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Jefferson County
Baptist Medical Center--Princeton Campus
701 Princeton Avenue, SW 783-3000
Princeton Baptist Medical Center has been helping shape the picture of medicine in Birmingham since 1922. It was then when Baptist laymen set their sights on providing quality healthcare in a Christian environment. A renowned medical residency program serves as a training ground for physicians of tomorrow. Centers of treatment include cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, surgery obstetrics and gynecology, neuroscience and psychiatry and are supported by intensive care units, a special care nursery and research. The hospital is fully equipped with outstanding support services such as emergency services, physical and speech therapy, pharmacy, laboratory and complete radiological services.
Birmingham VA Medical Center
700 South 19th Street, 933-8101
Birmingham VA Medical Center provides primary, secondary and tertiary care to veterans of Alabama and surrounding states. Tertiary care referrals are received from throughout Alabama from the near 30,000 veterans served annually on either an inpatient or outpatient basis. The medical center has 135 operating beds, including 32 beds for blind rehabilitation. Some specialized services include open-heart surgery, a cochlear implant program and radiation therapy.
Brookwood Medical Center
2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, 877-1000
Brookwood Medical Center is a center for excellence for such major specialties as cardiovascular medicine and surgery, cancer, neurology and neurosurgery, psychiatric services and emergency services. The Brookwood Women's Medical Center, adjacent to Brookwood Medical Center, is a premier provider of women's healthcare in Birmingham, including obstetrical and gynecological services, as well as medical and surgical services. The Center's labor and delivery unit features labor, delivery, recover suites and practices one-to-one nursing care during labor - a patient-care technique that places a registered nurse in the patient room to ensure quality of care. In addition, the Center provides a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that is staffed 24 hours a day. Other notable services include The Heart Attack Intervention Center, The Asthma Center of Excellence and The Brookwood Diagnostic Center.
Children's Hospital of Alabama
1600 7th Avenue South, 1-800-504-9768 or 939-6760 www.chsys.org
The Children's Hospital, is the only free-standing pediatric hospital in the state with 2000 full-time employees and 554 physicians serving over 11,421 inpatients and 420,847 outpatients annually. This 225 bed hospital is a key component of Children's Health System, a network of primary care physicians, pediatric subspecialists, CACH HMO-a pediatric managed care plan, After Hours Care and a new outpatient surgery and specialty care center. Specialty care is available for adolescent medicine, allergy, endocrinology, gastroenterology and nutrition, hematology/oncology, neurology, neurosurgery, pulmonology, urology, ENT, general surgery, orthopedics, and sports medicine. Other services include a nationally recognized Burn Center, Center for Cystic Fibrosis, a Critical Care Transport Team, a Research Center, a licensed school for patients and the Early Intervention Center.
Cooper Green
Mercy Hospital
1515 6th Avenue South o 930-3200
Cooper Green Hospital is an acute care teaching facility located on the south side of Birmingham providing service to Jefferson County residents who otherwise would not be able to afford healthcare. In 1998, the Balm of Gilead Center was opened to provide care for terminally ill patients with a goal of assisting them to die peacefully. This unit provides quality palliative care for the patient and family.
The Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital (UAB)
1720 University Blvd., 325-8100
The Eye Foundation Hospital at UAB is one of the few facilities in the world that dedicates itself to advancements in ophthalmology. Since the hospital's opening in 1963, more than 85,000 surgical procedures have been performed in its state-of-the-art surgery suites. As the only eye specialty hospital in Alabama, The Eye Foundation is in constant demand not only for its 24 Hour Eye Emergency Center, but also for its advanced retinal procedures, corneal transplants, cataract extractions with intracular lens implants, laser vision correction and diagnostic technology. The Eye Foundation houses The Optical Shoppe, The Lion's Eye Clinic, The UAB Ophthalmology Services and a professional office building by private practices.
Healthsouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital
3800 Ridgeway Drive, 868-2000
Healthsouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital is a freestanding rehabilitation facility. The hospital provides acute and modified rehabilitation, transitions program consisting of day treatment and residential services and outpatient therapy. Areas of major patient care include: Arthritis, brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, oncology, orthopedics, cardiology, pulmonary, post-polio, pain management, fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis. Special features are family education, support group resources, sports/recreation, and aquatic therapy.
