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Hospital Locations
DePaul HealtH Center
12303 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
(314) 344-6090
Physicians
SSM Cancer Care brings together many
of the region’s most skilled and experienced
physicians to provide our patients with specialized
clinical expertise and compassionate care.
Our medical oncologists’ clinical interests
and expertise include:
• hematology
St. Clare HealtH Center
1011 Bowles Ave, Suite G50
• all solid tumors, such as but not limited to;
breast, lung, prostate, colorectal and gyn
(636) 496-4600
• liquid malignancies, such as but not limited
to; lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma
St. JoSePH HealtH Center
Our radiation oncologists are skilled in the
use of:
Fenton, MO 63026
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
(636) 947-5009
St. JoSePH HoSPital WeSt
400 Medical Plaza, Suite 100
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
• 4D treatment planning
• External beam
• Prostate brachtherapy
Other specialists available through SSM
Cancer Care include:
• Gynecologic oncologists
• Colorectal surgeons
• Breast surgeons
• non-interventional
and interventional
pulmonologists
• Plastic surgeons
• Gastroenterologists
• CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery System
• Thoracic surgeons
• MammoSite High Dose Rate (HDR) breast
radiation
• Urologists
• Image Guided Radiation Therapy
• Neurologists and
neurosurgeons
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
• ENT
• Stereotactic radiation
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St. JoSePH
MeDiCal Park
1475 Kisker Rd., Suite #180
St. Charles, MO 63304
(636) 442-7370
St. Mary’S HealtH Center
6420 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
(314) 768-8000
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Diagnostic technology
• CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
SSM Cancer Care partners with SSM Imaging to offer
unparalleled access to the latest advanced diagnostic
technologies. Technologies available at SSM Cancer
Care facilities include:
• MammoSite High Dose Rate (HDR) breast radiation
• MRI
• Image-Guided Biopsies
• PET CT/SPEC CT
• Ultrasound Biopsy
• Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
• Digital Mammography
• Mammary Ductoscopy
• Nuclear Medicine Scan
• CT
In addition, SSM Cancer Care offers
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) imaging
for diagnosis and staging of lung cancer.
Physicians perform transbronchial needle
aspiration (TBNA) via the trachea to
sample lung and thoracic lymph node
tissue, thus avoiding more invasive
procedures. EBUS is an outpatient procedure that may
be performed under moderate sedation in many cases.
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) for the diagnosis
and staging of gastrointestinal malignancies is
another recent diagnostic advance available through
SSM Cancer Care. The endoscope provides detailed
ultrasound images of the upper or lower digestive
tract and surrounding organs. Like EBUS, EUS is an
outpatient procedure usually performed under sedation.
treatment
SSM Cancer Care physicians develop individualized
treatment plans that take advantage of the best
practices and procedures available. Patients receive
optimal treatment in convenient locations. Many of
these treatments are minimally invasive, preserving
patients’ quality of life.
Treatment modalities include:
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation Therapy (including intensity modulated
radiotherapy, external beam, image-guided
radiation therapy)
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• TomoTherapy Hi-Art System
• Brachytherapy
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
• da Vinci Si Surgical System (available at SSM DePaul
Health Center)
• Other minimally invasive cancer surgeries
Cancer Conferences
Multiple specialists meet weekly to review and
discuss all new cancer cases to ensure patients are
getting the best treatment for their individual circumstance.
Steering teams
Physician led breast and thoracic steering teams
made up of multiple specialists work together to:
• Achieve coordination, communication and
consistency among medical disciplines
• Ensure adherence to quality measures
program–wide
• Obtain best possible care and patient
experience based on best practices
• Uncover ways to improve diagnosis
and treatment process
oncology staff
SSM Cancer Care employs specially trained and
educated support personnel such as dedicated thoracic
cancer and breast cancer nurse navigators, and
certified oncology nurses (ONCs).
Nurse navigators (breast & lung):
• Coordinate tests to make them convenient, trying to
get as many tests scheduled together on a single day
and site, for instance
• Make sure the all the connections are made so that
patients enjoy a relatively seamless and expeditious
cancer care experience
OCN Certified nurses have:
electronic Health record
• gained additional knowledge and expertise to
extensively care for patients with an actual or
potential diagnosis of cancer.
• achieved an advanced level of skill to be better
equipped to recognize problems and take action
Using a systemwide electronic health record, SSM
physicians access information from any Internetenabled computer, sharing patient data as needed
to optimize diagnosis and treatment in a timely,
coordinated manner.
Clinical research
SSM Breast Care
One particular research program that is unique to
this area is the International Early Lung Cancer Action
Program (I-ELCAP). SSM Cancer Care at St. Joseph
Health Center is the only facility in the state to serve as
an I-ELCAP screening site. I-ELCAP has been underway
for more than five years and is an international collaborative effort to study early diagnosis of lung cancer
using low-dose screening CT of the chest paired with
smoking cessation programming. Recent findings
from the NIH national lung screening trial indicates a
20% reduction in mortality for smokers undergoing CT
screen and recommend programs such as the I-ELCAP
for lung cancer screening.
