Memphis-area Hospitals
East
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville
1500 West Poplar, Collierville, 861-9000
Total staff: 400
Total licensed beds: 71
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Baptist Memorial opened its Collierville hospital in 1999. This hospital has premier facilities including large patient rooms with the amenities of home. The hospital’s 75-acre campus has large trees, a walking trail, and a pond. Medical services include a full-service emergency room, a Women’s Center, outpatient rehabilitation, open MRI facilities, inpatient and outpatient surgery, inpatient and outpatient diagnostics, the Baptist Sleep Disorders Center, 58 acute-care beds, seven critical-care beds, a Wellness Center, and a six-bed step-down unit.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
6019 Walnut Grove, 226-5000
Total staff: 3,600
Total licensed beds: 771, including 30 skilled nursing beds and 30 restorative care beds
Baptist Memphis is the flagship of the Baptist Memorial Health Care system and serves as a major referral system for patients across the Mid-South. The hospital offers diagnostic, surgical, and rehabilitation services and has added many beds in the past few years with the opening of a new patient tower and the Baptist Heart Institute. Consumers have named it their most preferred hospital for overall health care services in a National Research Corporation poll for the past 12 years.
Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women
6225 Humphreys Blvd., 227-9000
Total staff: 600+
Total licensed beds: 140
Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women opened in 2001. It is the only freestanding women’s hospital in Memphis and one of only a handful of such hospitals across the country. Special facilities include the Dr. Sam P. Patterson Library, a newborn intensive-care unit, a high-risk pregnancy center, a urodynamics center, and a comprehensive breast center that includes mammography, stereotactic biopsy, ultra-sound, digital mammograph, and Second Look, a computerized detection system that assists radiologists in the early detection of breast cancer.
Baptist Rehabilitation-Germantown
2100 Exeter, 757-1350
Total staff: 319
Total licensed beds: 68
This rehab hospital offers a full array of inpatient and outpatient medical rehabilitation services. The facility specializes in the treatment of neurological and orthopedic disorders, spinal cord and brain injuries, and other disorders. The hospital operates an outpatient physical rehabilitation center (operated independently by Mid-South Surgery Center) and an on-site general ambulatory surgery program. Outpatient therapy services are offered on-site and at three satellite locations.
Lakeside Behavioral Health System
2911 Brunswick, 377-4700, 1-800-232-LAKE
Total staff: 540
Total licensed beds: 295
Lakeside provides comprehensive treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. As a full-service private behavioral health hospital, Lakeside specializes in both inpatient and outpatient treatment for emotional/behavioral problems, emotional trauma, and addiction problems for all ages. Lakeside’s 37-acre main campus is located near I-40 and Highway 64 and has been in operation since 1976. Two outpatient centers, Cresthaven, located in East Memphis, and a second location in Jackson, Tennessee, provide day and evening outpatient programming. Lakeside also operates an around-the-clock assessment center to help people find the treatment that best meets their needs.
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital
7691 Poplar, 516-6418
Total staff: 1,462
Total licensed beds: 209
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital, located in East Shelby County, is a community hospital serving East Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, and surrounding communities. The hospital offers services for pediatric patients, OB-GYN service, cardiac care, general medicine, an emergency room, and a cardiac chest-pain emergency department.
Saint Francis Hospital
5959 Park, 765-1000
Total staff: 2,000
Total licensed beds: 519
Saint Francis Hospital is a full-service health-care facility that offers a wide range of services including a chest-pain emergency center designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, and a Cardiac Care Center that has been named a United Healthcare Premium Cardiac Specialty Center. The Saint Francis Center for Surgical Weight Loss has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the American Society of Bariatric Surgery and as a CIGNA Certified Hospital for Bariatric Surgery. Other services include a stroke emergency center, diabetes care center, cancer care center, family birthing center, women’s center, behavioral health program, nursing home, five sports medicine and rehabilitation centers, a sleep center, a new ambulatory surgery center, a heartburn center, and a TotalCare outpatient diagnostic center.
MEDICAL CENTER/DOWNTOWN
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1030 Jefferson, 523-8990
Total licensed beds: 254
A part of the Memphis community since 1922, the VA Medical Center is a tertiary-care facility and one of the most complex in the nation’s VA health-care system. Located in the heart of the Memphis medical community, the Medical Center makes services available to more than 196,000 veterans residing in 53 counties in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. It serves as a regional referral center for spinal cord injury and prosthetics treatment and offers acute medical, surgical, and psychiatric care, as well as comprehensive primary, intermediate, and specialized outpatient care to entitled and eligible veterans.
Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center
50 N. Dunlap, 287-KIDS
Total Staff: 1,900
Total licensed beds: 225
Founded in 1952, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center is the Mid-South’s first and only comprehensive pediatric medical facility. More than 130,000 children throughout the region are treated annually on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Children are referred to Le Bonheur from all over the United States and throughout the world.
Memphis Mental Health Institute (MMHI)
951 Court, 524-1200
Total staff: 350
Total licensed beds: 135 (98 operating beds)
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MMHI is one of five psychiatric hospitals in Tennessee. State-owned and operated, this public community hospital specializes in short-term, inpatient, intensive psychiatric care for adults. The facility provides individualized treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation where patients receive care based on their specific needs. MMHI is an affiliate of the UT Memphis Health Sciences Center.
