Northern Westchester Hospital

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Northern Westchester Hospital
Northwell Health
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Northern Westchester Hospital
Geography
Location400 East Main Street, Mount Kisco, New York, United States
Coordinates 41°11′48″N73°43′32″W / 41.196662°N 73.725645°W / 41.196662; -73.725645
Organization
Care system Nonprofit
Type General
Affiliated university Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Services
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Beds245
History
Opened1916
Links
Website www.nwhc.net
Lists Hospitals in New York State
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Northern Westchester Hospital emergency department
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Northern Westchester Hospital at Chappaqua Crossing in Chappaqua, New York

Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) is a not-for-profit, 245-bed, all-private-room facility in Mount Kisco, New York. Founded in 1916, it serves residents of Northern Westchester, Putnam County and southern Dutchess County, as well as parts of Fairfield County, Connecticut. [1] It is owned by Northwell Health.

Contents

With more than 700 physicians, the hospital provides a wide range of patient-centered services through its emergency department, Women's Imaging Center, Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), clinical trials program, and Gamma Knife center. NWH is a designated training and case observation center for the da Vinci Surgical System in colorectal surgery. [2] NWH breast surgeons provide microvascular surgery using the Novadaq SPY Imaging System. A number of bariatric surgical procedures are performed, including a modified bariatric technique known as stomach intestinal pylorus-sparing surgery (SIPS). [3] [4]

History

In the summer of 1781, George Washington summoned from Rhode Island General Rochambeau's 5,000 French troops to join him in a campaign against the British. The French marched across Connecticut to North Castle Corners and encamped on the site of the present Northern Westchester Hospital. On July 5, Washington met and reviewed the troops, who then marched south to a joint encampment near Hartsdale. The British thought an attack on New York City was imminent. But the troops doubled back to Verplanck, crossed the Hudson, and proceeded to Virginia. There they joined Lafayette's forces, and besieged the British at Yorktown, forcing the surrender of General Cornwallis and effectively ending the war.

In the early 20th century, a committee composed of William Sloane, Moses Taylor, Joseph C. Baldwin, Jr., Edwin G. Merrill, John Henry Towne, Winthrop Cowdin, Cornelius R. Agnew and Hiram E. Manville was set up to organize the creation of a new hospital to serve northern Westchester County. On May 8, 1916, the first Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) meeting was held, at which the hospital's first president, William Sloane, and first board of directors, were elected. The facility opened its doors in 1916, with six primary physicians and 15 beds [5] - filling 12 of them its first day. Erected on a 2.5-acre parcel of land, NWH immediately proved a vital part of the community. [6]

In the early 1920s the population of Westchester County and adjacent upstate New York swelled. [7] In response, the hospital expanded to 50-rooms in April 1925, and, demonstrating its continual evolution to meet the needs of an ever more sophisticated healthcare system, added a state-of-the-art radiology facility. As the community continued to grow, a new construction initiative commenced in 1958, adding 89 new beds in a three-story wing by 1961. [8] Two decades later the hospital opened the DeWitt Wallace Pavilion, bringing it to a total of 259 beds in 1973 and allowing NWH to enter a new age of patient-centered care. [9] Following the expansion, the hospital would narrow its focus to acquiring the latest technology to better serve the community and region. In 1989 capability for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was introduced. [10]

Northern Westchester Hospital joined the North Shore-LIJ Health System in January 2015. [11] The health system is now known as Northwell Health. NWH modernized its surgical services facility in April 2016 to include six new operating rooms and 13 private pre- and post-anesthesia care beds. [12]

The hospital celebrated its centennial year in 2016 with various community and staff events, such as partnerships with area historical societies, community walks, Board of Trustees and neo-natal intensive care unit reunions and employee and community galas.

On September 2, 2020, Northern Westchester Hospital opened its cardiac catheterization lab, part of the Seema Boesky Heart Center. [13] Actor Christopher Reeve passed away in 2004 at the age of 52. [14]

Medical specialties

As a comprehensive acute-care hospital, NWH provides patient-center care in the following services: [15]

Awards and accreditation

Northern Westchester Hospital has received the following awards and recognition:

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