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Beth Israel Medical Center—Petrie Division

One First Avenue (First Avenue at 16th Street)
Manhattan, NY 10003

Between its Brooklyn (Kings Highway) and Manhattan (Singer and Petrie) divisions, Beth Israel Medical Center offers 1,368 beds and employs more than 2,000 physicians. This full-service, tertiary teaching hospital was founded on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1889. BIMC since has grown into the largest provider of inpatient care in New York State.

BIMC is nationally recognized in several areas, including stroke care, orthopedic surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and some obstetrics. Professionals involved in the medical center’s healthcare include private and attending physicians, practical nurses, patient care associates, rehabilitation specialists, social workers, and nutritionists.

Serving Brooklyn and Manhattan, BIMC’s fourth branch—Phillips Ambulatory Care Center—offers more than 50 on-site diagnostic services, a cancer center, an ambulatory surgery unit, a spine institute, and a patient wellness library.

Clinical services

• Chemical dependency treatment
• Emergency medicine
• Family medicine
• Geriatrics
• Hematology and oncology
• Neurology and neurosurgery
• Pain medicine and palliative care
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Psychiatry
• Surgical intensive-care unit

Beth Israel Medical Center is a member of Continuum Health Partners.