St. Anthony's Medical Center, St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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, Missouri, is the third-largest medical center in the St. Louis metropolitan area. It also serves families in Jefferson County, Mo., and St. Clair and Monroe counties in Illinois. In addition, St. Anthony’s operates four urgent care
facilities located in Arnold

Arnold, Missouri

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, Fenton

Fenton, Missouri

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, Lemay

Lemay, Missouri

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 and Big Bend.

St. Anthony’s is staffed by more than 4,000 employees, served by more than 800 physicians and provides care to more than 225,000 patients each year.

History

In 1900, the Franciscan Sisters of Germany opened St. Anthony's Hospital

Hospital

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 at Grand and Chippewa in south St. Louis. The facility was named after St. Anthony of Padua who patterned his life and healing ministry after the example set by Jesus Christ.

Following St. Louis' first polio epidemic in 1946, St. Anthony's became the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis's (NFIP) designated Midwest Center for polio treatment. In 1947, convalescent polio children under the auspices of the NFIP, later known as the March of Dimes

March of Dimes

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, and its city and county chapters were brought to St. Anthony's. St. Anthony's became one of the country's largest polio rehabilitation centers, treating more than 100 polio patients per day. In 1954, the incidence of new cases of polio tapered off and the hospital began offering twice-yearly Salk polio vaccine clinics.

In 1967, the Franciscan Sisters transferred ownership and control of the hospital to a board of community leaders, making St. Anthony's the first Catholic hospital in the St. Louis area to be administered by a lay board. In 1975, St. Anthony's Medical Center opened at its present
location at 10010 Kennerly Road and remains the only hospital located in south St. Louis County.

Services

St. Anthony's offers medical treatment in:

• Acute Rehabilitation
• Behavioral Health
• Cardiology/Heart care
• Emergency Medicine
• Hospice
• Hospice House (de Greeff)
  Russell and Fern de Greeff Hospice House
  Russell and Fern de Greeff Hospice House in St. Louis, Mo., provides traditional hospice care to terminally ill individuals who do not have a caregiver available to care for them at home...
  
  
• Neurology/Stroke
• Oncology/Cancer care
• Orthopedics
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Surgery
• Women’s Services

Awards and recognition

• In 2007, St. Anthony's was recognized for patient safety by an independent health ranking firm. 2 April 2007

• In 2006, St. Anthony's Medical Center was recognized with a Missouri Team Quality Award. 17 November 2006

• In 2005, St. Anthony’s became the first hospital in St. Louis to receive Accredited Chest Pain Center designation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

• In 2005, St. Anthony’s was named a Solucient Top 100 performance improvement leader among U.S. hospitals.

• In 2004, St. Anthony’s was designated one of the “Best Places to Work” by the St. Louis Business Journal.

• In 2004, St. Anthony’s received the Cardiac Center of Excellence designation from United Healthcare, the largest health plan in St. Louis.

• In 1999, St. Anthony’s received a Top 100 Hospital designation from HCIA for orthopedic surgery – total knee replacement.

Social Media

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