New York Methodist Hospital

New York Methodist Hospital

New York Methodist Hospital (NYM) is a hospital located in the historic brownstone neighborhood of Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, on Sixth Street. The hospital is a 651-bed voluntary, non-profit hospital and serves almost 38,000 inpatients each year. Another 250,000 outpatient visits and services are logged annually. The Hospital is also a major teaching hospital, with ten graduate medical education programs and five schools that provide training in allied health professions. New York Methodist Hospital is affiliated with the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. They are also a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System which provides access to physicians and resources.

New York Methodist has a number of institutes that bring together multidisciplinary specialists to provide care and offer community education and physician referral services. These are the Institute for Advanced and Minimally Invasive Surgery, the Institute for Asthma and Other Lung Diseases, the Institute for Cancer Care, the Institute for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, the Institute for Digestive and Liver Disorders, the Institute for Family Care, the Institute for Neurosciences, the Institute for Orthopedic Medicine and Surgery, the Institute for Vascular Medicine and Surgery and the Institute for Women's Health.

Since 2006, NYM has received the Consumer's Choice Award for Brooklyn every year. The award, given by the National Research Corporation, recognizes hospitals with outstanding service and quality marketing areas across the United States. Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on best doctors, best nurses, quality and image ratings collected through a survey.