HealthSouth Metro West (formerly Lloyd Noland)
701 Richard M. Scrushy Parkway, 783-5121
HealthSouth Metro West is now a part of the HealthSouth network. Founded 78 years ago, it serves as the cornerstone of healthcare in western Birmingham and surrounding communities. Anchored by a 319-bed acute care hospital, HealthSouth Metro West offers a broad range of healthcare services designed to address community needs including a primary care network, a large multi-specialty group practice, special services for seniors, mental health services and occupational health. HealthSouth Metro West has a medical staff of more than 60 physicians, including a large multi-specialty group practice.
Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services
6869 Fifth Avenue South, 833-9000
Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services offers a full continuum of care of psychiatric services to patients of all ages. Comprehensive services provide patients with inpatient and outpatient options, and a four-acre state-of-the-art psychiatric treatment option of Adventure Based Counseling (Ropes Course). Programs include: child program specializing in the treatment of ADD/ADDHD and behavioral issues; adolescent program; adult program and geriatric program, specializing in providing behavioral management and medication evaluation and stabilization. Outpatient services include Adolescent and Adult Intensive Outpatient Services for chemical dependency and impulse control management for children and adolescents.
Medical West
(an affiliate of the UAB Health System)
U.S. Highway 11 South, 481-7000
Medical West has for more than 34 years provided primary and secondary care. It has become the healthcare facility of choice for most western Jefferson, northern Bibb and east Tuscaloosa County residents. Medical services range from a 24-hour-a-day emergency department to a diagnostic, cardiac catheterization laboratory to a same day surgery program to a mobile magnetic resonance imaging unit to an all private-room women's center. The hospital has many primary care clinics, including one in Vance, Alabama, home to Mercedes Benz U.S. International.
Norwood Clinic
1528 Carraway Blvd., 250-6000
Norwood Clinic is the largest private multi-specialty group practice in Alabama and one of the largest in the U.S. The clinic has an impressive level of available medical technology. On-site support services for Norwood Clinic's physicians and the almost 2000 patients seen daily include a Radiology Department which offers magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computer tomography (CT) and a fully computerized clinical and anatomical reference laboratory. The clinic provides a host of services including dermatology, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, ENT, ophthalmology, as well as others.
Physicians Medical Center Carraway
1600 Carraway Blvd., 502-6639
A collaboration of local doctors and a Nashville development company, Physicians
Medical Center is the only doctor-owned facility in Birmingham. It serves a
14,000 square mile area of central and northwest Alabama through its hospitals,
clinics and other programs. From home health to advanced laser surgery, this
large network provides a totally integrated, seamless web of services. Located on a large campus near downtown Birmingham,
this institution has been at the forefront of efforts to improve Alabama health care for almost a century. Today, it features one of the most advanced laser centers in the state, an outstanding diabetes care center, an excellent program for treating problem wounds and one of the country's leading hyperbaric medicine units. A leader in emergency medicine, the hospital's trauma services include Carraway Life Saver helicopters, The Trauma Center at Carraway and the Carraway
Injury Control Institute. Other components of this system include: Carraway Clinics, a network of two dozen primary-care and specialty clinics serving the Birmingham metro area and northern Alabama; Carraway Home Health, Carraway Life Saver, one of the nations leading emergency helicopter services; and Carraway Occupational Health, one of Alabama's premiere occupational health services.
St. Vincent's Birmingham
810 St. Vincent's Drive, 939-7000
St. Vincent's Hospital, the system's flagship, is a fully accredited facility with a 100-year tradition of patient-centered care. St. Vincent's is a member of the Daughters of Charity National Health System. By combining services into coordinated programs, St. Vincent's often takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating patients. For example, patients anticipating hip or knee replacement receive everything from pre-surgery education and physical therapy to post-operative exercise and follow-up care through the Total Joint Program. The new Comprehensive Breast Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Services range from education and treatment to support groups and follow-up care. Two radiologists independently read all mammograms for increased accuracy. Other notable areas at St. Vincent's include the Women's and Children's Center, cardiology, neuroscience and oncology services in the Bruno Cancer Center. The Dial-A-Nurse service (939-7878) provides health information, referrals and access to Good Health School education programs. Visit the St. Vincent's website (stv.org) for more information about services, the Good Health School, Dial-A-Nurse, a physicians' directory and a campus map.
