St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a non-profit network of 15 campuses and over 300 outpatient sites. The health network is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
As of 2024, the network has over 20,000 employees.
History
The network started in 1872 [1] with St. Luke's Hospital, now known as St. Luke's University Hospital, which became a primary teaching hospital for Temple University School of Medicine in 1901. St. Luke's University Hospital is a non-profit, tertiary-care, teaching hospital. The networks service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuykill, and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke's operates the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke's Children's Hospital.
Specialties
St. Luke's University Health Network is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems and offers 90 medical specialties, including:
- Level I Trauma (Fountain Hill), Level II Trauma (Easton), and Level IV (Quakertown) Adult Trauma Center
- Bariatric surgery
- Cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.
- Gastroenterology: Colonoscopy, upper and lower endoscopic surgery, hernia repairs, ERCP, Endoscopic ultrasound.
- Neuroscience
- Oncology: Radiation oncology, chemotherapy, laser therapy
- Orthopaedics
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Perinatal
- Robotic and Minimally-invasive surgery
- Radiology
- Podiatry
- Women's Health: breast cancer surgery
Locations
St. Luke's University Health Network comprises fourteen hospitals:
- St. Luke's University Hospital and Temple University School of Medicine–Bethlehem in Fountain Hill
- St. Luke's Allentown Campus in Allentown
- St. Luke's Anderson Campus in Bethlehem Township
- St Luke's Easton in Easton
- St. Luke's Miners Campus in Coaldale
- St. Luke's Monroe Campus in Stroudsburg
- St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus in Quakertown
- St. Luke's Warren Campus in Phillipsburg, NJ
- St. Luke's Lehighton Campus in Lehighton
- St. Luke's Sacred Heart Campus in Allentown
- St. Luke's Quakertown Campus in Quakertown
- Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital in Orwigsburg
- St. Luke's Orthopedic Hospital West End Campus in Allentown, PA
- St. Luke's Penn Foundation Campus in Sellersville, PA
The network's 300 outpatient sites provide various healthcare services, including:
- Outpatient testing and service facilities
- A regional medical school campus
- Home care
- Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology
- Hospice services (inpatient and outpatient)
- Level III NICU
References
- ^ Network, St Luke's University Health. "St. Luke's University Health Network's 150th Anniversary". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.