Saint Louis University Hospital | |
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SSM Health Care | |
Geography | |
Location | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Saint Louis University School of Medicine |
Network | SSM Health Care |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
Beds | 356 |
Helipad | FAA LID: MO55 |
Public transit access | MetroBus |
History | |
Opened | 1933 (as Firmin Desloge Hospital) |
Links | |
Website | http://www.sluhospital.com/en-US/Pages/default.aspx |
Lists | Hospitals in Missouri |
Saint Louis University Hospital (SLU Hospital) is a 356-bed[1] non-profit, research and academic medical center located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, providing tertiary care for the east Missouri region. The medical center is a part of the SSM Health System and is affiliated with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.[2] SLUH features an ACS designated adult Level 1 Trauma Center[3] and has a helipad to handle medevac patients.
From 1998 to 2015, this hospital was owned by the for-profit Tenet Healthcare Corporation.[4] In June, 2015, the university announced that it would reacquire the hospital and transfer it to the non-profit Catholic hospital system SSM Health Care in the third quarter of 2015. It serves as the main teaching hospital for the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.[5]