[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 29150-29151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          LENOX HILL HOSPITAL CELEBRATES ITS 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 1, 2007

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to 
Lenox Hill Hospital on the occasion of its 150th Anniversary. Lenox 
Hill Hospital is an accredited not-for-profit acute-care hospital and 
teaching affiliate of New York University Medical Center located on the 
Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Lenox Hill Hospital has 
become renowned for furthering medical research and establishing a 
tradition of excellence in patient care. It has earned a national 
reputation for outstanding medical care and treatment.
  Lenox Hill Hospital was established in 1857 as the German Dispensary 
and today provides specialty services and ground-breaking care for 
millions of patients each year. Approximately 45% of Lenox Hill 
Hospital's patients are from Manhattan. The remaining 55% come from 
Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Long Island, the Tri-State area and around the 
world. Lenox Hill Hospital is particularly well known for its 
excellence in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, orthopedics, 
sports medicine, maternal/child health and medical research.

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  For the past 150 years, Lenox Hill Hospital has been a leading 
innovator in many fields of medicine, developing standards and 
practices that became models for other hospitals throughout the 
country. In 1897, the hospital installed one of the first X-ray 
machines in the United States. Ten years later, the hospital 
established the first physical therapy department in the country.
  In 1938, Lenox Hill was the first hospital to perform an 
angiocardiogram in the nation and in 1955 it became one of the first 
hospitals in New York City to open a cardiac catheterization 
laboratory. The first coronary angioplasty in the United States was 
performed at Lenox Hill in 1978. In 1994, Lenox Hill Hospital surgeons 
pioneered minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery. In 
2003, the first FDA approved drug coated stent in the nation was 
implemented at Lenox Hill. In 2006, Lenox Hill opened a new radiology 
center featuring the only SPECT-CT in the Northeast, a machine which 
allows physicians to see inside the body in great detail and a new 64-
slice CT scanner, one of the most highly advanced computerized imaging 
technologies available today.
  Lenox Hill is respected as a leading responder to health crises. When 
tuberculosis was becoming a growing public health threat, Lenox Hill 
Hospital was the first general hospital in the United States to open a 
tuberculosis division in 1908. In 1943, Lenox Hill Hospital sent its 
medical unit to England to maintain station hospitals for military 
personnel during World War II. In 1989, the hospital established the 
first Lyme Disease Center in New York City.
  In keeping with its tradition of providing an immediate and necessary 
response during times of crisis, on September 11th, when terrorists 
struck the World Trade Center, Lenox Hill assembled a disaster team 
that came to the aid of hundreds of New Yorkers. The hospital set up a 
free walk-in Crisis Counseling Center as well as a blood donor center. 
Lenox Hill Hospital, as it has done in the past, provided aid to people 
when it was needed the most and became a beacon of hope for so many on 
that horrific day.
  Madam Speaker, I rise to request that my colleagues join me in paying 
tribute to Lenox Hill Hospital and its legacy of medical innovation and 
excellence in patient care.

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