- Sinai Hospital
Infobox Hospital
Name = Sinai Hospital
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Org/Group = Lifebridge Health
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HealthCare = Private, non-profit
Type = Teaching
Location =Baltimore
State =Maryland
Country = United States
Beds = 467
Emergency = Yes
Founded = 1866
Website = http://www.lifebridgehealth.org/sinaihospital/Sinai Hospital is a
Baltimore, Maryland hospital originally founded in 1866 as the Hebrew Hospital and Asylum. It is now aJewish -sponsored teaching hospital that provides care for all people. It is notable as the birthplace of theimplantable cardioverter-defibrillator , or ICD, invented by the team of Dr.Michel Mirowski , Dr.Morton Mower ,M. Stephen Heilman , andAlois Langer who are all in theNational Inventors Hall of Fame for their achievement.Currently, Sinai Hospital is a part of the
Lifebridge Health system, which also runs Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Levindale nursing home (which is across the street from Sinai), Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, several medical office buildings in the Baltimore area, and a health and fitness club.Location
Sinai Hospital is located in Northwest Baltimore along Belvedere Avenue, near the intersection of Northern Parkway and
Greenspring Avenue , and about a block away fromPimlico Race Course . The entrance to the emergency room known as ER-7 is accessible from Greenspring Avenue. The hospital itself is also surrounded by Cylburn and Lanier Avenues.The hospital is very close to exit 10 off
Interstate 83 .Several public bus lines operated by the
Maryland Transit Administration serve the hospital, including Routes 1, 27, 44, and 91.External links
* [http://www.lifebridgehealth.org/sinaibody.cfm?id=15 Official Site]
*Lifebridge health home page [http://www.deformitycourse.com/default.cfm]
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