SSM Breast Care provides the full spectrum of care
for breast diseases including diagnosis, treatment and
support services. Our program has skilled professionals,
state of the art technology, genetic counseling, nurse
navigators and six convenient locations. To learn more
about SSM Breast Care, go to the SSM Breast Care
tabbed sheet in SSM Capabilities Binder.
education & Support
At SSM Cancer Care, we never lose
sight of the fact that we treat people,
not cancer. Information on supportive
services and additional resources is
available through SSM Cancer Care’s
Cancer Resource Centers, located at
most of our facilities.
Ongoing support is provided through
a variety of educational and therapeutic
programs. These include:
• Exercise Classes
• Look Good Feel Better, a program
affiliated with the American Cancer
Society
• Breast Cancer Support Groups
• Cancer Care Support Groups
• I Can Cope
• Tobacco Free for Life
SSM Cancer Care’s affiliation with Saint Louis
University benefits patients and physicians by allowing
for additional participation in clinical research trials. In
this way, SSM Cancer Care is not only providing current
best practices, but is helping to transform and improve
the future of cancer treatment. Research trials will be
conducted in SSM Cancer Care facilities, and subjects
will enjoy the same convenience that they do to obtain
other services.
• Weekly Cancer Survivors Group
• Weekly Cancer Recovery Group
• Monthly Cancer Survivors and Caregivers
Support Group
• Grief Support Group
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SSM St. Joseph Health Center
SSM St. Joseph Hospital West
SSM DePaul Health Center
SSM St. Joseph Medical Park
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
SSM St. Clare Health Center
DePaul Health Center
St. Joseph Health Center
St. Joseph Medical Park
12303 DePaul Drive
300 First Capitol Drive
1475 Kisker Road, Suite #180
Bridgeton, MO 63044
St. Charles, MO 63301
St. Charles, MO 63304
(314) 344-6090
(636) 947-5009
(636) 442-7370
St. Clare Health Center
St. Joseph Hospital West
St. Mary’s Health Center
1011 Bowles Ave, Suite G50
400 Medical Plaza, Suite 100
6420 Clayton Road
Fenton, MO 63026
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
St. Louis, MO 63117
(636) 496-4600
(636) 755-3034
(314) 768-8000
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Our Locations
SSM St. Mary’s
Health Center
6400 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
SSM Behavioral Health Services can provide
inpatient or outpatient treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, behavioral
problems and other mental health issues.
Our services know no age boundaries.
SSM Behavioral Health Services provides
specialized care to adolescents and children
who are experiencing mental problems. We
also offer the only hospital-based, inpatient
psychiatric unit dedicated exclusively to the
care of geriatric patients.
SSM DePaul
Health Center
12303 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
SSM St. Joseph
Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
Adult Services
• Inpatient Psychiatric Services
• Outpatient Psychiatric Services
• Outpatient Chemical Dependency Services
• Outpatient Dual Diagnosis Services
SSM St. Joseph Health
Center - Wentzville
500 Medical Drive
Wentzville, MO 63385
Call Central Intake
for admission at all
locations.
314-344-6700
1-800-426-2083
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SSM Behavioral Health Services provides
some of the most experienced and progressive
psychiatric care in the United States. Our
multi-disciplinary team includes psychiatrists,
psychologists, counselors, therapists and
nurses. Our specialists have extensive clinical
expertise and a mission to treat each patient
with compassion and dignity.
We offer a wide range of therapeutic options,
tailored to a patient’s individual needs.
Specialty Adult Services
• Geriatric Inpatient and Outpatient Services
• MD/DD Inpatient Services
• Chronically Mentally Ill Inpatient and
Outpatient Services
Youth Services
• Inpatient Child Psychiatric Services
• Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatric Services
• Youth Outpatient Services
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Our Locations
SSM St. MArY’S HeAltH Center
SSM St. JoSePH HeAltH Center –
6420 Clayton Road
WentzvIlle
St. Louis, MO 63117
500 Medical Drive
Wentzville, MO 63385
SSM DePAul HeAltH Center
12303 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
SSM St. JoSePH HeAltH Center
300 First Capitol Drive
Call Central Intake
for admission at all
locations.
314-344-6700
1-800-426-2083
St. Charles, MO 63301
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Our Locations
SSM St. Mary’S
HealtH Center
1031 Bellevue Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63117
314-768-8353
SSM St. Clare
HealtH Center
1015 Bowles Ave.
Fenton, MO 63026
636-496-2650
SSM DePaul
HealtH Center
3440 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
314-739-0924
SSM St. JoSePH
HealtH Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-949-9600
SSM St. JoSePH
MeDiCal Park
1475 Kisker Road
St. Charles, MO 63304
636-498-7900
SSM St. JoSePH
HoSPital WeSt
400 Medical Plaza
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
636-949-9600
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Prevention and early detection are helping to
save more lives than ever before. SSM Breast
Care provides cutting-edge technology and
expertise with convenient locations to provide
women with the best breast care in the
St. Louis area. From screening and diagnosis
to treatment and follow-up support, our team
of experts is available to help guide women
to health. Each SSM Breast Care location
is accredited by the American College of
Radiologists, and
our organization
surpasses all
Mammography
Quality Act standards.
SSM Breast
Care offers a full
range of state-ofthe-art diagnostic
and treatment
technology. Digital
mammography,
rapid diagnosis and
innovative treatment
options are available.
