Around the campus

Read on to learn about just a few of the things happening around our campus thanks to the support of our community.

Outstanding cardiac care.

Located directly above our Nan and Howard Schow Emergency & Trauma Center, our new Helen and Will Webster Heart & Vascular Center will meet increasing regional need, while further speeding time to treatment. The center’s comprehensive range of cardiovascular services — all brought together under one roof — will also make it easier than ever to heal hearts. Within the new center will be two specialized suites equipped with the very latest medical technologies to provide a full range of cardiac catheterization procedures. In addition, our Heart & Vascular Center will include a high-tech hybrid suite (the first of its kind in our service region) that offers both catheterization and surgical capabilities. We anticipate that our new Heart & Vascular Center will open in late summer 2021. We are extremely grateful to the thoughtful donors who have partnered with us in creating the new facility.

Operating better.

Community philanthropy is also helping make our new surgery center a reality. When construction is complete, the center will encompass seven new surgical suites. Eight existing surgical suites will also be upgraded as part of the project, ensuring all 15 suites are future-ready. Once complete, the center will allow us to perform additional surgeries per year, in order to meet community need into the future. We anticipate that new surgical suites will open in early fall 2021. Upgrades to existing spaces are scheduled for completion by September 2022.

Excellence in nursing.

Huntington Hospital recently achieved redesignation as a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for the third time. This honor places us among very elite company: We are one of just 9% of hospitals nationwide to hold this prestigious designation, which demonstrates our commitment to exemplary nursing practice. Support from our community helped us achieve and maintain this gold standard in nursing care.

Putting safety first.

We recently welcomed the newest member of our security team — a German Shepherd named Lew. Lew is now on patrol on our hospital’s campus, led by his handler, K-9 security officer William Martinez. Special thanks to the AS&F Foundation — and longtime foundation trustees John and Carol Llewellyn — for their support, which is helping to ensure we can keep our employees, volunteers, patients and visitors safe.

Preparing first-class physicians.

Through our Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, we offer top-notch residency training and hands-on experience in both internal medicine and general surgery. National research confirms that teaching hospitals such as ours provide a higher level of care to all patients.

Residents in our GME program are drawn from some of the nation’s finest medical schools, and are among the best and brightest of their respective classes. This year, we welcomed 13 new internal medicine residents and five new general surgery residents. We rely on philanthropic support to sustain our GME program.