Danbury Hospital

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Danbury Hospital
Nuvance Health
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(2024)
Danbury Hospital
Geography
Location Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates 41°24′19″N73°26′41″W / 41.4054°N 73.4447°W / 41.4054; -73.4447
Organization
Type Regional hospital
Affiliated university Yale School of Medicine, New York Medical College, Ross University School of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine
Network Northwell Health, formerly Nuvance Health & Western Connecticut Health Network
Services
Emergency department Level II trauma center
Beds456
Helipads
Helipad FAA LID: 0CT8
NumberLengthSurface
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H16018Asphalt
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg HARTransit: 1, 8
History
Opened1885
Links
Website www.danburyhospital.org
Lists Hospitals in Connecticut

Danbury Hospital is a 456-bed [1] hospital in Danbury, Connecticut serving patients in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and New Haven County, Connecticut as well as Westchester County, New York, Putnam County, New York, and Dutchess County, New York.

Contents

The hospital is part of the Nuvance Health system.

Notable departments and offerings

Awards

Satellite locations

Affiliations

Danbury Hospital is affiliated with University of Vermont School of Medicine, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ross University School of Medicine, New York Medical College. The hospital also affiliated with New York Medical College in 1974 to support pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery, the University of Connecticut's School of Medicine to support nuclear medicine. [11]

Danbury Hospital is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospital and Health Systems (COTH) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Of the 1,100 hospitals involved in graduate medical education in this country, the 400 COTH member institutions train about three-quarters of the residents in the United States. [11]

History

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Danbury Hospital, circa 1930

Founded in 1885, Danbury Hospital was a small community hospital for its first 50 years. Its School of Nursing was established in 1893, and the first graduate medical education (GME) program was a one-year general internship approved in 1926. [11]

In 1970 the hospital developed a long-range strategic plan which included a proposal to make the hospital a regional teaching hospital. A full-time faculty was formed and eventually evolved into the multi-specialty, not-for-profit practice called Danbury Office of Physician Services, PC. [11]

A three-story addition (Stroock Tower) and a two level parking garage opened in January 1985. [12]

On June 20, 2014, a new 11 story, 316,000 sf addition to the hospital (The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Pavilion) was opened. [13]

Other area hospitals

References

  1. "Danbury Hospital | Nuvance Health". Nuvance Health. October 21, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  2. "Danbury Hospital - Praxair Regional heart and Vascular Center: Specialized Care: Heart Disease". Connecticut Network of Care. April 20, 2023. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  3. "Danbury Hospital dedicates Praxair Regional Heart and Vascular Center" (Press release). Danbury Hospital. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2006.
  4. "Internal Medicine Residency Program at Danbury Hospital". Nuvance Health. August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. Finch, Bennie (July 24, 2023). "Member Spotlight: Horblit Health Sciences Library: Danbury Hospital". Network of the National Library of Medicine. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  6. "Maternity Care at Danbury Hospital". Nuvance Health. August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  7. Chuvala, Bob. "Threepeat for Danbury Hospital / Again named one of top 100 in nation". Fairfield County Business Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
  8. "Solucient Names Danbury Hospital Among Nation's in 100 Top Hospitals for Second Consecutive Year - Regional Medical Center and University Teaching Hospital is Only Connecticut Honoree" (Press release). Danbury Hospital. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2006.
  9. "Danbury Hospital Raises Quality Standards for Weight Loss Surgery in Connecticut American College of Surgeons Grants Level 1A Bariatric Accreditation to Danbury Hospital" (Press release). Danbury Hospital. July 7, 2006. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2006.
  10. "Danbury Hospital To Open Outpatient Radiology and Surgery Centers In Ridgefield This Summer" (Press release). Danbury Hospital. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2006.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Education and Residencies: History of Graduate Medical Education at Danbury Hospital". Danbury Hospital. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2006.
  12. "Do You Remember? Danbury Hospital opens Stroock Tower addition". ctpost. Connecticut Post. January 29, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  13. Miller, Robert (June 21, 2014). "Danbury Hospital opens new $150M addition". newstimes. The News-Times. Retrieved November 20, 2016.