For the convenience of our patients,
we provide services days, evening and on
Saturdays. Walk-ins are welcome at many of
our locations. Screening results are generally
available within 24 hours.
Financial assistance may be available to women
who lack insurance coverage, through our
community partnerships with organizations such
as the Karen Weidinger Foundation, Susan G.
Komen for the Cure and Show Me Healthy Women.
Our team of specialized physicians, nurses,
mammography technologists and support
staff will help women understand their
options to create the best care plan.
At SSM Breast Care, we pride
ourselves on our unsurpassed level of
personal care. An SSM Breast Care
health specialist is with each patient
through every step of the process,
from diagnosis to treatment.
Specially trained nurses meet
individually with patients who need
biopsies or further assessment,
offering answers to questions
and compassionate support.
These nurse navigators take
their mission of compassionate,
personalized care very seriously.
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Our Locations
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
1031 Bellevue Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63117
314-768-8353
SSM DePaul Health Center
3440 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
314-739-0924
SSM St. Joseph Medical Park
1475 Kisker Road
St. Charles, MO 63304
636-498-7900
SSM St. Clare Health Center
1015 Bowles Ave.
Fenton, MO 63026
636-496-2809
SSM St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-949-9600
SSM St. Joseph Hospital West
400 Medical Plaza
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
636-949-9600
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Locations
Located at five SSM
Overview
With five convenient locations across
SSM Heart Institute ranks among the
region’s leaders in quality heart care,
hospitals, each SSM Heart
St. Louis and more than 100 cardiologists,
performing above national averages in every
Institute facility features
electrophysiologists and cardiothoracic
quality indicator of inpatient heart care (heart
advanced treatments and
surgeons, SSM Heart Institute offers multiple
attack and congestive heart failure) reported
technologies that offer
approaches and a wide range of options for
by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
patients a wider breadth of
comprehensive heart care.
Services.
options for heart problems.
In fact, more people choose SSM Heart
Institute for high quality heart care – from
DePAul HeAlTH CeNTer
ST. ClAre HeAlTH CeNTer
ST. JOSePH HeAlTH CeNTer
open-heart surgeries to inpatient heart
care – than any other heart program in
the region. And national studies prove the
more experience in performing these heart
• Providing dedicated physicians, leading
edge-techniques electronic health records
and unparalleled experience, SSM Heart
Institute has earned its place as the preferred
destination for heart patients and the
physicians who refer them.
procedures, the better results for the patient.
ST. JOSePH HOSPiTAl WeST
Heart Disease - Overview
ST. MAry’S HeAlTH CeNTer
of problems that affect the heart. According
Heart disease is an umbrella term for a host
to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),
heart disease is the leading cause of death
in the United States. Almost 700,000 people
die of heart diseases in the U.S. each year,
accounting for about 29 percent of all U.S.
deaths. Common heart diseases include:
• Arrhythmia/Atrial Fibrillation
• Arrhythmia
• Atrial Fillbrillation (AF)
• Angina
SSM Heart Institute’s cardiologists perform
more angioplasties and stent procedures than
any other heart program in St. Louis. And
the institute’s electrophysiologsts complete
hundreds of pacemaker placements and
cardiac defibrillator implants each year.
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
• Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
• Valvular Diseases
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Nobody Treats Heart Attacks Faster
In 2011, all SSM hospitals achieved perfect
door-to-balloon performance for emergent
heart attack care.
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SSM Heart institute – Heart Care Services
SSM Heart Institute offers the following surgical and
non-surgical heart care services.
• Cardiac catheterization
- SSM Heart Institute cardiologists perform more
cardiac catheterizations than any other heart
program in St. Louis.
Diagnostic Services
• Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Records the heart’s electrical activity.
• Cardiac stress test
- Determines the heart’s ability to function under
physical stress and exercise.
• Echocardiogram
- Uses ultrasound waves to help visualize the
movements of the heart’s valves and chambers.
• Holter monitor
- Continuously records the heart’s rhythm.
• Heart CT scan
- SSM Heart Institute offers lead-edge 64-slice CT
technology, which is considered the most effective
tool available for the non-invasive detection
and evaluation of coronary artery and vascular
diseases.
• Electrophysiology (EP) studies
- Show how the heart reacts to controlled electrical
signals to determine where electrical conduction
problems start.
Non-Surgical Treatments
• Chest Pain Centers
- Located next to the Emergency Room at DePaul
Health Center,
St. Joseph Health
Center and
St. Joseph Hospital
West and St. Mary’s
Health Center.
- Patients are evaluated
within 30 seconds
of arrival and have
treatment begun
within 30 minutes of
arrival.
- SSM Heart Institute
provides angioplasty
for heart attack
patients in less than 90 minutes of arrival – the
nationally recognized standard of care.
• Balloon angioplasty/stents
- SSM Heart Institute operates five, 24-hour
cardiac catheterization labs across the region.
- Life-saving “door to balloon” times are better
than national averages.
- Many angioplasties are now performed through
the wrist.
• Thrombolytic therapy
- Medication given intravenously to dissolve the
blood clot causing a heart attack.
