St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside

St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside
St. Vincent's HealthCare
Geography
Location 2 Miles south of Downtown Jacksonville, on the west bank of the St. John's River, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Community
Affiliated university Catholic
Services
Beds 528
History
Founded 1916
Links
Website www.jaxhealth.com
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St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside is a 528-bed full service tertiary care Catholic hospital located in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned by St. Vincent's HealthCare. Located in the Riverside area, it was launched in 1916 by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.

Departments

Cardiology

St. Vincent's HealthCare is home to the largest cardiovascular program between Atlanta and Orlando, and the program continues to grow with the recent opening of the Gary & Nancy Chartrand Heart and Vascular Center on the campus at St. Vincent's Medical Center.

Approximately 20,000 cardiovascular procedures are performed for patients each year -- including diagnostic and non-invasive testing services, outpatient treatments, interventional procedures and surgeries.

St. Vincent's was the first to perform open heart surgery in Jacksonville and now has the largest open-heart program in the region. Of all adult open-heart surgeries performed at Jacksonville hospitals, 30 percent happen at St. Vincent's.

Spine & Brain Institute

St. Vincent's Spine & Brain Institute provides care for patients in Northeast Florida who are afflicted with neurological disorders. Within St. Vincent's Spine and Brain Institute, there are two main parts -- a neurosurgery division and a neurology division.

The neurosurgery division is for patients with neurological disorders that are best treated with surgery. The neurology division is for patients whose disorders can be treated without surgery.

Mary Virginia Terry Cancer Center

The St. Vincent’s Mary Virginia Terry Cancer Center is a $20 million, 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) facility opened in 2006 that combines cancer services into one conveniently located building adjacent to the medical center.The Cancer Center features a new Radiation Oncology Department with wireless technology and expanded space to improve patient care.

The Walk of Hope is a walkway that incorporates unique features into the Cancer Center, including a boutique and a salon with services especially designed for cancer patients and their families.

Cancer treatment equipment and services

Cancer research

St. Vincent's actively participates in a number of ongoing prevention and treatment trials including: the STAR study, the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (a national cooperative study with the University of Kentucky), the Gynecologic Oncology Group and various pharmaceutical sponsored studies.

Other departments

The Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Services offers support to over 2000 outreach physician clients, and the laboratory outreach program, Consolidated Laboratory Services, serves more than just the Greater Jacksonville area. The School of Medical Technology also serves as a fully accredited internship program for Medical Technologists. The Radiology department provides over 245000 exams yearly and includes MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, and Positron Emission Tomography. Seton Center serves as an educational and healthcare resource for new parents and their babies. The Family Medicine Center located across the street from the Medical Center serves 30,000 patients a year and participates in the Vaccine for the Children Program, which is a national program that strives to achieve a 90% child immunization rate by age 2. St. Catherine Laboure' Manor is a long-term care nursing home that also offers short-term rehabilitation services.

The Teenage Auxiliary/Volunteer program

The Teenage Auxiliary/Volunteer Program is the modern-day version of the medical center's Candy Stripers program. Held in the summer, it gives an opportunity for teenagers ages 14-17 to help out in almost every area of the health system; see different aspects of the medical center; gain work experience; and meet others who are also interested in a medical related career. Positions are limited and given out in an Orientation meeting after a mandatory interview at the Human Resources office in the main hospital. Applications are taken January.

Graduate medical education

St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside operates residency training programs for newly graduated physicians, podiatrists, and pharmacists.[1] The medical residency trains physicians specializing in family medicine, and it is dually accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Osteopathic Association, in partnership with Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Residency Programs At St. Vincent's HealthCare". St Vincent's Healthcare.
  2. ↑ "NSUCOM/St Vincents Medical Center - Family Medicine Residency". American Osteopathic Association.

Coordinates: 30°18′28″N 81°41′26″W / 30.3076759°N 81.6904716°W / 30.3076759; -81.6904716

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