Five Star Rated
Heart Failure
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Five Star Rated
Community Acquired Pneumonia
2010
Five Star Rated
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
2007
Five Star Rated
Respiratory Failure
2007, 2008
Hospital Profile on Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis University Hospital is a community for healing where knowledge, compassion and excellence come together. We’re a regional leader in providing tertiary and quaternary level care to patients with severe illness and injury throughout eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. We serve as the academic teaching hospital for Saint Louis University’s health sciences professional programs including the University’s School of Medicine. Our hospital has been ranked by U.S. News &World Report as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” in several medical specialties, including digestive disease, ear, nose and throat, geriatrics, heart, kidney, orthopedics, respiratory, rheumatology and urology. We also operate a Level I Trauma Center, which sees the most critical or severely injured emergency patients – and it’s the only trauma center in the area certified as Level I in both Missouri and Illinois. Saint Louis University Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.
Medical Services
Medical Services
Age-Related Diseases/Disorders
Bone and Joint Disease
Cancer Services
Cardiovascular Services
CyberKnife Saint Louis
Digestive Disease Disorders
Liver Diseases Disorders
Ear/Nose & Throat Disorders
Kidney Diseases & Disorders
Urinary Diseases/Disorders
Neurology
Organ Transplantation
Psychiatry
Hospital Features
Ownership Type
Proprietary
Year Hospital Opened
1933
Accreditation
JCAHO
Teaching Hospital
Yes
Residency Program Approval
AMA
Procedures/Diagnoses at this Hospital Include
Heart Failure and Shock
Psychosis
Misc Digestive Disorders with Complicating Factors
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with Complicating Factors
Specific Cerebrovascular Disorders
Other Circulatory System Diagnosis
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complicating Factors
Other Vascular Procedures with Complicating Factors
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Complicating Factors
Source for
maternity care,
bariatric surgery
and appendectomy:
Individual states (AZ, CA, FL, IA, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WI) for years 2005 through 2007.
Source for all other procedures: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for years 2006 through 2008.