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Non-Surgical Treatments continued
Heart Valve Surgery
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Aortic valve replacement
- SSM Heart Institute offers multi-phase cardiac
rehabilitation programs that begin when patients
are still in the hospital.
• Electrophysiology (EP)
- SSM Heart Institute has advanced EP labs to help
- Replaces of a malfunctioning aortic valve due to
narrowing (stenosis) or leakage (regurgitation).
• Mitral valve repair
- Repairs a malfunctioning mitral valve due to
narrowing (stenosis) or leakage (regurgitation).
physicians treat electrical problems of the heart.
• Cardiac mapping – identifies the cause of an
irregular heartbeat. The irregular heartbeat
is often corrected through a procedure called
ablation.
• Pacemakers – implanting a cardiac defibrillator
delivers a life-saving electrical impulse to those
with potentially deadly arrhythmias.
Open Heart Surgery
• Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)
- Surgical procedure where blood is rerouted
around clogged arteries to improve blood supply
to the heart through using a piece of a vein from
the leg or an artery from the chest or wrist.
- This piece is attached to the coronary artery
above and below the narrowed area or blockage,
allowing blood to bypass the blockage.
• Specialized procedure: off-pump CABG
- Newer procedure of performing CABG, where
instead of stopping the patient’s heart and
• Minimally invasive valve surgery
- Uses a small, three-inch incision, separating select
performing coronary bypass using a heart-lung
ribs, to reach the heart instead of splitting the
machine, it allows the heart to continue natural
patient’s breastbone through the middle.
beating during surgery.
- Several advantages – fewer blood transfusions,
less memory loss, faster recovery and a lower risk
for kidney problems.
- SSM Heart Institute is a training center
for off-pump heart surgery.
- SSM Heart Institute is a national training facility,
educating surgeons in this keyhole surgery and
other minimally invasive techniques.
- Surgeons may use da Vinci robot to assist in
the procedure.
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• Minimally Invasive CABG
- SSM Heart Institute is the only provider of true
minimally invasive heart bypass surgery in the St.
Louis region. For qualified patients, the benefits of
this surgery are numerous.
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Our Locations
SSM DePaul Health Center
12303 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
SSM St. Joseph HOSPITAL West
100 Medical Plaza
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
SSM St. clare Health Center
1015 Bowles Ave.
Fenton, MO 63026
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
6420 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
SSM St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
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Locations
We offer five locations to
deliver your baby, each with
its own unique advantages
and personality.
DePaul HealtH Center
12303 DePaul Drive
St. Louis, MO 63044
314-344-6000
St. Clare HealtH Center
1015 Bowles Avenue
Fenton, MO 63026
636-496-2000
St. JOSePH
HealtH Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-947-5000
Our relationship with the doctors of Saint
Overview
With its broad range of services and
multitude of locations, SSM Maternity Care
provides expert care to mothers—through
every step of their pregnancy.
SSM Maternity Care offers it all, from
prenatal care and advanced genetic
screening to expert neonatal care. Mothers
can choose to deliver in any of our five
convenient locations. All feature the comforts
of home and advanced technology to ensure
the safest possible delivery.
Not every pregnancy goes smoothly,
but that isn’t a problem for our
maternal-fetal medicine specialists.
Louis University School of Medicine means
we have the most advanced high-risk
pregnancy specialists in the St. Louis area
working in our facilities. Whether a patient
has pre-existing conditions or a congenital
problem is detected, the doctors of SSM
Maternity Care are prepared.
Our doctors also provide the highest level
of neonatal care. SSM Cardinal Glennon
Children’s Medical Center is home of the
Dana Brown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,
a 60-bed all-private NICU in St. Louis. Our
expert team of neonatologists, cardiologists
and pediatric surgeons is available to
treat babies with a variety of challenging
conditions.
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St. JOSePH
HOSPital WeSt
100 Medical Plaza
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
636-625-5200
St. Mary’S HealtH Center
6420 Clayton Road
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
314-768-8000
CarDinal GlennOn
CHilDren’S MeDiCal
Center
1465 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
314-577-5600
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SSM Maternity Care locations
SSM DePaul Health Center
12303 DePaul Drive, Bridgeton, MO 63044
(314) 344-6000
Our spacious birthing suites are designed for the
100 Medical Plaza, Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
(636) 625-5200
When it’s time to deliver, patients and their families
will enjoy our all-private suites, where they can share
a room with baby. Moms can eat what they like with
total comfort of mom, baby and the rest of the family.
room service dining and, as a special treat, a guest
Accommodations include a private shower, vanity,
will receive two free meals a day. We also provide free
flat-screen TV and a comfortable sleeper sofa for
Wi-Fi Internet access for our guests so they can email
mom’s support person. All of our suites are equipped to
photos of the new arrival. Each room has a comfortable
handle each phase of the delivery process, from labor
sleeper sofa for spouses or loved ones to spend the night.
and delivery to recovery and post-partum care.
SSM St. Clare Health Center
Moms can begin successful breastfeeding with the help
of our lactation consultant and rentals of breast pumps.
