SSM St. Clare Health Center, formerly St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood, opened in 2009. We are just a mile south of I-44, at Hwy 141 and Bowles in Fenton.
SSM St. Clare Health Center opened in 2009 as the first full-service hospital built in St. Louis County in 35 years. The 180-bed facility is a member of SSM Health Care-St. Louis.
SSM St. Clare is a replacement hospital for SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood, which served the community for 54 years. Our hospital is just a mile south of I-44, at the intersection of Hwy. 141 and Bowles Avenue in Fenton, Mo.
SSM St. Clare campus - complete with the SSM Heart Institute, SSM Neurosciences Institute, SSM Cancer Care, Ambulatory Surgery Center, Outpatient Procedure Center, Outpatient Diagnostic Center and Medical Office Building – is serving the needs of a rapidly expanding population in southwest St. Louis County.