About Richmond University Medical Center
Richmond University Medical Center, an affiliate of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a 470-plus bed health care facility serving nearly 500,000 borough residents as a leader in surgery, gastroenterology, pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology, endocrinology, urology, oncology, orthopedics, surgery and maternal health.
With over 2,500 employees, the Medical Center is one of the largest employers on Staten Island.
Located on two North Shore campuses, the Medical Center has filled the role of a traditional public hospital by caring for the underserved of the community.
- Recognized for its outstanding neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the Medical Center has one of the highest survival rates in the metropolitan area— 99.6%.
- A designated New York State Stroke Center, the Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
- The Emergency Department is a Level 1 Trauma Center with nearly 70,000 patient visits per year.
- The Medical Center is a designated SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) center of excellence.
- The main campus includes a Wound Care Center, Pain Management Center and Sleep Disorder Center.
- Behavioral health services encompass both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and substance abuse services.
- Richmond University Medical Center is the only comprehensive emergency psychiatric program on Staten Island, and the only borough facility that offers inpatient psychiatric services for adolescents.
- The Medical Center is a designated STEMI (heart attack) receiving site for FDNY.
Values
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We are WELCOMING and gracious toward each other, and toward all who come to receive our services.
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Personnel are ENERGIZED for quality, creativity, commitment and teamwork.
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COMPASSION is the way we share deep concern and care toward each person.
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ADVOCACY is our activity that promotes the rights and responsibilities of patients, families and staff, in the hospital and in the community.
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We show RESPECT by recognizing the basic dignity of every person in all our interactions and in the formulation of policies and procedures.
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EXCELLENCE is our way of demonstrating that we can always be more and always be better.
Mission
Richmond University Medical Center is a not-for-profit health care provider serving the ethnically diverse community of Staten Island and its neighbors.
We provide premier quality patient care through a full spectrum of emergent, acute, primary, behavioral health and educational services.
We do this in an environment that promotes the highest satisfaction among patients, families, physicians and staff.
Vision
To establish a regional identity as Richmond University Medical Center and a region-wide reputation for excellence in providing the highest standards of medical care to the community.
To develop a culture of pride in the history of the institution, the current activities and initiatives for future growth and expansion.
To be recognized as the provider of choice.
Awards & Accreditation
Hospital Accreditation – The Joint Commission
Blood Gas Laboratory – College of American Pathologists
Cancer Program – American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
Emergency Department – Violence Against Women Center Designation
Mammography – American College of Radiology
Health Information Technology – U.S. Federal Government
Pathology – College of American Pathologists
Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home – National Committee for Quality Assurance
Primary Stroke – American Heart Association – Gold Plus Award
Ultrasound – American Ultrasound Institute of Medicine
RUMC is a Sponsoring Institution of Graduate Medical Education with an Academic Affiliation with The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Our Residency Programs in Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Radiology are Fully Accredited by the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education)
Our Podiatry Residency Program is Accredited by the CPME (Council on Podiatric Medical Education)
Our Advanced Gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive Fellowship is Accredited by The Fellowship Council.
St. George Clinic – NYS Health Center for Excellence in Integrated Care
Tobacco Free Best Practices – NYC Department of Health Bronze Award
Leadership
Richmond University Medical Center
Board of Trustees
Rev. Tony Baker Sr., D.Min.
Alan Bernikow
Pietro Carpenito, M.D.
Katherine Connors
Sara Warren Gardner
Gina Gutzeit, Treasurer
Daniel J. Messina, Ph.D.
Hon. James P. Molinaro
Joseph Motta, M.D.
Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Ph.D.
Catherine Paulo, Esq., Secretary
Ronald A. Purpora, Vice Chair
Dennis Quirk
Kathryn K. Rooney, Esq., Chair
John C. Santora
John Vincent Scalia
Peter Stathopoulos, M.D.
Samala Swamy, M.D.
Allan Weissglass
Richmond University Medical Center Foundation
Board of Trustees
Lucille Chazanoff, Treasurer
Brian Gomez
Lina Fang
William Ferri
Robin Lefkowitz
Teresa Lemma, M.D.
Michael Mantello, M.D., Secretary
Daniel J. Messina, Ph.D.
Pankaj Patel, M.D.
Hon. Dianne Powers
Philip Otterbeck, M.D.
Richard S. Sansaricq
John C. Santora
Joseph Saporito
Marcello Sciarrino
Thomas A. Sipp, Esq., Chair
Colleen Kelleher Sorrentino
Joseph Torres