Hospital for Special Surgery

Hospital Contact

Hospital for Special Surgery
535 E 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212-606-1000
Web: www.hss.edu

NYSDOH PFI: 1447
NYSDOH Operating certificate #7002012H
NYSDOH regional office: NY Metro - New York City

This facility must offer services and discounts to financially eligible residents of Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond counties; it also voluntarily extends discounts to all residents of New York State. Please be sure to call the hospital to confirm availability of services.

To learn more about financial aid policies, please read Understanding Your Financial Aid Rights

This hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with: Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

This hospital is a member of the following hospital system(s): New York Presbyterian Healthcare System.

Quality Measures [see all performance data]

A hospital's overall quality cannot be expressed by its scores on these measures alone. Indicators do not currently exist to measure how well hospitals treat every type of illness or patient that they care for, although additional measures are under development. To learn more read About Hospital Quality.

Measure Name	Performance
Appropriate surgical care improvement April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009	99.4%

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Procedures

Procedure	In¹
Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures	7,168
Obstetrical procedures	0
Operations on the cardiovascular system	413
Operations on the digestive system	27
Operations on the ear	0

¹In-patient procedures

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Available Care

Ambulatory Surgery - Multi Speciality, Audiology O/P, Clinical Laboratory Service, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical Social Services...

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Beds

Number of beds: 188

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