Jacobi Medical Center

Last updated on January 7, 2008

Mission Statement
The patient is at the center of all our efforts and our primary mission is to service the Bronx Community by providing high-quality, cost-effective healthcare in a respectful way to all, regardless of ability to pay.

Jacobi Medical Center (JMC) also strives to achieve excellence in medical education, working in partnership with its academic affiliate, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Description:
Jacobi Medical Center is a member of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and the largest Public Hospital in the Bronx. We are a major academic affiliate and teaching site of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and we are affiliated for clinical services with the New York Medical Alliance, P.C.
JMC offers a complete range of acute, specialty, general care and psychiatric services and specialized Emergency Departments for adult, pediatric and psychiatric services.

JMC is a Level I Trauma Center (serving the North Bronx and Lower Westchester); the regional Hyperbaric Center and Regional Snakebite Center for the Tristate area.

It operates the only multi-person emergency hyperbaric chamber in New York City and the only Burn Unit in the Bronx, the second largest in New York City, with 30 years of clinical research and teaching experience, pioneering in early surgical intervention to preserve skin and minimize infection and injury.

JMC serves as a referral center for acute psychiatry, burn care, neonatology, infectious disease, chest medicine, tropical medicine, rehabilitation and home care.

It also operate a Level III Neonatal ICU with one of the best outcome records in the United States; a Women Health Center, a “model” primary care program that provides the full spectrum of women’s health needs from adolescence through maturity; and a state-of-the-art Outpatient Center for adult AIDS patients.

JMC Sponsors approved residency and fellowship training programs in over 40 specialties and subspecialties.

JMC is a HHC “pilot” site for adaptation of electronic patient management system to create a computerized patient record.

History:
Founded in 1955, Jacobi was named in honor of Dr. Abraham Jacobi, known as the father of American pediatrics. With more than 500 beds, Jacobi Medical Center has grown into the largest public hospital in the Bronx. It offers a complete range of acute, specialty, general and psychiatric services. Jacobi also operates community-based health care centers that provide general adult and pediatric examinations and health screenings for a variety of concerns, including hypertension, diabetes, breast cancer and prostate cancer

Contact people:

Luisa Hernandez, Network Associate Director, (718) 918-4880, (email)
Chandra (Sandy) Rahaman, Clerical Associate, (718) 918-4881, (email)

Office fax number: (718) 918-7584

Address:

1400 Pelham Parkway South/NR-1S20
Bronx, NY 10461
(See a map)

Web Site: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc

Directions:

IRT 5 Train Take the No. 5 Dyre Ave. train uptown/North to the Bronx. Get off at the Pelham Parkway/Esplanade stop. Walk one block from the station to Pelham Parkway – a six-lane, tree-lined parkway. Cross to the opposite side of the Parkway (from North to South).Take the Number 12 bus east to Jacobi Medical Center. Or walk about 8 blocks east along the Pelham Parkway South Service Road to the hospital. IRT 2 Train Take the No. 2 White Plains Rd./241st St. train uptown/north to the Bronx. Get off at Pelham Parkway, and use the exit at the rear of the station. On Pelham Parkway South take the Number 12 bus (east) to Jacobi Hospital. The bus ride will take about 10 minutes – about 1 and 1/2 miles. The bus stops by the main entrance to Jacobi Medical Center. IND 6th Avenue: “D” Train Take the “D” train North to the Bronx. Get off at Fordham Road (Grand Concourse).Take the No. 12 bus on the South side of Fordham Road directly to Jacobi Hospital (eastbound – about 3 miles). Express Bus Take the New York Bus Service – Morris Park Bus (BxM-10). This bus runs up Madison Avenue and down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Call the New York Bus Service – (718) 994-5500 for pick-up points and time schedule. Get off at Morris Park Avenue at Eastchester Road. Cross Morris Park Avenue and walk uphill one block to the Morris Park entrance to Jacobi Medical Center (near Ambulatory Care Pavilion – Building # 5); or Get off at Eastchester Road and Pelham Parkway. Cross Eastchester Road and walk one block on Pelham Parkway South to Main Entrance of Jacobi Medical Center (near Jacobi Hospital – Building #1)
  Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Pelham Parkway6,
  Walk distance (in minutes): 10
  Nearest Bus Stop: Pelham Parkway, 2 minute walk

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