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St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

What Should I Know About St. Elizabeth's Medical Center?

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, provides patients and families access to some of Boston’s most respected physicians and advanced treatments offering specialized care, including:

  • Advanced Center for Cardiac Surgery
  • da Vinci® Robotic surgery program; Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery
  • Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • Award-winning bariatric surgery program
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
  • State-of-the-art emergency care with short wait times

Our medical staff, made up of some of the highest rated physicians in Boston, treats patients in our community practices in neighborhoods, including Allston, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Weston.

Patients receive tertiary care at our 308-bed main campus in the heart of Boston’s Brighton neighborhood. St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center was founded in 1868 by five laywomen members of the third order of St. Francis to care for women from Boston’s South End. Today, St. Elizabeth’s is consistently recognized for providing the highest quality care to our community. St. Elizabeth’s has consistently been honored with several prestigious recognitions, including:

FOR CARDIAC CARE: 

  • One of Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery™ for 7 Years in a Row (2018-2024)

  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award™ for 7 years in a row (2018-2024)

  • Named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery in 2024 - Healthgrades

  • Named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery for 7 years in a row (2018-2024) - Healthgrades

  • Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery for 3 years in a row (2022-2024) - Healthgrades

  • Five-Star Recipient for Valve Surgery in 2024 - Healthgrades

  • Five-Star Recipient for Defibrillator Procedures in 2024 - Healthgrades

  • Named by U.S. News & World Report as a High Performing Hospital in treating heart failure and performing heart bypass in its annual U.S. News’ 2018-2019 High Performing Hospital listing
  • Named a TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) Center of Excellence by Silk Road, Medical, Inc., 2019
  • Earned the 2017 and 2019 American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Plus Performance Achievement and Target Heart Failure: Honor Roll recognition
  • Earned the 2019 American Health Association and American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement and Target Stroke: Honor Roll Elite Plus recognition

SURGICAL CARE 

  • #1 in Massachusetts for Surgical Care in 2024- Healthgrades
  • Recipient of the Healthgrades 2024 Surgical Care Excellence Award™ 
  • Named by Healthgrades among the Top 10% of Hospitals in the Nation for Surgical Care in 2024
  • Five-Star Recipient for Gallbladder Removal Surgery in 2024

CRITICAL CARE 

  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Diabetic Hospitalizations for 2 years in a Row (2023-2024)
  • The St. Elizabeth’s Dialysis Program earned a 5-Star Rating from the Medicare Dialysis Facility Compare Star Program
  • Recognized by the American College of Radiology as a designated ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center

BARIATRICS

  • Earned Center of Excellence accreditation through the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®) for the Steward Center for Weight Control at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
  • Earned Blue Distinction® Center+ designation for the Steward Center for Weight Control at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center through the Blue Distinction® Centers for Specialty Care Program

OTHER AWARDS

  • Earned Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (ICA) accreditations in the following areas CT, Echocardiography, Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, PET, Vascular Testing and Vein Center
  • Earned two Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Paul Coverdell National Stroke Program awards for stroke care:
    • Defect-Free Care Award
    • Dysphagia Screening Greater Than or Equal to 90% Award
  • Immunization Action Coalition’s (IAC's) Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor Roll
  • Physicians consistently ranked in U.S. News & World Report Best Doctors, Boston Magazine’s Top Doctors

About Steward Health Care System

Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability. 
 
As the country’s largest physician-led, tax paying, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world. 
 
Steward is among the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.  
 
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 40 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah. 

What Should I Know About St. Elizabeth's Medical Center?

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, a Boston University Teaching Hospital, provides patients and families access to some of Boston’s most respected physicians and advanced treatments offering specialized care, including:

  • Advanced Center for Cardiac Surgery
  • da Vinci® Robotic surgery program; Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery
  • Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • Award-winning bariatric surgery program
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
  • State-of-the-art emergency care with short wait times

Our medical staff, made up of some of the highest rated physicians in Boston, treats patients in our community practices in neighborhoods, including Allston, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Weston.

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Patients receive tertiary care at our 308-bed main campus in the heart of Boston’s Brighton neighborhood. St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center was founded in 1868 by five laywomen members of the third order of St. Francis to care for women from Boston’s South End. Today, St. Elizabeth’s is consistently recognized for providing the highest quality care to our community. St. Elizabeth’s has consistently been honored with several prestigious recognition, including:

  • Named #1 hospital in Massachusetts for Cardiac Surgery by Healthgrades (2022)
  • One of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery™ for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Designated an Advanced Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. 
  • Only hospital in Suffolk County to receive a five-star rating for Hip Fracture Treatment in 2021 and 2022
  • One of only two hospitals in Massachusetts to receive the Elite Plus rating in the 2022 American Health Association and American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. 
  • Earned the 2021 American Health Association and American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll recognition.
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
  • Recognized by the American College of Radiology as a designated ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center
  • Earned Center of Excellence accreditation through the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®) for the Steward Center for Weight Control at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
  • Earned Blue Distinction® Center+ designation for the Steward Center for Weight Control at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center through the Blue Distinction® Centers for Specialty Care Program
  • 5-Star Rating from the Medicare Dialysis Facility Compare Star Program
  • Earned Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (ICA) accreditations in the following areas CT, Echocardiography, Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, PET, Vascular Testing and Vein Center
  • Earned two Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Paul Coverdell National Stroke Program awards for stroke care:
    • Defect-Free Care Award
    • Dysphagia Screening Greater Than or Equal to 90% Award
  • Immunization Action Coalition’s (IAC's) Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor Roll
  • Physicians consistently ranked in U.S. News & World Report Best Doctors, Boston Magazine’s Top Doctors