Peconic Bay Medical Center

Description

About Peconic Bay Medical Center
Peconic Bay Medical Center a 182bed notforprofit medical center includes a 60bed Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Peconic Bay Physical Therapy amp Rehabilitation Center and Peconic Bay HomeHealth Services a certified home health agency

Located in Riverhead NY the hospital serves nearly 120000 residents of the East End of Long Island from Wading River to Mattituck on the North Fork and from Moriches to Hampton Bays on the South Fork since 1951 With 900 employees and a 200member medical staff PBMC provides comprehensive healthcare services on the East End

Each year Peconic Bay Medical Center discharges nearly 6000 adult pediatric and newborn patients and our Emergency Department treats some 26000 patients

Peconic Bay Home Health Services provides nursing assistance with approximately 20000 home visits each year PBMC surgeons keep the operating rooms busy with nearly 3700 surgeries both inpatient and outpatient and 3000 endoscopies The Maternity Unit brings about 450 new babies into the world and the Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center provides care for about 650 people annually

Mission Statement
Peconic Bay Medical Center is committed to improving the health of our communities by providing quality comprehensive and compassionate care

Vision
To be the healthcare provider of choice for our communities

History

First There Was a Dreamquot

First there was a dream In the mid1940s three visionary local residents a lawyer a farmer and a clergyman conceived of building a hospital in Riverhead

They knew good medical care was a basic requirement of a strong community They wanted their families and neighbors to have access to quality doctors and modern medical technology These three men recruited other local leaders and the idea of a hospital grew

The founders encountered many obstacles along the way They fought distant bureaucrats who claimed a hospital was not needed in the area They struggled to raise funds at a time when land and building costs were skyrocketing

But they achieved their dream In 1951 Central Suffolk Hospital opened its doors In its first year of operation the 58bed hospital treated 1890 patients and performed 770 operations Throughout the next five decades the hospital expanded and progressed every step forward accomplished in partnership with a community that remains dedicated and supportive

Now known as Peconic Bay Medical Center the 182bed facility includes a 60bed Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and a certified home care agency The medical center is a regional provider of orthopedics through the Hamptons Orthopedic amp Rehabilitation Institute and home to the Richard Rubenstein MD Center for Bariatric Surgery Through a unique partnership with Stony Brook University Hospital Long Islands only academic medical center PBMC has traumatrained specialists staffing its Emergency Center Stony Brook physicians also staff and manage our Center for Advanced Medical Imaging CAMI

Peconic Bay Medical Center is still about people with dreams the loyal patients who put their trust in us the dedicated doctors nurses and staff who work every day to care for their neighbors and the selfless benefactors and volunteers who give generously so that good healthcare will be available to all