Stamford Hospital

Stamford Hospital
Stamford Hospital
Geography
Location	1 Hospital Plaza, Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates	41°03′18″N 73°33′09″W / 41.05500°N 73.55250°W / 41.05500; -73.55250
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Community & Teaching
Affiliated university	Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Services
Emergency department	Level II Trauma Center[2]
Beds	305
Helipad	ICAO: US-5197[1]
History
Opened	1896
Links
Website	www.stamfordhealth.org
Lists	Hospitals in Connecticut

Stamford Hospital, residing on the Bennett Medical Center campus, is a 305-bed, not-for-profit hospital and the central facility for Stamford Health. The hospital is regional healthcare facility for Fairfield and Westchester counties, and is the only hospital in the city of Stamford, Connecticut.

Stamford Hospital is the largest teaching affiliate of the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons outside of NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP/CUIMC). The faculty at Stamford hospital have academic appointments from the university, as well as Columbia-affiliated physician residency training programs. Columbia medical students rotate through several departments at Stamford Hospital, including Primary Care, Family Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics & Gynecology.^[3]

As of 2005, Stamford Hospital had a total of 2,254 employees, making it one of the city's largest employers.^[4] A large segment are represented by the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union.