Summerlin Hospital
The Summerlin Hospital Medical Center is a private, for-profit hospital owned by Universal Health Services and operated by the Valley Health System. It is located in the Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center | |
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Universal Health Services Valley Health System | |
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![]() Summerlin Hospital, viewed from Town Center Drive | |
Geography | |
Location | 657 North Town Center Drive Summerlin, Clark County, Nevada, United States |
Coordinates | 36°10′51″N 115°19′05″W |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Funding | For-profit hospital |
Type | Community |
Affiliated university | None |
Network | Universal Health Services Valley Health System |
Services | |
Standards | Joint Commission |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 485 |
Helipad | FAA LID: 0NV1 |
History | |
Opened | October 16, 1997 |
Links | |
Website | summerlinhospital |
Lists | Hospitals in Nevada |
As of 2018, the Summerlin Hospital offers 485 beds with private rooms. It is an accredited Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center. The 40-acre (16 ha) campus also includes two medical office towers that provide a variety of outpatient services.[1]
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History
The Summerlin Hospital Medical Center opened on October 16, 1997. With an initial investment of $80 million, the brand new hospital would include 148 beds, all located in private rooms, and would offer Southern Nevada's first and only hospital-based cancer treatment facility.[2]
Timeline
- October 1997: Summerlin Hospital Medical Center opens with 148 beds.[2] Vacant space was included in the hospital's design for future expansion.[3]
- December 1999: A new wing for the hospital's intensive care unit opens, as a part of a $1.5 million expansion. The need to expand the hospital came three years earlier than initially expected.[3]
- June 2005: A four-bed pediatric emergency department opens.
- March 2007: A $100 million expansion was announced due to high demand.[4]
- May 2008: A new emergency room opens as part of the second phase of the expansion project.[5]
- June 25, 2008: The hospital breaks ground on the third and final phase of its expansion project. The final phase consists of a six-story patient facility, adding 180 rooms for a new total of 480. A new medical office building, located near the property's northeast corner, was also under development, with a scheduled opening in fall 2008.[5][6]
- December 2009: Completion of the expansion project, which includes an expanded hospital with over 480 beds, an expanded Emergency Department, an expanded Labor and Delivery unit, a brand new Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a second medical office building, and a new parking garage.[7]
Services
The Summerlin Hospital Medical Center offers a comprehensive range of health care services, including:
- The Advanced Primary Stroke Center
- The Breast Care Center
- The Cancer Center
- CentRx Pharmacy
- The Children's Medical Center
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatric Emergency Room
- Pediatric Therapy Center
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Emergency Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- The Heart Center
- Advanced Electrophysiology Lab
- The Chest Pain Center
- The Open Heart Program
- Maternity
- The Birthplace at Summerlin Hospital
- Orthopedics
- Outpatient Services
- Palliative Care
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Therapy
- The Sleep Study Center
- Social Services
- Surgery
- The Robotic Surgery Institute
- The Women's Health Center
- Wound Care
Heliport
References
- "About the Hospital". Summerlin Hospital. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- Puppel, Doug (October 17, 1997). "Desert Springs, Valley strike deal". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000.
- "Hospital growing by leaps and bounds". Las Vegas Sun. December 31, 1999. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- Wells, Annette (March 14, 2007). "Summerlin Hospital plans $100 million expansion to 450-bed capacity". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on March 26, 2007.
- Hogan, Jan (July 15, 2008). "Tower to add 180 rooms at Summerlin Hospital". Summerlin View. Archived from the original on August 4, 2008.
- "Summerlin hospital expands". Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 12, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.
- Jan, Hogan (November 13, 2012). "Summerlin Hospital marks 15 years". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- "Sumerlin Medical Center". Global Air. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622020720/http://www.globalair.com/airport/summerlin_medical_center/0nv1.aspx Archive]