St. Luke's University Health Network
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| St. Luke's University Health Network/Temple University School of Medicine | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S., Lehigh Valley |
| Coordinates | 40°36′35″N 75°23′33″W / 40.60965°N 75.39251°W |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Adult Level I |
| Beds | 800+ |
| History | |
| Opened | 1872 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.sluhn.org |
St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a non-profit network of 12 hospitals and over 300 outpatient sites. The health network is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
As of 2024, the network has over 16,000 employees and is the second-largest private sector employer in the Lehigh Valley after Lehigh Valley Health Network, headquartered in Allentown.[1]
History[edit]
The network started in 1872 [2] with St. Luke's Hospital, now known as St. Luke's University Hospital, which became a primary teaching hospital for Temple University School of Medicine in 1901. St. Luke's University Hospital is a non-profit, tertiary-care, teaching hospital with campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Specialties[edit]
St. Luke's University Health Network is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems and offers 90 medical specialties, including:
- Level I Trauma (Fountain Hill), Level II Trauma (Easton), and Level IV (Quakertown) Adult Trauma Center
- Bariatric surgery
- Cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.
- Gastroenterology: Colonoscopy, upper and lower endoscopic surgery, hernia repairs, ERCP, Endoscopic ultrasound.
- Neuroscience
- Oncology: Radiation oncology, chemotherapy, laser therapy
- Orthopaedics
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Perinatal
- Robotic and Minimally-invasive surgery
- Radiology
- Podiatry
- Women's Health: breast cancer surgery
Locations[edit]
St. Luke's University Health Network comprises twelve hospitals:
- St. Luke's University Hospital and Temple University School of Medicine–Bethlehem in Fountain Hill
- St. Luke's Allentown Campus in Allentown
- St. Luke's Anderson Campus in Bethlehem Township
- St Luke's Easton in Easton[3]
- St. Luke's Miners Campus in Coaldale
- St. Luke's Monroe Campus in Stroudsburg
- St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus in Quakertown
- St. Luke's Warren Campus in Phillipsburg, NJ
- St. Luke's Lehighton Campus in Lehighton
- St. Luke's Sacred Heart Campus in Allentown
- St. Luke's Quakertown Campus in Quakertown
- Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital in Orwigsburg
The network's 300 outpatient sites provide various healthcare services, including:
- Outpatient testing and service facilities
- A regional medical school campus
- Home care
- Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology
- Hospice services (inpatient and outpatient)
- Level III NICU
References[edit]
- ^ "Lehigh Valley's Largest Private-Sector Employers", Lehigh Valley Economic Development
- ^ Network, St Luke's University Health. "St. Luke's University Health Network's 150th Anniversary". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ^ "Home". Easton Hospital | A Steward Family Hospital | Easton PA. Retrieved 2023-06-30.