St. Francis Hospital (Flower Hill, New York)

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St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
Catholic Health
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St. Francis Hospital (Flower Hill, New York)
Geography
Location100 Port Washington Boulevard
Roslyn, New York 11576
Flower Hill, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°48′15″N73°40′12″W / 40.8042°N 73.6700°W / 40.8042; -73.6700
Organization
Type non academic
Affiliated university New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds449
History
Former name(s)St. Francis Home; St. Francis Sanatorium
Opened1922
Links
Website chsli.org/st-francis-hospital
Lists Hospitals in New York

St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center is a 449-bed non-profit [1] teaching hospital located in the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. [2] It is New York State's only specialty-designated cardiac center. [3]

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The hospital is affiliated with the New York Institute of Technology for clerkship education at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. [4]

St. Francis is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report [5] in Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Orthopedics. [5] St. Francis is also ranked #6 in New York State as well as #6 in the New York Metropolitan Area. [6]

History

The origins of St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center can be traced back to 1922, when Carlos W. Munson, a wealthy Flower Hill resident and the heir to the Munson Steamship Company – along with his wife, Mabel, gave a 15-acre parcel of their property to the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. [3] [7] [8] [9] The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary opened a convent on the land and used it as a camp for poor and chronically-ill children from New York City. [7] [8]

On May 8, 1935, Gloria Vanderbilt received her first communion at the convent located at St. Francis. [10]

In 1937, two percent of Brooklyn schoolchildren suffered from rheumatic heart conditions and needed charitable healthcare assistance. [11] As a result, the camp was transformed into a cardiac sanatorium for children. [7] [11] By 1941, St. Francis featured 125 beds, caring for children between 6 and 16 years of age with an average stay of 8 months. [11] The hospital expanded in 1954 to care for adult patients and had grown to house 227 beds and 5 operating rooms by 1973. [8]

In 1953, a new operating facility opened at St. Francis, designed by George Holdeness, of Eggers & Higgins. [12]

Around 1957, Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates designed a reconstructed dormitory after it had been damaged in a fire; the firm also designed buildings at the hospital in the 1970s. [13]

In December 1983, First Lady Nancy Reagan visited St. Francis Hospital after she and President Ronald Reagan brought two children, Ah Ji Sook (7) and Lee Kil Woo (4), from South Korea to the United States in November 1983 for open-heart surgery at St. Francis Hospital. [14] [15] [16] Mrs. Reagan held a press conference at St. Francis Hospital that December 15th; the surgery saved the lives of both children. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

In 1988, an acute care wing at St. Francis Hospital was dedicated to Nancy Reagan for saving the lives of the two children in 1983. [17] [22] [23] Reagan attended the Nancy Reagan Hall's dedication ceremony and opening in October 4, 1988. [17] [22] [24] [25] [26]

After Avianca Flight 52 crashed on January 25, 1990 in Cove Neck, St. Francis Hospital was one of several area hospitals that took in and provided care to passengers injured in the crash. [27] The crash victims taken in by St. Francis Hospital included both adults and children. [27]

In 2012, St. Francis Hospital renovated their emergency room, expanding it and making it more energy-efficient. [28]

Notable staff

Notable patients

Transportation

St. Francis Hospital is served by the n23 bus route, which is operated by Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE). [37] The n23 stops directly in front of the hospital's main entrance, on Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101). [37]

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