55 Palmer Ave.
Bronxville
914-787-5000
(Editor”™s note: At press time, the hospital had not yet announced its new executive director.)
What makes NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital distinctive?
“Established in 1909, the hospital serves residents of Westchester County and the Bronx. It is part of NewYork-Presbyterian”™s health-care system, which includes 10 hospital campuses across the greater New York area. NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital is a 288-bed acute-care facility that provides emergency care to approximately 35,000 individuals and delivers nearly 1,400 babies each year.”
What are its specialties?
“NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital is home to a cancer center, maternity center, breast health center, two cardiac catheterization labs and a state-designated stroke center. We provide advanced services such as minimally invasive surgery, state-of-the-art orthopedic care and access to clinical trials.” (See story on its new Ambulatory Surgery Unit and Endoscopy Suites on page 16.)
Increasingly, hospitals are becoming part of health-care systems. What are the advantages of such networks?
“Additional support and care are provided to the community through NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester, a multispecialty physician practice with extended hours and offices in convenient locations offering patients seamless access to leading experts from ColumbiaDoctors, the faculty practice of Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Lawrence Community Health Services, which provides home care, hospice and bereavement services to adults and children.”
For more, visit nyp.org/lawrence.
