St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals share a rich history with respect to surgical and anesthetic innovations. It is fitting that St. Luke’s-Roosevelt is a world leader in regional anesthesia, as it was at The Roosevelt Hospital in 1884 that the world’s first nerve block was performed by Richard John Hall and William Stewart Halsted. Members of the faculty have documented expertise in the performance of clinical pharmacologic studies in the areas of ambulatory, obstetric, and cardiac anesthesia. Drugs that have been studied include new anesthetic agents, muscle relaxants, inotropes, and anti

The New York Obesity Research consists of the Weight Control Unit and provides therapy for about 150 obese outpatients per week. Since its inception in 1977, more than 4000 obese patients, representing a broad cross-section of ethnic groups and socio-economic classes, have been treated at the Core's Weight Control Unit and more recently at the Vanltallie Center for Nutrition and Weight Management. The mission of the New York Obesity Research Center is to help reduce the incidence of obesity and related diseases through leadership in basic research, clinical research, epidemiology and public

VascularDoc.net is presented to help patients and their families make informed decisions about vascular surgery. The site is a symposium of George J. Todd, MD's twenty-five year experience in vascular surgery and intended to provide patients and their families with background information that can be used in cooperation with their treating physicians and surgeons.

The Division of Thoracic Surgery at Mt. Sinai Roosevelt Hospital offers patients a full range of cardiothoracic services including minimally invasive and robotic surgery involving the heart, lungs, esophagus and the mediastinum. In particular, they specialize in CT- guided biopsy of thoracic nodules and masses; perform bronchoscopy and endobronchial tumor resection and stenting, esophageal stenting, and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) of the lung, esophagus, and other mediastinal tumors. We also perform chest wall reconstruction for pectus deformity and minimally invasive

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center is dedicated to the finest and most comprehensive women's reproductive health care and perinatal care. The program is committed to the teaching and training of fully-qualified, well-rounded obstetricians and gynecologists and furthering research into the most promising therapies in the field. This website is designed to provide information about clinical, residency and research programs, and directed towards patients, physicians and other clinical staff, whether seeking medical care, considering a residency

The Roosevelt Division Emergency Department treats more than 56,000 patients yearly, including 5,500 in its Fast Track and 2,000 in the psychiatric emergency department. Located in Clinton on the West Side, Roosevelt serves the active business, commuter and tourist population of midtown Manhattan, residents of the West Side, the local theater community and the area's homeless and indigent patients. By virtue of its location, the Emergency Department staff cares for patients from four national television networks, Lincoln Center and many Broadway theaters. 

Throughout its history St. Luke's-Roosevelt also has placed strong emphasis on responding with compassion and sensitivity to the unique needs of the communities it serves, including areas whose residents have multiple social and economic challenges. It provides much of the inpatient, outpatient and emergency medical care for more than half a million residents of the West Side of Manhattan, as well as for patients throughout the New York metropolitan region and beyond - admitting approximately 44,000 patients, serving more than 300,000 outpatients, and providing emergency care for over 100,000

The SLRHC Surgical Research Laboratory serves as a core facility to centralize research projects and facilitate collaboration between surgeons representing their respective divisions. Our group consists of members specializing in Aneurysm Biology, Bariatric Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery, and Vascular and Endograft Surgery. We also collaborate with many other SLRHC hospital departments including the Departments of Pathology, Pulmonology, and Cardiology. Projects also include alliances with researchers at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The Department of Medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center is affiliated with Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. The Medical Service conducts an impressive research program in its various divisions at the Hospital Center; over $26 million in extramural funding comes to SLRHC, more than half from federal sources, including NIH- funded projects and clinical trials. Many residents choose to fulfill their American Board of Internal Medicine mandated participation in scholarly activity by becoming research partners with our faculty researchers.