1015 Bowles Avenue, Fenton, MO 63026
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
(636) 496-2000
6420 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117
All phases of childbirth – labor, delivery, recovery
and postpartum procedures – take place in the same
(314) 768-8000
Mom can welcome Baby in a beautiful new, all-
specially designed private suite, with family at the
private suite on an all-new birthing floor. The rooms
bedside. Each room has a comfortable sleeper sofa for
were specially designed to provide a comfortable and
spouses or loved ones to spend the night.
attractive space for Mom and a welcoming environment
SSM St. Joseph Health Center
for families. Our high-risk maternity
specialists are among the
300 First Capitol Drive, St. Charles, MO 63301
best in the country, able to
(636) 947-5000
care for the most complex
Our all new birthing suites feature comfortable, allprivate rooms with a soothing, modern atmosphere and
scenic river views. Moms will be pampered by our compassionate nurses and cared for by expert physicians in
a comfortable and beautiful space. Our family waiting
areas provide complimentary refreshments while your
family waits to welcome its new addition.
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SSM St. Joseph Hospital West
pregnancies with expertise
and compassion.
High-risk Pregnancy Care
SSM Maternity Care is a recognized leader in high-
If a pregnancy unexpectedly becomes high-risk, SSM
St. Mary’s Health Center offers a maternal transport
risk pregnancy. St. Mary’s Health Center is a tertiary,
team. This team of trained nurses can fly or drive the
high-risk facility that specializes in high-risk maternity
at-risk mother to our expert maternal-fetal specialists
care. The 585-bed facility features an antepartum unit
at SSM St. Mary’s. Our transport team allows women
that allows constant monitoring of women carrying a
the reassurance that 24-hour access to our first-class
high-risk pregnancy. SSM St. Mary’s is staffed by high-
care is only a phone call away.
risk specialists from Saint Louis University School of
Sometimes, the complications are with the
Medicine. These doctors are leaders and innovators in
developing baby. Our genetics testing can let mothers
their field.
know if congenital abnormalities are a possibility before
A high-risk pregnancy occurs when some condition
conception. We also offer advanced fetal screening that
puts the mother, the developing baby or both at
can reveal congenital defects early in the pregnancy.
higher-than-normal risk for complications during or
When a problem is detected, our high-risk specialists
after the pregnancy and birth. About 10
work with families to determine the best course of
to 20 percent of pregnancies—about 875,000 a year in
action.
the United States—experience one or more conditions
that complicate the process.
There are some fetal problems that can be treated
effectively by doing surgery before birth. The St. louis
Fetal Care institute is one of only a few teams in the
country with the expertise to perform fetal surgery.
Patients can be seen by our high-risk pregnancy
Fetal/pediatric surgeon Dr. Ed Yang and maternal-fetal
specialists without leaving their community. A
medicine specialist Dr. Mike Vlastos partner to provide
sophisticated telemedicine system called teletouch
the most advanced diagnostics and fetal treatment in
can connect a patient and ultrasound technician in one
middle America.
city with our experts in St. Louis. Our doctor can see
the ultrasound in real time and diagnose complex fetal
problems and answer questions for patients. Mothers
are often able to deliver their baby in the hospital of
their choice, with their own obstetrician working closely
with our high-risk maternity experts.
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Although St. Mary’s Health Center specializes in
high-risk care, SSM Maternity Care creates a safety net
from Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Cardinal
Glennon provides the highest level of care to newborns.
SSM Cardinal Glennon’s Dana
that allows that high-risk expertise to stretch across
the hospitals of SSM Health Care-St. Louis. We utilize
Brown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
a team approach that combines the vast medical
is a 60-bed, all-private NICU in
resources of many premier maternal, fetal and neonatal
the St. Louis area. Having private
health care providers. This means that our expert
rooms allows parents to stay and
services are available at St. Joseph Hospital West,
bond with their newborns while
St. Joseph Health Center, DePaul Health Center and
they receive expert care from
St. Clare Health Center.
compassionate and dedicated
specialists. New technology combined with the expert
neonatal expertise
care of our doctors means that babies born at just 23
All our hospitals are equipped with a nursery for
newborn babies. St. Mary’s offers a Level III Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit and can care for premature or sick
weeks have survived conditions that would have surely
been fatal just decades ago.
Cardinal Glennon also operates a Neonatal Transport
babies. But at St. Mary’s
Team. Staffed by experienced neonatal nurses, this
or any SSM hospital,
service allows the team to fly or drive sick babies to
doctors and mothers
the NICU around the clock. St. Louis’ first
have access to the
NICU Transplant Team was pioneered
pediatric experts at
by Cardinal Glennon in 1979.
Cardinal Glennon
Children’s Medical Center.
The dream is to
give birth to a healthy
baby and take home
the new bundle of joy
immediately, but that
doesn’t always happen.
