St. Vincent Charity Hospital 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 Hospital 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.

Saint Luke's Medical Center, 11311 Shaker Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio:
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.

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.

St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Saint Luke's Medical Center and St. John West Shore Hospital in Westlake are part of a 50/50 tax-exempt corporation formed between the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Health System (CSA Health System) and University Hospitals Health System (UHHS) in June, 1999. Each hospital remains a provider of quality Catholic healthcare. Ohio Health Choice, the State's oldest and largest Preferred Provider Organization, and Professional Medical Equipment are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Cleveland joint venture, which is called UHHS/CSAHS-Cuyahoga, Inc.

Click HERE for a Map and Directions to St. Vincent Charity Hospital.

Click HERE for a Map and Directions to Solon Medical Campus - SVCH.

Click HERE for a Map and Directions to Saint Luke's Medical Center.

Click HERE to view St. Vincent Charity Hospital's active Managed Care Plans.