University Hospital Of Brooklyn
University Hospital of Brooklyn opened in 1966 and serves as a teaching center for
the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, and College of Health Related Professions. In 1998, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations awarded the University Hospital of Brooklyn "Accreditation with Commendation" -- anhonor accorded to less than 5 percent of all hospitals nationwide. The hospital is a major tertiary care center for the Borough of Brooklyn, housing regional centers for neonatology, cardiothoracic surgery, and kidney and liver transplantation. On average, University Hospital of Brooklyn provides care to 12,000 inpatients and handles 150,000 outpatient visits per year.
University Hospital is a major site for outpatient neurology for residents, students, and fellows. Neurology clinics include adult and pediatric neurology clinics, as well as specialty clinics in epilepsy, pediatric neurobehavior, and spina bifida. The inpatient neurology clinical service has facilities for 10 adult neurology beds. Pediatric neurology patients are managed on the consult service. Complete neuroradiologic facilities include CT and MRI units with the capacity for special neurologic protocols including functional MRI. An active Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology runs the EEG, EMG, and evoked potential laboratories as well as the Epilepsy Center. A 4-bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, the first in Brooklyn, opened in May, 2000.