When your new baby
has complications, our experts at Cardinal Glennon
Children’s Medical Center are there. Staffed by leading
neonatologists
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Locations
SSM Cardinal
GlennOn
CHildren’S
MediCal CenTer
1465 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
314-268-6413
Satellite office:
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-947-5165
SSM dePaul
HealTH CenTer
3440 DePaul Drive,
Suite 207
Bridgeton, MO 63044
314-770-0809
SSM ST. Clare
HealTH CenTer
1015 Bowles Ave.
Fenton, MO 63026
636-496-2000
SSM ST. JOSePH
HealTH CenTer
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-947-5165
SSM ST. JOSePH
HOSPiTal WeST
400 Medical Plaza
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
636-755-3060
SSM ST. Mary’S
HealTH CenTer
1027 Bellevue, Suite 101
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
314-644-0016
Overview
SSM ST. Clare HealTH CenTer
SSM Center for Sleep Disorders specializes
in sleep-related breathing disorders and offers
the expertise and equipment to evaluate and
care for patients with more rare or complex
neurological sleep disorders. Each location is
overseen by a board-certified sleep physician,
which sets the center apart from other sleep
centers in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
SSM Center for Sleep Disorders offers the
latest technology and follows the American
Academy of Sleep Medicine’s standards for
evaluating and performing sleep studies.
1015 Bowles Avenue, Fenton, MO 63026
636-496-2820
SSM Cardinal GlennOn PediaTriC
SleeP & reSearCH CenTer
• Four-bed center.
• Consultation with sleep physician available
but not required before study.
• Private, hotel-like amenities include
queen-size beds, bathrooms with showers
and flat screen televisions.
• Sleep studies are offered seven days a week.
• Day, night and split sleep studies are
performed at this center.
1465 South Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104
314-268-6413
Satellite office: 300 First Capitol Drive,
St. Charles, MO 63301 - 636-947-5165
Features
• Three-bed center.
• Accommodations for one parent to stay overnight in child’s room.
• Sleep studies are offered seven days a week.
• Day, night and split sleep studies are
performed at this center.
• For young infants, daytime nap studies can
also be performed.
• Opened a satellite pediatric sleep lab at SSM
St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles.
SSM dePaul HealTH CenTer
3440 DePaul Lane, Suite 207
Bridgeton, MO 63044
314-770-0809
Features
SSM ST. JOSePH HealTH CenTer
300 First Capitol Drive, St. Charles, MO 63301
636-947-5165
Features
• Six-bed center.
• Daytime studies performed.
• Six-bed center.
• Accredited by the American Academy
of Sleep Medicine.
• Consultation with a sleep physician is available, but not required, before a sleep study.
• Consultation with sleep physician is
required before study.
• Private, hotel-like amenities include queensize beds, bathrooms with showers, flat
screen televisions and front-door parking.
• Private rooms with bathrooms and
cable television.
• Sleep studies are offered seven days a week.
• Pediatric sleep studies performed by SSM
Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Sleep and
Research Center
• Day, night and split sleep studies are
performed at this center.
• Bariatric furniture and bathrooms offered.
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• Bariatric beds offered.
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SSM ST. JOSePH HOSPiTal WeST
400 Medical Plaza, Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
636-755-3060
Other sleep disorders we treat:
• Narcolepsy
• Abnormal motor behaviors during sleep
• Nocturnal seizures
Features
• Restless leg syndrome
• Four-bed center.
• Modern amenities including queen size beds.
• Bariatric furniture and bathrooms available.
• Convenient front-door parking.
• Consultations with sleep physician available,
but not required for sleep study.
• Day, night and split-night studies available
seven days a week.
SSM ST. Mary’S HealTH CenTer
1027 Bellevue, Suite 101
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
314-644-0016
• Insomnia
• Obstructive sleep apnea
- Caused by airway blockage when the soft tissue in
the rear of the throat collapses and closes during
sleep.
• Central sleep apnea
- Occurs when the brain fails to signal the
muscles to breathe.
• Mixed apnea
- Results from a combination of obstructive
sleep apnea and central sleep apnea.
Full range of Sleep Studies Offered by
the
SSM Center for Sleep disorders
Features
• Two-bed center.
• Consultation with sleep physician available,
but not required, before study.
• Private, hotel-like amenities include queen-size beds,
bathrooms with showers and
flat screen televisions.
• Can accommodate day, night and split-night sleep
studies seven days a week.
Types of Sleep disorders Treated by
SSM Center for Sleep disorders
Sleep apnea
• One of the most common and dangerous
sleep disorders.
• Literally causes a person to repeatedly stop
breathing through the night.
• Affects more than 12 million Americans, according
to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Basic monitoring includes:
Polysomnography – standard overnight sleep study
that uses digital sensors to record body functions during
sleep.
Multiple sleep latency test – measures how long it takes
for the patient to fall asleep during the daytime and
helps determine the cause of severe daytime sleepiness.
Maintenance of wakefulness test – helps pilots and professional drivers prevent dangerous performance errors
by determining how well they can stay alert.
Daytime studies – specifically designed for those who
work at night and sleep during the day.
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Location
SSM DePaul Health
Center
12266 DePaul Dr., Suite 310
St. Louis, MO 63044
1-877-4SSMWLI (477-6954)
Overview
Bariatric Procedures
The SSM Weight-Loss Institute offers breakthrough surgical and non-surgical options that
can be tailored to fit your weight-loss goals.
You’ll find comfort in the
fact that since 2005 the
SSM WLI has performed
close to 3000 life-changing and life-saving weightloss surgeries to help our
patients lead healthier and
happier lives.
Quality and safety are
among our top priorities.