St. Vincent's East
(formerly Medical Center East)
50 Medical Park East Drive, 838-3000
Built in 1985, the facility provides state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient medical care to a growing and diverse service area. Reaching out to the people of Jefferson, Blount, St. Clair and Shelby counties,
St. Vincent's East provides premier services with programs that include The Joint Replacement Center, The Family Birthplace, The Cancer Treatment Center, The Cardiovascular Center and The Diabetes Center, as well as renowned services in orthopedics, oncology, surgery, rehabilitation and emergency care. The Community Resource Center delivers community and health education on a variety of topics as well as coordinating a host of individual and family support groups in the areas of diabetes, cardiac rehabilitation, breast and other cancers, bereavement, low vision and more.
St. Vincent's East offers one of the area's largest networks of community-based Family Healthcare Centers and a wide variety of programs for outpatient care, home care and seniors.
Trinity Medical
Center (formerly Montclair Baptist)
800 Montclair Road, 1-877-2BAPTIST
Trinity Medical Center has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of Alabamians since opening in 1966. The commitment to personalized care combined with the tradition of the hospital as a pioneer in medical advancements established Montclair's reputation for quality and compassion. The 534-bed hospital offers programs and services in all medical and surgical areas, including cardiology, oncology, obstetric and gynecology, neurology, mental health, geriatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Major centers of patient care include the Alabama Heart Institute, Regional Cancer Center, Center for Digestive Diseases, SportsFirst, the Sleep Disorders Center, Mitral Valve Prolapse Center, Psychiatry, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, Alabama Dialysis Center, Chest Pain Emergency Room, and Women First, a comprehensive program for women's health.
UAB (University of Alabama Medical Center)
619 South 19th Street, 934-4011
In 1945, the University of Alabama School of Medicine moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham, where two major hospitals were located within a single block. Today, UAB's campus comprises 75 city blocks, and the university is known worldwide for its outstanding research and patient care and its innovative educational programs. UAB Hospital provides health care services from general/acute to tertiary care for some 43,000 patients annually. The Kirklin Clinic at UAB is an innovative outpatient facility housing 35 adult medical specialty and primary care clinics with 450,000 patient visits annually. In the 1998 rankings by U.S. News & World Report, five specialties at the UAB Hospital were ranked among the best in the nation. These specialty areas are cardiology and cardiac surgery (21st), geriatrics (39th), gynecology (40th), pulmonary disease (37th) and rheumatology (fifth). In October 1997, the National Research Corporation named UAB Hospital one of America's most preferred hospitals. The award recognizes the 120 most-preferred hospitals in the nation according to a national survey of patients about their overall health care needs.
Shelby County
Shelby Baptist Medical Center
1000 1st Street North, Alabaster, 620-8100
Shelby Baptist Medical Center serves the residents of Shelby County. The hospital has a medical staff of 130 physicians. As an affiliate of the Baptist Health System, Shelby BMC offers diagnostic services, mental health, Women's Services, emergency department, an outpatient surgery center and a pain clinic. In addition to several Baptist Health Centers in Shelby County, there are also family health practices in Calera and Helena.
Walker County
Walker Baptist Medical Center
3400 US Highway 78 East, Jasper, 387-4000
Walker Baptist Medical Center is acute care facility serving Northwest Alabama. The hospital boasts the latest in diagnostic technology including MRI, CT, Cardiac Cath and Nuclear Imaging. Other services include a WomenFirst Center, One Day Surgery, Cardio- pulmonary Rehab, a Sleep Disorders Center and one of Alabama's busiest emergency departments, averaging 35,000 patient visits annually.
Blount County
Medical Center Blount
1000 Lincoln Avenue, Oneonta, (205) 274-3000
Blount Memorial Hospital has provided healthcare services to Blount County and surrounding areas for almost 50 years. The staff includes 220 employees and a medical staff of 14 primary care physicians, 34 Outpatient Center consulting physicians and 14 courtesy staff physicians in addition to the emergency room staff. Blount Memorial provides a host of services including radiology, intensive care, physical therapy, home health, chemotherapy, as well as others. The Outpatient Center offers specialized care in such areas as cardiology, ENT, urology, pulmonary, oncology and neurology.
Bibb County
Bibb Medical Center
208 Pierson Ave, Centreville (205) 926-4881
Chilton County
Chilton Medical Center
1010 Lay Dam Rd., Clanton, 35045 (205) 755-2500
St. Clair County
St. Vincent's St.Clair Hospital
2805 Dr. John Haynes Dr., Pell City (205) 814-2105