A voluntary nonprofit New York Medical College affiliated teaching hospital
The 520 bed Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is one of Brooklyn's largest voluntary, nonprofit teaching hospitals. The Radutsky Emergency Care Pavilion is a New York City certified Emergency Trauma Center. Brookdale's outpatient services include more than 40 general and specialty clinics, a community mental health center, and a 16-chair dental suite.
Other services of special interest include: an Ambulatory Surgical Center, Interventional Radiology, an Ambulatory Treatment Suite for chemotherapy patients; a full-service Heart Center; medical surgical, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units; inpatient and outpatient hemodialysis programs; a Women's Health Center for diagnosis and treatment of infertility (including laser surgery) and pre- and postmenopause syndromes, including osteoporosis; a full-service Department of Rehabilitation Medicine for both acute and long-term therapy; a full-service Geriatric Program that includes diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, a Genetics counseling and research unit; a complete Psychiatric Service including both inpatient and outpatient facilities, community education, an HIV outreach program, and home visits for the elderly and a full-service Hyperbaric Oxygen and Wound Healing Center.
The institution offers undergraduate clerkships and elective rotations to third and fourth-year medical students.
Brookdale has integrated programs with SUNY Downstate in Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Cardiovascular diseases, Gastroenterology, and Orthopedic Surgery, other file standing residencies sponsored by Brookdale and fellowships are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.
The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is committed to being the focus of a healthy community, stressing the organization's values of caring and respect for everyone.