To that end we are the first in St. Louis to start
a bariatric case conference which is a multi-specialty team of physicians, dieticians, psychologists and bariatric nurse specialists who review
Roux-en-Y Divided Gastric Bypass
• SSM Weight-Loss Institute’s medical director
was among the first in the world to perform
this laparascopic operation.
• During the 60- to 90-minute procedure, the
surgeon sections off a portion of the stomach
and reroutes part of the small intestine.
• Since part of the intestine is bypassed,
fewer calories are absorbed.
Adjustable Gastric Banding System
• The adjustable gastric band is a silicone ring
placed around the top part of the stomach,
creating a small pouch.
• The ring can be adjusted several times to
ensure proper weight loss.
each patient’s needs to ensure she receives the
best care and best results.
Special Designations
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• American Society for Metabolic &
Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) –
Center of Excellence.
• United Health Care – Bariatric Resource
Service Center of Excellence.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri –
Blue Center for Bariatric Surgery.
• Aetna Insurance Plan –
Aetna’s Bariatric Network.
• CIGNA – Certified Hospital for
Bariatric Surgery.
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Non-Surgical Treatments
Sleeve Gastrectomy
HMR® (Health Management Resources)
• In this restrictive form of weight-loss surgery, the
surgeon removes approximately 85% of the stomach.
medically supervised diet and exercise program. Over
• The process leaves a cylindrical or
sleeve-shaped stomach.
• Since the new stomach continues to
function normally, there are fewer
restrictions on foods, though the quantity
of food consumed is considerably reduced.
SSM Weight-Loss Institute offers HMR, a full-service,
one million HMR patients have lost an average of
20-60 pounds. The program features HMR meal
replacements for current diet and eating habits. Our
non-surgical program food products are available for
purchase online at ssmweightloss.com.
Nutrition
SSM Weight-Loss Institute’s registered dieticians
Process for surgical weight-loss
treatments includes:
tailor customized eating plans for patients, including:
• Physical and emotional assessment
• Weight loss
• Consultation
• Diabetic diets
• Surgery
• Cholesterol restrictions / fat restrictions
• Rehabilitation
• Sodium restrictions
• Support group sessions
• Gluten-free and lactose-free diets
• Sports nutrition / balanced nutrition for all ages
Process for non-surgical weight-loss
treatments includes:
• Free informational orientation
• Physical and emotional assessment
• Educational classes
• Weight management program
Wellness Center
SSM Weight-Loss Institute Wellness Center at DePaul
Health Center features exercise physiologists specializing in cardiac and respiratory disease management.
The center offers cardio and weight training equipment.
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Body mass index (BMI) is a numerical value of weight in relation to height. BMI is a good indicator of healthier weights
for adult men and women, regardless of body frame size. Higher BMIs (30 and above) are associated with significantly
increased health risks in some people.
Related Health Conditions
• Type 2 Diabetes – A long-term metabolic disorder
in which the body produces, but resists, insulin.
Because of excess weight, obese individuals develop
a resistance to insulin, which controls blood sugar.
While Type 2 diabetes may occur regardless of someone’s age, gender, or body mass, the disease tends
to be more severe in the obese.
• Osteoarthritis of Weight-Bearing Joints –
Osteoarthritis, one of the most common forms of
arthritis, is a chronic condition resulting in a breakdown of joint cartilage. Excess body weight on joints,
particularly knees and hips, results in rapid wear and
tear, and pain caused by inflammation. Similarly,
bones and muscles of the back are constantly
strained, causing disk problems, pain, and decreased
movement ability.
• High Blood Pressure/Heart Disease – Excess body
weight often results in high blood pressure (hypertension), which can cause strokes and heart and kidney
damage. Evidence shows that the age-related lifetime
risk of hypertension in men and women ages 45
to 54 will double as their average body mass index
(BMI) increases from 25 to 35. While hypertension
may occur regardless of age, gender, or body mass,
it tends to be more severe in the obese.
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Related Health Conditions
• Sleep Apnea and Respiratory Problems –
• Reproductive Health – Women challenged with
Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when breathing
morbid obesity can struggle with reproductive health
suddenly stops because soft tissue in the rear of the
concerns. Issues such as infertility and menstrual
throat collapses and closes during sleep. The greater
irregularities may occur due to morbid obesity.
your excess body weight, the greater the amount of
Fertility issues include possible miscarriage, reduced
fat pressing down on your chest and lungs. Those
success with fertility treatments, and polycystic
who are morbidly obese are likely to have a greater
ovarian syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is an endocrine
buildup of fat deposits in the tongue and neck adding
disorder in women of childbearing age that can cause
to sleep and respiratory problems.
infertility and other reproductive health conditions.
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Locations
CaRdinaL GLennOn
ChiLdRen’S
MediCaL CenteR
1465 S. Grand Blvd.,
St. Louis, MO 63104
(314) 268-4037
St. MaRy’S heaLth
CenteR
6420 Clayton Road,
St. Louis, MO 63117
(314) 268-4037
Overview
When a joyful pregnancy becomes a scary
medical condition due to fetal complications,
the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute is there to
provide the most comprehensive care in
middle America.
Our specialists at the St. Louis Fetal Care
Institute diagnose and treat serious congenital
problems in babies that are still in the womb,
offering the most comprehensive program in
Missouri and the surrounding states. We have
expertise in treatments ranging from minimally
invasive procedures to open fetal surgery.