Methodist Extended Care Hospital (MECH)
225 Claybrook, 516-7425
Total Staff: 140
Total licensed beds: 36
Methodist Extended Care Hospital is housed on the same campus as Methodist University Hospital. This long-term, acute-care facility provides highly individualized care for medically fragile patients who still need specialized nursing care and intensive therapies through an extended hospital stay.
Methodist University Hospital
1265 Union, 516-7000
Total Staff: 2,653
Total licensed beds: 669
Methodist University Hospital, located in the heart of the medical center, is a full-service tertiary care facility, receiving referrals from across the Mid-South as well as from around the United States and the world. Services include an emergency room, a cardiac chest-pain emergency department, neurology, cardiology, oncology, stem cell transplants, transplant services, urology, orthopedic, ear/nose/throat, diabetic dialysis, and rehabilitation. Methodist University Hospital is the flagship for Methodist Healthcare, the third-largest hospital in the country and Memphis’ second-largest private employer. Methodist University is the principal adult private teaching hospital for the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.
Regional Medical Center at Memphis
877 Jefferson, 545-7100
Total staff: 2,750
Total licensed beds: 620
Known as “The Med,” the Regional Medical Center at Memphis is a “safety-net” teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Tennessee and serves a 150-mile radius, which includes five states. The Med’s five centers of excellence include the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center (the only Level 1 trauma center in this area), Firefighters Regional Burn Center (the only full-service burn treatment center within a 150-mile radius), High-risk Obstetrics Center, Wound Center, and Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center (newborn intensive care). Other specialty services include the Diggs-Kraus Sickle Cell Center, Adult Special Care Center for HIV/AIDS, Sunrise Program for pregnant teens, and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Memphis.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
332 N. Lauderdale, 495-3300
Total staff: 3,200
Total licensed beds: 60
St. Jude is the premier center in the United States for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other childhood catastrophic diseases. It specializes in the research of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, numerous solid tumor forms of cancer, severe infectious diseases, and genetic disorders. Each year, the hospital treats more than 4,400 patients from all over the world, most of whom are seen on an outpatient basis, and no family ever pays St. Jude for medical treatment. The internationally known center is in the midst of a $1.2 billion expansion program that has seen four new buildings in the past five years; next will be a $114 million tower to house diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology, as well as a brain cancer research and treatment center.
NORTH
Methodist North Hospital
3960 New Covington Pike, 516-5200
Total staff: 1,258
Total licensed beds: 234
Methodist North Hospital, located in northeast Shelby County, is a community hospital serving the Raleigh-Bartlett area and surrounding communities, as well as residents of north Shelby and south Tipton counties. Methodist North offers a full range of services including an emergency department, a cardiac chest-pain emergency department, comprehensive cardiac care, acute inpatient care and treatment, expanded laser surgery capabilities, extensive surgical services, outpatient radiology and mammography, a same-day surgery unit, and maternity services and neonatal intensive care. Methodist North also offers outpatient therapeutic services, including rehabilitation services for speech, occupational, and physical therapy, as well as cardiac rehabilitation.
Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett
2986 Kate Bond, 820-7000
Total staff: 454
Total licensed beds: 100
Bartlett’s first full-service health-care facility opened in June 2004, offering emergency and surgical care. The facility is located on 23.6 acres and features 64 medical/surgical beds, a maternity ward with 10 mother-baby suites, 10 Level II nursery beds, and 16 critical care/intensive-care beds. It also provides a 24-hour emergency-care center.
SOUTH
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
7601 Southcrest Parkway, Southaven, MS, 662-772-4000
Total staff: 1,700
Total licensed beds: 399
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto opened in 1988. Since then, the population of the five-county area served by the hospital has boomed, and the hospital is steadily expanding to meet the needs of its patients. In November 2006, Baptist DeSoto opened an 11-story hospital tower that added 140 beds to the facility, allowing it to offer all private rooms. In addition, the new hospital tower added a new and expanded emergency department, more operating suites, and space for future additions. The hospital also provides a 24-hour emergency room; the Baptist DeSoto Outpatient Diagnostic Center and Women’s Center, which offers a number of diagnostic services; and much more.
Delta Medical Center
3000 Getwell, 369-8100
Total staff: 600+
Total licensed beds: 243
Delta Medical Center is a medical/surgical hospital offering around-the-clock emergency services, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, inpatient and ambulatory surgery, and an intensive care unit. Additional services include a sleep lab and hyperbaric and wound care services. Inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services offer adult mental health, addictive disorder treatment, geriatric programs, and Christian-based services.
Methodist South Hospital
1300 Wesley Drive, 516-3700
Total staff: 701
Total licensed beds: 200
Methodist South Hospital is an acute-care satellite hospital located in Whitehaven and serves South Memphis and northern Mississippi. Services include a dialysis unit, a maternity center, a critical care unit, a cancer-care center, a self-contained same-day surgery unit, an emergency room, a cardiac chest-pain emergency department, and cardiac care.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PHYSICIAN REFERRAL SERVICES
Baptist Memorial Hospital Location and Referral Service:
226-3627
Memphis and Shelby County HIV/AIDS Hotline:
544-7575
Memphis/Shelby County Health Department:
544-7775
Saint Francis Physician Referral Service:
765-1811, 820-7022 (Bartlett)
TennCare Family Assistance Service Center:
1-866-311-4287
Tennessee Bureau of Health Services:
615-741-7305
Tennessee Department of Human Services:
344-5040
Tennessee Poison Center:
528-6048
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