West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Name :

West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Address  :

9555 SW 162 Avenue

Town  :

Miami

State  :

Florida

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

33196

Phone  :

7864672000

Web URL  :

West Kendall Baptist Hospital
Specialization
  • Cardiography
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Colour Doppler
  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • CT Scanning
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematologist
  • Internal Medicine
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • MRI Scanning
  • Nephrology
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neuro Surgery
  • Neurologist
  • Nuclear Scanning
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oral Diagnosis
  • Orthopedics
  • Pain Management
  • Pediatrics
  • Physiology
  • Physiotherapy
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Sonography
  • Specialised Surgery & Obst. & Gynae Treatment.
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
  • X-Ray
Facilities

Speciality Type :

Super Speciality :

  • Neuro Surgical
  • Cancer
  • Neprology
  • Eye-Retinal Surgery
  • Neurology
  • Urology
  • Infertility

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • X-Ray
  • Ultrasonography
  • CT/MRI
  • Cardiology

Advance Facility

  • Medicine Facility

Description

West Kendall Baptist Hospital features 203 private rooms and provides care for adult medical and surgical services including a separate critical care unit and an Emergency Department with 69 private treatment rooms Surgical services are provided in six operating rooms with room for future expansion Endoscopy suites and diagnostic and imaging facilities are also available

The ldquoBeautiful Beginningsrdquo program for expectant mothers includes allprivate labor and delivery suites dedicated Csection operating rooms and a level 1 NICUspecial care nursery within the labor and delivery unit

The Family Medicine Center located in the Medical Arts Building adjacent to the hospital serves as the primary training ground for an accredited Family Medicine residency program developed in partnership with Florida International Universitys Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine


History

West Kendall Baptist Hospital opened to the public in April 2011 as MiamiDade Countys first brandnew hospital in more than 35 years It is part of Baptist Health South Florida the largest faithbased notforprofit healthcare organization in the region

Situated on a 455acre property the hospital is LEED Gold Certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and features energyefficient initiatives and recycled materials throughout It supports a vision of West Kendall as a convenient central hub where area residents can live work and play Through its ldquoHealthy West Kendallrdquo initiative the hospital encourages residents to achieve the goal of becoming the ldquoHealthiest Community in Floridardquo
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