St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center is a 1,076-bed, full-service community and tertiary care hospital serving New York City’s Midtown West, Upper West Side and parts of Harlem.

It is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System through the hospital's affiliation with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and is an academic center with a wide range of residencies and fellowships.

The hospital center is the result of a 1979 merger of three hospitals: St. Luke's Hospital, founded in 1846, Woman's Hospital, established in 1855 for the "treatment of diseases peculiar to women" and Roosevelt Hospital, founded in 1871. Currently the Center has two separate facilities, each located at opposite ends of the Upper West Side.

St Luke’s Hospital and the adjacent Woman's Hospital are located on Amsterdam Avenue and 114th Street. Originally built in 1846, it has subsequently undergone multiple renovations and additions, now covering nearly two city blocks. It is across the street, to the east, from Columbia University’s campus and to the South it is flanked by the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.

Roosevelt Hospital is located on 10th Avenue and 59th Street, two blocks west of Columbus Circle. The current facility is a relatively new building, erected in 1993. It was built adjacent to the old hospital site, which has since been replaced with condominium towers. The Emergency Departments at both sites, staffed by 34 physicians board certified in emergency medicine, offer 24-hr specialized services for victims of sexual assaults. Both New York City Emergency Rooms have a 24-hour stroke team and Heart Attack (MI) Team. The St. Luke's Emergency Room has a 24-hour on-call cardiac catheterization lab for patients having heart attacks to immediately open up the clogged artery. The Emergency Department hosts a residency in Emergency Medicine with 42 physicians; a fellowship in international health lead by Drs John Cahill and Ramona Sunderwirth and affiliated with the Columbia School of Public Health; and a fellowship in emergency ultrasound. The Department is one of the few in the world to have three board certified Clinical Toxicologists available for consultation 24 hours.

Roosevelt Emergency Room is notable for being the site of John Lennon's death.

Richard F. Daines, M.D., the former President and CEO of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center has recently been appointed New York State Commmissioner of Health by Governor Eliot Spitzer.