Lenox Hill Hospital

Department of Emergency Medicine                       
Lenox Hill Hospital

Over the course of one year, the Emergency Medicine Department at Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, NY, sees approximately 40,000 patients. An additional 24,000 patients receive treatment through the Lenox Hill Hospital ambulance service. Our facilities are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Multi-million-dollar Expansion and Renovation
In 2003, Lenox Hill Hospital embarked on an ambitious campaign to thoroughly renovate and update the Emergency Department. After a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign, the Anne and Isidore Falk Center for Emergency Care at Lenox Hill Hospital opened its doors in January of 2007. The newly renovated Emergency Department has doubled in size and provides state-of-the-art care.

The new Emergency Department features:

• 100 percent more space for maximum privacy, comfort and efficiency

• 34 monitored beds
• Larger waiting area for families and loved ones
• New specialty treatment rooms for Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
• Two separate entrances, one for walk-in patients and another for those arriving by ambulance with separate triage at each entrance to expedite access to care
• State-of-the-art cardiac monitors
• State-of-the-art HealthMatics ED electronic patient information system
• Bedside laboratory testing
• New digital radiography suite
• Bedside registration, to speed access to care and enhance patient privacy

For more information about the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, NY, contact Chairman of Emergency Medicine Carl RamsayMD, or Nursing Director Carleigh Gustafson, RN, at (212) 434-3357.   

To reach the Emergency Department at Lenox Hill Hospital, call (212) 434-3030.

Our renovated and expanded Emergency Medicine Department provides many advanced programs and resources to ensure that our patients get state-of-the-art care for virtually any illness or injury:

• Board-Certified Emergency Physicians – Patients who come to Lenox Hill Hospital's Emergency Department are diagnosed and treated by board-certified emergency physicians, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

• Stroke Center Certified by New York State – The Emergency Medicine Department at Lenox Hill Hospital has the most advanced training, personnel and equipment to provide state-of-the-art care to patients suffering from ischemic strokes (the most common type) and hemorrhagic strokes. Receiving expert treatment for strokes can mean the difference between life and death.

Lenox Hill Hospital is one of 11 hospitals in North Shore-LIJ Health System to receive the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Awards. The awards recognize the hospitals' commitment and successes in implementing a higher standard of stroke care to ensure that stroke patients receive treatment in accordance with the latest evidence-based guidelines. Lenox Hill is also a recognized STEMI (ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) Center and Post Cardiac Arrest Hypothermia Center. STEMI is more commonly known as a heart attack and is diagnosed by use of an ECG (electrocardiogram) test. Our staff is trained to treat such serious and potentially life threatening conditions.
 

• Level II Trauma Center – This designation means that Lenox Hill Hospital's Emergency Medicine Department has physician specialists, including neurosurgeons, pulmonologists, intensivists, trauma surgeons, anesthesiologists and orthopaedists on call 24/7 to provide immediate state-of-the-art care to all trauma patients, including those involved in serious accidents. Other features of a Level II trauma center are the presence of an in-house lab, as well advanced life support immediately available on air, 911 and long-distance transport.

• 911 Receiving Hospital – Our Emergency Department is a 911 receiving hospital for both police and voluntary ambulance services in Nassau County.

• Academic Tertiary Care Center – This designation means that you can expect the highest quality emergency care available from experts who are renowned in their field. Our senior physicians participate in scholarly research activities, teach at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ  School of Medicine and provide supervision for doctors in training (residents). Learn more about our Emergency Medicine academic programs for residents.

• Carl Vincent Ramsay, MD
• Daniel J Baker, MD
• Trina Barman, MD
• Tara Director, MD
• Frank Javier Garrido, MD
• Robert Glatter, MD
• Christine Haines, MD
• Tamara Raquel Kuittinen, MD
• Richard W. Leno, MD
• Justin David Mazur, MD
• Soma Pathak, MD
• Leonard Victor Penacerrada, MD
• Ann Alexandrovna Prokofieva, MD
• June Hisu Ree, MD
• Leonard Reiffe, DO
• Mark Irl Rogers, MD
• Christopher Paul Xavier, MD
• Brandon Jeremy Godbout, MD
• Maureen K Condon, MD

Our location on Manhattan's Upper East Side makes it easy for area residents to benefit from the highest standards of emergency care. We welcome your inquiries and comments.