HCA Florida Kendall Hospital explained

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
Org/Group:Hospital Corporation of America
Coordinates:25.7311°N -80.3867°W
Location:Miami
State:Florida
Country:US
Funding:For-profit
Type:Teaching
Emergency:I
Affiliation:Florida International University
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Beds:447[1]
Former-Names:Kendall Regional Medical Center
Opened:1973

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (formerly Kendall Regional Medical Center) is a for-profit, tertiary care, 447-bed teaching hospital located in the Miami neighborhood of Kendall.[1] HCA Healthcare owns and operates the hospital.

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital is a teaching hospital that serves as the primary training location for several residency and fellowship programs. It currently hosts accredited residencies in the fields of anesthesia, emergency medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, and podiatry. It also hosts a fellowship in surgical critical care.[2] [3] HCA Florida Kendall Hospital is also involved in the training of medical students, and students training in other medical professions. It is affiliated with the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine[4] and the University of South Florida College of Medicine,[5] as well as accepting visiting medical students.[2]

History

The hospital was originally founded in 1973. In May 2016, the hospital's trauma center designation was upgraded from a Level II trauma center to a Level I trauma center.[6]

Services

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital is a Level I trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, an accredited chest pain center with PCI, and a regional comprehensive burn center.[7] [8] [9] The hospital also features a labor and delivery unit and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us . HCA Florida Kendall Hospital . 15 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Graduate medical education at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital . HCA Florida . 15 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Kendall Regional’s GME graduates become next generation of doctors . Miami's Community News . 2 July 2019 . 15 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Miami Affiliates . Florida International University . 15 September 2022.
  5. Web site: Internal Medicine Residency Program . HCA Florida . 15 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Kriss . Bill . Kendall Regional’s Level 1 Trauma designation is a ‘game changer’ . Miami's Community News . 16 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220916003054/https://communitynewspapers.com/kendallgazette/kendall-regionals-level-1trauma-designation-game-changer/ . 16 September 2022 . 11 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Awards and Recognition . HCA Florida Kendall Hospital . 15 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Burn Centers . Florida Committee on Trauma . 15 September 2022.
  9. Web site: Trauma System . Florida Department of Health . 15 September 2022.
  10. Web site: Level III NICU in Miami . HCA Florida Kendall Hospital . 17 September 2022.