical Center was the place of several innovations in clinical science. In 1961, the commercial pacemaker was developed in the Maimonides Research Laboratory.[7] The same laboratory was co-developer of Intra-aortic balloon pump in 1970.[7] Implantation of first partial mechanical heart was performed in the hospital in 1966.[8] In the following year, the second human heart transplant in the world (first in the US) was performed in the medical center by Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz.[8] Several technical feats were achieved by the clinicians in the hospital, such as the first needle aspiration biopsy in US (in 1981), first robotic surgery for pediatric patients in US (in 2001), first angioplasty during a heart attack (in 1983).[7]

In 2007, the NY Times reported that of an analysis of about 5,000 hospitals by the Department of Health and Human services, Maimonides was one of the 50 hospitals with the lowest mortality rates.[9] In 2010, Maimonides received the HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence,[10] ranking it among the top 5% of hospitals in the entire nation for overall quality outcomes. Maimonides was also listed among the top 5 individual hospitals in New York State for cardiology services, coronary interventional procedures, stroke treatment, and gastrointestinal medical services.[11]

Information technology

Maimonides Medical Center is a pioneer in implementing health information technology.[12] and is consistently ranked one of the "Most Wired" Hospitals.[13]

Five Centers of Excellence

Diversity

Due to its culturally diversified location, Maimonides has recruited multilingual physicians, nurses and staff.[20] 67 languages are available through a commercially available translator service at Maimonides Medical Center. [21]

New York State Department of Health Designations

Notable deaths

References

  1. 1 2 "Maimonides Medical Center". FREIDA Online institution information. American Medical Association. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  2. ↑ http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/Public/AboutUs.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/new-york-ny-nyc-suburbs-long-island/hospital-awards-HGST410A7B36330194
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Interactive Timeline". Maimonides Medical Center. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Wolff, Craig (1993-09-02). "3 Patients Die In Explosion At Hospital". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  6. ↑ McLaughlin, Jim (2013-02-27). "Maimonides Medical Center in New York to Align With Montefiore, Albert Einstein Medicine". Becker's Hospital Review.
  7. 1 2 3 "A Culture of Innovation". Maimonides Medical Center. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  8. 1 2 "A History of Achievements in Cardiac Care at Maimonides". Maimonides Medical Center. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/health/22hosp-list.html?sq=maimonides%20medical%20center, New York Times Mortality Rates US Hospitals
  10. ↑ http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/new-york-ny-nyc-suburbs-long-island/maimonides-medical-center-hgst410a7b36330194, HealthGrades Hospital Awards
  11. ↑ http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/CultureofInnovation.aspx, Maimonides Culture of Innovation
  12. ↑ Chris, Serb (June 2007). "Jump-starting a high-tech initiative". HHN Most Wired Magazine. Health Forum. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  13. ↑ HHN Most Wired
  14. ↑ http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/ClinicalServices/Cancer_Center_24.aspx
  15. ↑ Hartocollis, Anemona; Fessenden, Ford (2010-06-25). "Brooklyn Mothers Choosing Manhattan Hospitals". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/ClinicalSubPages/Acute-Care-for-the-Elderly-ACE-85.aspx
  17. ↑ http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/ClinicalServices/Stroke_Center_100.aspx
  18. 1 2 http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/new-york-ny-nyc-suburbs-long-island/maimonides-medical-center-hgst410a7b36330194
  19. ↑ http://199.117.41.140/clinical.cfm?id=88
  20. ↑ http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/Public/WeSpeakYourLanguage.aspx
  21. ↑ Salamon, Julie (2008-05-11). "‘Scrubs' Near the D Train". The New York Times.
  22. 1 2 http://profiles.health.ny.gov/hospital/view/103007
  23. ↑ "Norbert Pearlroth, 89, Researcher For 52 Years For 'Believe It Or Not'". New York Times. April 15, 1983. Retrieved 2015-01-11. Norbert Pearlroth, who combed hundreds of thousands of books in the New York Public Library over 52 years as sole researcher for Ripley's Believe It or Not, died of heart and kidney diseases Thursday at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn. He was 89 years old and lived in Brooklyn. ...

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Coordinates: 40°38′22″N 73°59′55″W / 40.63944°N 73.99861°W / 40.63944; -73.99861

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