Strong Memorial Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Organisation | |
Care system | Medicare |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University of Rochester Medical Center |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
Beds | 886 |
Speciality | Cancer, Cardiology, Neuromedicine, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics |
History | |
Opened | 1926 |
Links | |
Website | strong.urmc.edu |
Strong Memorial Hospital (SMH) is an 886-bed medical facility,[1] part of the University of Rochester Medical Center complex, in Rochester, New York, United States. Opened in 1926, it is a major provider of both in-patient and out-patient medical services. Attached to Strong is the 190-bed Golisano Children's Hospital, which serves infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21.
SMH is owned and operated by the University of Rochester and serves as its primary teaching hospital. It offers programs toward medical, dental, or graduate degrees through the School of Medicine and Dentistry. The hospital anchors the University's health care delivery network in the Rochester area and serves as a primary community hospital and a regional trauma center for the Rochester area.