Specialization Of Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis
Cancer Surgery
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Cosmetic Surgery
Daibetes, Endocrinology
Dermatology
ENT
Family Practice
Gastro-enterology
General Surgeon
Gynaecology
Intensive Care Unit
Internal Medicine
Kidney Transplantation and Expanded Dialysis Unit
Mammography(Digital)
Neuro Surgeon
Neuro Surgery
Neurologist
Obestetrician/Gynecologist
Oncologist
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Otolaryngologist
Pain Management
Pathology Lab
Pediatrics
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Pulmonology
Sleepless mess
Sport Injuiry Clinics
Urology
Vascular Surgeon
About Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis
** About Us - Centered on Excellence **
At St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital everything we do begins with a focus on delivering excellence in healthcare. From caring and compassionate service to health outcomes and prudent management of our resources, we demand excellence of ourselves and for those who turn to us for their healthcare needs.
We’ve committed human and financial resources to create eight centers of excellence designed to provide compassionate care, cutting-edge treatment, and excellent outcomes.
Mission and Core Values
Our mission and values establish the foundation and create the framework for the work we do. They express our priorities in what we will achieve, and how we will achieve them.
As a member of Ascension Health, St.Vincent Health is a part of the largest Catholic, mission-driven, not-for-profit health care system in the United States.
** Mission **
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care, which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.
History Of Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis
** St.Vincent Indianapolis: Our History **
St.Vincent Hospitals and Health Services, Indianapolis
In 1878, Bishop Francis Silas Chatard, who himself was a physician before he was ordained, sought to promote the establishment of a Catholic hospital in Indiana to be operated by the Daughters of Charity. This new hospital was located in an unused seminary building next to St. Joseph's Church on East Vermont Street in Indianapolis.
On April 26, 1881, the first four Daughters of Charity came as true pioneers: brave in heart, strong in zeal and poor in pocket, sharing only $34.77 between them. The bishop gave them $50 more to begin their Mission…converting the abandoned seminary into a hospital.
In 1889, just eight years after their arrival, the Sisters moved to a new facility at South and Delaware streets on the southeast side of downtown Indianapolis. They had been in their second home for less than 20 years when it became apparent that they must seek a third location. Before the move was made, however, the infirmary decided to give itself a new name, so in 1911 its legal name was changed to St.Vincent Hospital.
The new site lay on the north bank of Fall Creek, between Capitol Avenue and Illinois Street on the north side of Downtown Indianapolis. Thus, St.Vincent moved to a new 250-bed hospital on Fall Creek in February 1913, a location that served as St.Vincent's home for the next 61 years.
By the 1960s, overcrowding, expansion and renovation were the rule and talk was beginning about a new building. Land along 86th Street between Ditch and Township Line roads on the far-Northwestside was purchased for a new hospital. Ground was broken for the new hospital on Jan. 8, 1971.
On March 31, 1974, through a massive community effort headed by Administrator Carlos McDonnell, D.C., medical resident Dr. Philip Eskew Jr. of the U.S. Army Reserve, and aided by the 337th General Hospital Unit of the U.S. A.R., the transfer to hospital number four was made in three hours and 20 minutes.
St.Vincent is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care, which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words. The ageless mission of St.Vincent remains unchanged: to minister to the minds, bodies and spirits of those in need.
