Maimonides Medical Center

Details
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Name :

Maimonides Medical Center

Address  :

4802 Tenth Avenue

Town  :

Brooklyn

State  :

New York

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

11219

Phone  :

718 283 6000

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

info@maimonidesmed.org
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematologist
  • Immunology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Paediatrics
  • Pain Management
  • Pathology Lab
  • Podiatry
  • Pulmonology
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
Description
At almost 100 years old Maimonides Medical Center remains a vital and thriving nonprofit nonsectarian hospital It is the preeminent treatment facility and academic medical center in the Borough of Brooklyn and among the best in the country

Maimonides provides high quality compassionate patient care and community services to people of all faiths and backgrounds from the incredibly diverse population of Brooklyn

Mission Statement
Maimonides Medical Center is dedicated to fostering healthy communities We provide high quality compassionate patient care and comprehensive community services As a premier academic medical center we are devoted to educating health care professionals patients families employees and the communities we serve We conduct research that improves the lives of our patients We welcome patients of all faiths and at the same time remain uniquely committed to serving the special healthcare needs of the Orthodox Jewish community whose religious and cultural traditions help guide the provision of Maimonides services

History
Our History
Maimonides Medical Center was officially named in 1966 after Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon a brilliant 12thcentury philosopher who laid the foundation for the modern medical training of physicians Rabbi Maimon better known as Maimonides was deeply committed to cultural tolerance and humane care in addition to high medical standards It was he who said The physician should not treat the disease but rather the patient who is suffering from it At Maimonides Medical Center we have practiced our namesakes philosophy with an unmatched passion for close to 100 years

Maimonides was founded as the New Utrecht Dispensary in 1911 In 1919 it absorbed several smaller dispensaries and became Israel Hospital of Brooklyn In 1920 it merged with Zion hospital and became United Israel Zion Hospital New facilities were built to accommodate the growing patient needs the building that is now our Administration building on Tenth Avenue In 1947 Maimonides Hospital was formed by the merger of United Israel Zion and Beth Moses hospitals
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