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About WMCHealth

EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE ACROSS THE REGION
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Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), one of New York’s top healthcare systems, provides expert and comprehensive care across the Hudson Valley. Our specialties include cardiology, neurology, women’s health, pediatrics, trauma care, oncology, and more. Home to Westchester Medical Center, the region’s only academic medical center, our focus on innovation and excellence is seen every day, as we provide access to the highest quality care and groundbreaking treatments while educating the physicians of the future. Our providers are your neighbors.

Our Mission

WMCHealth’s vital mission is to provide the highest-quality care for all residents of the Hudson Valley regardless of ability to pay. WMCHealth will build on its long tradition of delivering the most advanced services in the region by providing a fiscally sound network that ensures access to a coordinated continuum of care for its community.

As the region’s only academic medical center-led network, WMCHealth is committed to educating the next generation of caregivers for the Hudson Valley and integrating research to advance treatment, expand knowledge, and improve lives.

Our Vision

Westchester Medical Center’s vision is to be the provider of choice for Hudson Valley residents by establishing a system of care with multiple points of access to ensure availability of care close to home. Westchester Medical Center will leverage its unique strength as an academic medical center to provide the highest quality, patient-centered care in a respectful and compassionate environment and lead the transformation of health care in the Hudson Valley to continuously respond to the needs of its community.

A female healthcare worker shares a joyful moment with her senior female patient in a medical office room.

Choosing WMCHealth means choosing a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with nine hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated health care in the Hudson Valley. You can count on us for:

  • Expert Care: A dedicated team of skilled healthcare professionals
  • Innovation: A commitment to research and medical advancement
  • Comprehensive Services: An offering of both primary and highly specialized care
  • Pediatric Excellence: Services for children in all specialties at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital

WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level I (adult and pediatric), Level II and Level III trauma centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, skilled nursing facilities, home-care services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State.

We understand that our patients aren’t just individuals seeking medical attention. Our patients are at the center of all that we do. They are an integral part of our community. The people who work in our hospital system also live here, and they approach every patient’s journey to health with empathy, encouragement, and expert care.