Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island University Hospital, founded in 1861, is Staten Island's oldest hospital. It earned the highest rating, "Accreditation
with Commendation," from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations in 1998. The facility consists of a 634-bed teaching hospital on two campuses and an ambulatory care pavilion. The hospital has approximately 30,000 inpatient admissions and 150,000 ambulatory visits per year.
The Neuroscience Division comprises a faculty of both neurologists and neurosurgeons. The 24 neurology beds include a 6 bed stroke unit and a 4-bed neurology-neurosurgery acute care unit. There is also a busy consult service. The department features a Multiple Sclerosis Center as well as general adult and pediatric neurology clinics.
