St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and St. Lukes Medical Center
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, 2351 E. 22nd St., Cleveland, Ohio
The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine founded Cleveland's oldest private hospital at its present location at East 22nd Street and Central Avenue in 1865. St. Vincent Charity was the site of many of Greater Cleveland's healthcare "firsts," including the first free outpatient clinic, the first School of Nursing and the first hospital-based treatment program for alcoholics, Rosary Hall.
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center may be best known for its Heart Center that has been recognized for excellence for 50 years. The roots of the current open-heart surgery program began in the 1950s when surgeons from St. Vincent Charity and Saint Luke's Hospitals collaborated to develop a heart-lung machine to artificially oxygenate and circulate blood. In 1956, the first successful open heart surgery in the Midwest was performed at St. Vincent Charity Hospital using the pioneering technology. St. Vincent Charity's Heart Center has sustained and expanded its reputation for quality care over the years.
Today, St. Vincent Charity is a 480-bed acute care facility offering a broad range of services for inpatients and outpatients.
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center also sponsors the Solon Medical Campus - SVCH, a 24-hour a day, seven day a week, Emergency Department featuring 23-hour observation beds, lab and x-ray, mammography and a full complement of primary care and specialty care physicians.
History Of Saint Luke's Medical Center.
Saint Luke's Medical Center was founded in 1894 as Cleveland General Hospital in a converted mansion on Woodland Avenue where the city's public health nurses were trained for service. Upon affiliation with the United Methodist Church in 1906, its name was changed to Saint Luke's Hospital and it moved to its present location on Shaker Boulevard in 1927.
For more than 100 years, Saint Luke's maintained a proud legacy of quality care with a full menu of healthcare services to its community. In 1998, Saint Luke's staff, doctors and Board members joined their counterparts at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in a year-long project to study how the community uses the two East Side hospitals. In June, 1999, Saint Luke's Medical Center and St. Vincent Charity Hospital launched a broad realignment of clinical services at the two facilities.
Unfortunately in 2001, due to changes in economics and healthcare delivery, it became necessary to close the Saint Luke's Medical Center. The outpatient medical office building has been maintained on the Saint Luke's Campus and the clinical dental facility is located at this Shaker Road location in the offices of Saint Luke's Dental Associates. Inpatient services and rotations for the dental residency continue to be provided on the main East 22nd street campus of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center.
Today, Saint Luke's Medical Center continues to provide vital health services to the community it serves with 24-hour Emergency Services and outpatient clinics for primary care/internal medicine, specialty care, ear/nose/throat and pediatrics.
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