| St. Luke's University Health Network/Temple University School of Medicine | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S., Lehigh Valley |
| Coordinates | 40°36′35″N 75°23′33″W / 40.60965°N 75.39251°W |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Adult Level I |
| Beds | 800+ |
| History | |
| Opened | 1872 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.sluhn.org |
St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a non-profit network of 12 hospitals and over 300 outpatient sites. The health network is headquartered in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, although it is often erroneously listed as being headquartered in neighboring Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Both municipalities are in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania and the Network has over 16,000 employees.
History
The network started in 1872 [1] with St. Luke's Hospital, now known as St. Luke's University Hospital, which became a primary teaching hospital for Temple University School of Medicine in 1901. St. Luke's University Hospital is a non-profit, tertiary-care, teaching hospital with campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Specialties
St. Luke's University Health Network is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems and offers 90 medical specialties, including:
- Level I Trauma (Fountain Hill), Level II Trauma (Easton), and Level IV (Quakertown) Adult Trauma Center
- Bariatric surgery
- Cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.
- Gastroenterology: Colonoscopy, upper and lower endoscopic surgery, hernia repairs, ERCP, Endoscopic ultrasound.
- Neuroscience
- Oncology: Radiation oncology, chemotherapy, laser therapy
- Orthopaedics
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Perinatal
- Robotic and Minimally-invasive surgery
- Radiology
- Podiatry
- Women's Health: breast cancer surgery
Locations
St. Luke's University Health Network comprises twelve hospitals:
- St. Luke's University Hospital and Temple University School of Medicine–Bethlehem (Fountain Hill)
- St. Luke's Allentown Campus (Allentown)
- St. Luke's Anderson Campus (Bethlehem Township)
- St Luke's Easton (Easton) starting July 1, 2020, formerly Easton Hospital[2]
- St. Luke's Miners Campus (Coaldale)
- St. Luke's Monroe Campus (Stroudsburg)
- St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus (Quakertown)
- St. Luke's Warren Campus (Phillipsburg, NJ)
- St. Luke's Lehighton Campus (Lehighton)
- St. Luke's Sacred Heart Campus (Allentown)
- St. Luke's Quakertown Campus (Quakertown)
- Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital (Orwigsburg)
In addition, the network's 300 outpatient sites provide various healthcare services, including:
- Outpatient testing and service facilities
- A regional medical school campus
- Home health
- Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology
- Hospice services (inpatient and outpatient)
- Level III NICU
References
- ↑ Network, St Luke's University Health. "St. Luke's University Health Network's 150th Anniversary". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ↑ "Home". Easton Hospital | A Steward Family Hospital | Easton PA. Retrieved 2023-06-30.