Jacobi Medical Center
Named for Dr. Abraham Jacobi, the "Father of American Pediatrics," this Bronx hospital has a reputation for innovation. Jacobi's surgeons performed the world's first coronary bypass in 1961, and later pioneered the use of bedside minicomputers to monitor blood circulation and lung function. Its Level I trauma center houses the tri-state area's only multi-person hyperbaric chamber. An ultra-modern center for maternity and newborn care will open in 2001.
Montefiore Medical Center
The university hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, provides world-class inpatient and outpatient specialty health care at the Moses and Weiler/ Einstein Hospitals and outstanding primary health care at more than 30 state-of-the-art Montefiore Medical Group sites throughout the Bronx and lower Westchester.
St. Barnabas Hospital
Acute care community hospital located in the central Bronx. Describes history, mission, clinical departments, services, medical education programs, and affiliated primary care physicians and clinics.
