Mount Sinai Hospital Of Queens

Description

Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens is a 235bed community hospital located at 2510 30th Avenue in Long Island City in the Borough of Queens New York City offering a full spectrum of sophisticated inpatient and outpatient services with a team of nearly 400 physicians representing 36 medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties

Premiere programs tailored to the specific healthcare needs of our community offer a depth and breadth of excellence and include comprehensive services in cardiology breast health palliative care minimally invasive surgery orthopedic surgery and vascular care including a New York Statedesignated Stroke Center

Between our physicians and staff more than 50 languages are spoken just one of the many important ways that the Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens takes care of our culturally diverse population

When the worldrenowned Mount Sinai Hospital acquired us in June of 1999 Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens proudly took on its new name and sought to build on a 95year tradition of serving the people of western Queens Recent improvements have made our Hospital a strong reliable trusted community resource offering topnotch medical talent firstrate medical technology attractive efficient facilities and easy seamless access to the Manhattan campus of Mount Sinai

Mission
Provide every patient the best possible experience and outcome in a safe supportive environment while serving all with compassion competence and respect

Our Vision
To be a leader in patientcentered care expand our foundation of knowledge strengthen bonds with our health care providers improve the communitys overall health and embrace technology to become the premier community hospital in the region

History

Founded in 1910 as Dalys Astoria Sanatorium Mount Sinai has been serving western Queens for almost 100 years In fact the original hospital still exists today a modest stucco structure now called the Annex behind the main hospital building Today the Annex houses many staff functions like the Departments of Nursing and Medical Records For most of its history the Hospital was owned by a large dedicated group of physicians This group of physicians built the existing inpatient hospital building in two phases first three floors and then an additional three floors In 1972 a group of investors purchased the hospital and remained it owners until 1999 Faced with increasing downward pressure on health and hospital finances and an environment where it is hard to survive as a stand alone hospital it was sold to the prestigious Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan it is the only community hospital to bear the Mount Sinai name In the ensuing years Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens has worked diligently to renovate the facility expand programs and upgrade quality of care

Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens offers the comfort of community and the confidence of Mount Sinai