St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington)

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St. Mary's Medical Center
Marshall Health Network
St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington)
Geography
Location Huntington, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates 38°25′54″N82°24′02″W / 38.43165°N 82.40067°W / 38.43165; -82.40067
Organization
Care system Private
Type Teaching
Affiliated university Marshall University
Services
Emergency department Level II trauma center
Beds393
History
Opened1924
Links
Website http://www.st-marys.org/
Lists Hospitals in West Virginia

St. Mary's Medical Center (SMMC) is a hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. With 393 beds, it is the second largest medical facility in the tri-state region wherein West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky meet following King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky which has 465 beds. The medical center is the largest private employer in Cabell County with over 2600 employees. [1]

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Academics

As a teaching facility associated with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, St. Mary's trains medical residents in several specialties. The hospital campus is home to the St. Mary's School of Nursing, the St. Mary's School of Radiologic Technology, and the St. Mary's School of Respiratory Care. All three programs are associated with Marshall University. It is also the home to the Marshall University Physical Therapy program, which began in 2013.

In 2015, the hospital further affiliated with UK HealthCare's (University of Kentucky) Markey Cancer Center.

Centers

St. Mary's Medical Center's new regional heart institute and emergency department opened in May 2006. Smmc-heart-er.jpg
St. Mary's Medical Center's new regional heart institute and emergency department opened in May 2006.

SMMC has centers in cardiac care, cancer treatment, an emergency department with a Level II Trauma Center and neuroscience.

History

On November 6, 1924, the Sisters of the Pallottine Missionary Society opened St. Mary's Hospital. [2] In August 2002, the hospital was renamed St. Mary's Medical Center. On July 9, 2012, St. Mary's opened a 24-hour-a-day, 7 day a week 12-bed Emergency Room in Ironton, Ohio. It contains acute and trauma rooms, imaging and lab services, and specialty doctors will rotate between the Ironton Campus and Huntington Campus. [3] [4]

In 2014, St. Mary's signed a definitive merger agreement with Cabell Huntington Hospital, forming Mountain Health Network (now known as Marshall Health Network).

Mission

The mission statement of the hospital is:

"We are inspired by the love of Christ to provide quality health care in ways which respect the
God-given dignity of each person and the sacredness of human life."

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References

  1. "About St. Mary's". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  2. St. Mary's Medical Center | Huntington, WV | History
  3. St. Mary's Medical Campus in Ironton scheduled to open in July
  4. St. Mary's ER in Ironton Scheduled to Open July 9.