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HEALTHCARE
Comprehensive Care, Right Here
For those seeking state-of-the-art-healthcare, Westchester residents enjoy access to leading-edge medical technology and the world’s top specialists.
A New Vision
F rom large hospital networks, such as the Westchester Medical Center Health Net- work, New York Presbyterian and Northwell Health, to distinguished practice groups such as CareMount Medical, WestMed and Columbia Doctors, Westchester residents en- joy world-class healthcare right in the
communities where they live.
Here, Lynn Richmond, Montefiore’s Chief Strategy Officer, discusses Montefiore Health System’s expansion into the Westchester healthcare market.
Can you give us a brief history
of Montefiore?
Montefiore was founded by philan- thropic leaders of New York’s Jewish community in 1884 to care for chroni- cally ill people other hospitals of the era would not help. We quickly expanded, and today we are comprised of 11 hos- pitals with more than 3,000 beds and nearly 250 outpatient practices.
What’s the timeline of your expansion into Westchester? Montefiore has had a longstanding presence in Westchester with special- ty practices throughout the region. In 2013, Montefiore New Rochelle, Montefiore Mount Vernon and Schaf- fer Extended Care Center joined our health system. In 2014, we welcomed White Plains Hospital. Then, in 2016, Montefiore and Burke Rehabilitation Hospital announced the availability of advanced rehabilitation therapies in Westchester County.
Describe your presence in Westchester County.
Montefiore Health System has 40 specialty care locations in Westches- ter plus four hospitals – White Plains Hospital, Montefiore New Rochelle, Montefiore Mount Vernon and Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, and a skilled nursing facility.
Montefiore also has two corporate campuses in the county, one in Yon- kers, which includes our care man- agement headquarters, and one in Tarrytown. This is in addition to Mon- tefiore’s Westchester clinical affiliates (St. John’s Riverside Hospital and St. Joseph’s Medical Center, which com- bined have 32 additional locations).
How does this presence benefit
local residents?
Westchester County residents benefit from having world class research in- form the care they receive in their lo- cal hospitals, as well as new outpatient practices. Montefiore now provides a full range of primary, specialty and behavioral health care in Westchester.
Montefiore’s White Plains Cancer Center Below: Leading-edge diagnostic technology at Montefiore’s
Hutchinson Campus
RECENT MONTEFIORE
WESTCHESTER MILESTONES
• Opened White Plains Center for Cancer Care, a six-floor cancer center, cardiac catheterization laboratory and multiple outpatient multi-practice locations.
• Introduced the first ever caregiver support center in a rehabilitative hospital.
• Injected $22.5 million into Westchester community organizations to address the most pressing public health issues facing the county.
• Secured more than $400 million to support major projects including renovations at Montefiore New Rochelle.
“We’re looking to further expand the number of outpatient sites throughout Westchester, and continue to bring the very best of Montefiore so people receive care when, where and how they need it the most.”
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