

About Us
About St. Mary
Licensed for 366 beds, St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne , PA , is the most comprehensive medical center in Bucks County . With a staff of more than 650 physicians, 2,400 employees and 700 volunteers committed to providing excellence in patient care, St. Mary offers up-to-date technology, including a comprehensive cardiovascular program, the only state-accredited Trauma Center in Bucks County, a Joint Commission-accredited Primary Stroke Care Center, specialized diagnostic capabilities, obstetrics, exceptional surgical and orthopedics and a Joint Commission-accredited Joint Replacement Center, rehabilitation therapy, and the St. Mary Regional Cancer Center.
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
St. Mary provides advanced care across four primary Centers of Excellence – cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, and emergency and trauma services. These centers of excellence include:
St. Mary Heart Center
St. Mary
opened a new Heart and Vascular Catheterization Lab in early 2009. To date
nearly, 40,000 cardiovascular catheterizations have been performed at St. Mary,
making it one the region's most experienced. Cardiovascular care is a core focus of recent expansion efforts at St. Mary. In addition to building two new electrophysiology labs in 2005, St. Mary Medical Center opened a 50-bed cardiovascular care unit (CVCU) in 2006. This 33,480-square-foot unit is specially equipped to provide levels of cardiac care specific to each patient’s medical needs.
In 2008, St. Mary performed nearly 350 open heart surgeries, nearly 4,000 cardiac catheterizations, and more than 1,500 electrophysiology procedures.
St. Mary Regional Cancer Center
Each year, more than
1,000 cancer patients benefit from the latest innovations in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation offered at St. Mary. In 2008, the St. Mary Regional Cancer Center added Highly Integrated Adaptive Radiotherapy TomoTherapy HI-ART unit, combining the most advanced form of IMRT with real time CT imaging allowing doctors to plan and deliver radiation therapy as precisely as possible. PET-CT and brachytherapy are among advanced technology used in the St. Mary cancer center.
The St. Mary Cancer Center participates in important clinical trials, including studies of new treatments for breast, colorectal, prostate, and lung cancer. This research also includes clinical studies of investigational new medicines for melanoma, cancer of the esophagus and pancreas, Hodgkin’s disease, and multiple myeloma.
St. Mary Regional Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. This distinction is earned by just 25 percent of all hospitals nationwide.
St. Mary Orthopedic Center
The St. Mary Orthopedic Center offers the latest treatment advances and less-invasive surgical techniques performed by some of the area’s most accomplished bone and joint experts.
St. Mary has expanded the Orthopedic Center to include two new surgical suites. Each orthopedic operating room is specially equipped to handle minimally invasive procedures, total and partial joint replacement, sports injuries, spine and back surgery, hand surgery, trauma, and other highly sophisticated orthopedic procedures.
The number of orthopedic procedures has increased by more than 30 percent over the past two years, to more than 3,000 surgeries being done annually.
St. Mary Emergency Services and Trauma Center
In 2008, more than 60,000 children and adults receive
urgent medical care from St. Mary Emergency Services and Trauma Center. To
meet increasing demand for these services, St. Mary expanded emergency services
to include 24/7 pediatric emergency care. St. Mary utilizes fast response protocols to treat stroke and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Care Center and has a door-to-balloon time for emergency angioplasty to treat heart attacks that is among the quickest in national standards.
St. Mary Medical Center is committed to supporting healthy communities, and continually endeavors to be creative in approaches to meet the community’s healthcare needs through such programs as our Wellness Center, Women’s Center, Parenting Resource Center, and Holistic Services.
Located on 53 acres in beautiful Bucks County, St. Mary was founded in 1973 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. In 1996, St. Mary Medical Center became an Eastern Region member of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a national, non-profit Catholic health-care system. In July 2001, St. Mary transferred to Catholic Health East, a Catholic health-care system with a regional focus. Catholic Health East is the second largest regional healthcare system in the Delaware Valley.
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