100 Woods Rd
Valhalla, NY 10595
Westchester Medical Center (WMC) is a 652-bed Regional Trauma Center providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut.
Westchester Medical Center is the primary academic medical center and University Hospital of New York Medical College. Many of New York Medical College’s faculty provide patient care, teach, and conduct research on the shared campus.
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Westchester Medical Center is home to the Hudson Valley Region’s only Level I Trauma Center (both adult & pediatric with 24/7 Medevac); organ transplant center; full-service Heart Center; pediatric ICU; Level IV Neonatal ICU (Regional Perinatal Center); burn center between NYC and north to Canadian border. WMC is one of the region’s largest sources of employment; employing over 5,000--including 900 attending physicians.
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www.westchestermedicalcenter.com
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What is now known as Westchester Medical Center began in 1918 when the U.S. Army took over county buildings to set up an Army Hospital for treating troops affected by the Spanish Influenza epidemic. In 1920, the Army returned the buildings to the Westchester County government as a fully equipped hospital.
After renaming the campus Grasslands Hospital, the county began caring for those suffering from several prevalent diseases of the 1920s and 1930s. Entire buildings were devoted to treating both adult and child patients with tuberculosis, and the center eventually became a center for treating victims of other great medical illnesses such as polio, scarlet fever and diphtheria during the early and mid 20th century.
Staffed largely by volunteer physicians during its early history, Grasslands Hospital was one of the first public institutions to establish a Renal Dialysis Unit and a cardiovascular service, which earned an outstanding reputation that still endures today. NYMC's move to Westchester County in 1971 prompted the county to build a new hospital as an academic affiliate of the College. After more than a half century, Grasslands Hospital was closed in 1977 to make way for its modern cousin, the newly built regional academic medical center known as Westchester Medical Center.
In 1998, Westchester Medical Center became an independent institution by breaking away from the county government. Today, in its new format as a public benefit corporation, Westchester Medical Center still maintains its public mission to treat anyone in need of advanced medical care.