Two coordinating nurses serve as invaluable
contacts for patients and their families at
a stressful time. They not only ensure that
all tests and procedures are scheduled
appropriately, but they walk patients through
the process, explaining each step of the way
and offering a shoulder to lean on.
A multidisciplinary team of surgical
and medical specialists supports the work of
the institute’s directors, Ed Yang, MD, PhD,
Fetal and Pediatric Surgeon, and Mike Vlastos,
MD, Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Locations
Initial consultations occur at Cardinal
Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Testing
and other procedures may take place at St.
Mary’s or Cardinal Glennon. While most fetal
surgeries are performed at St. Mary’s, our
highly skilled transport team is always ready to
move neonatal patients to Cardinal Glennon, if
necessary.
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
6420 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO 63117
(314) 268-4037
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center specializes
in high-risk services (tertiary maternal-fetal
care) for expectant mothers. Focusing on
complicated deliveries for twins, triplets and
quads, the SSM Perinatal Center at St. Mary’s
features a high-risk pregnancy outpatient clinic
staffed by maternal-fetal medicine specialists
from Saint Louis University who are experts
at handling these challenges. In addition, St.
Mary’s antepartum inpatient unit is designed
to provide around-the-clock monitoring of
patients who have fetal operations and/or
have high-risk pregnancies to ensure the best
possible outcome during delivery.
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical
Center and SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
partner to offer full fetal care services. To
complete this full spectrum
of fetal care, the Saint Louis
University School of Medicine
(Departments of Obstetrics/
Gynecology, Women’s
Health, Surgery and
Pediatrics) provides surgeons
and experts specializing
in the care of babies and
children with the most
complex surgical cases.
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SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s
Medical Center
1465 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104
(314) 268-4037
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center is
home to the all-private, 60-bed Dana Brown Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The unit is staffed by
specially trained neonatologists who care for newborn
babies no matter their condition. As a nationally
recognized pediatric hospital, Cardinal Glennon
also has pediatric surgical suites that are among
the most up-to-date in the country. We are
equipped for the most complex open and minimally
invasive procedures featuring Saint Louis University
pediatric specialists and surgeons who have
successfully cared for premature babies as young
as 23 weeks gestation.
Cardinal Glennon is also home to Footprints,
a program of advocacy and support for children
with serious, complex illnesses and their families.
The program provides care planning and coordination, continuity of care services, pain and
symptom management, and bereavement services.
Peer support may also be arranged through the
Footprints program.
Conditions and abnormalities
Among the conditions diagnosed and treated by the
Fetal Care Institute’s specialists:
• Congenital Cystic
Adenomatoid
Malformation (CCAM)
• Twin-Twin Transfusion
Syndrome (TTTS)
• Amniotic Band
Syndrome (ABS)
• Twin Reversed Arterial
Perfusion Sequence
(TRAP)
• Congenital
Diaphragmatic Hernia
(CDH)
• Sacrococcygeal
Teratomas (SCT)
• Giant Neck Masses
(GNM)
• Hypoplastic Left Heart
Syndrome (HLHS)
Other types of conditions treated at the institute
include abdominal wall defects, CNS lesions, urologic
problems, congenital heart disease, craniofacial
anomalies, intestinal problems, limb problems, airway
problems, lung problems, hydrops, tumors and twin
abnormalities.
diagnostic testing
Facilities exist to perform a wide range of diagnostic
tests, including:
• Ultrasound
• Amniocentesis
• Chorionic villus sampling
(CVS)
• Fetal blood sampling
• Ultrafast MRI
• Genetic screening using
karyotype analysis and
gene array technology
• Fetal echocardiogram
• Diagnostic fetoscopy
therapeutic Fetal Procedures
Fetal transfusions, shunt placement and ablation
of lesions are among the many minimally invasive
procedures performed at the institute. Other
procedures include fetoscopic laser photocoagulation to
treat twin-twin transfusion syndrome and amniotic band
syndrome, as well as radiofrequency ablation to treat
twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence.
Open Fetal Surgery
When a life-threatening or devastating fetal condition
is detected, open fetal surgery may offer hope for
survival. Open fetal surgery involves making an incision
in the womb, performing surgery on the baby through
the incision, then resealing the womb so the pregnancy
may continue. Among the conditions that may require
this approach, a congenital diaphragmatic hernia is
assessed for severity and risk before a treatment
course is chosen. If a sacrococcygeal teratoma is
diagnosed, a resection
may remove the tumor
and restore adequate
fetal blood flow. Ex
utero intrapartum
treatments (EXIT)
may be utilized for
rare, life-threatening
anomalies, such as
airway obstruction
issues and anticipated
cardiac emergencies.
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Locations
Overview
DePaul HealTH CenTer
exceptional care of brain and spinal disorders
12303 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
314-344-6000
ST. Clare HealTH CenTer
1015 Bowles Ave
Fenton, MO 63026
636-496-2000
ST. JOSePH HealTH CenTer
SSM Health Care–St. Louis offers
Diagnostic and Treatment
Technology
SSM St. Louis is committed to providing the
through the SSM Neurosciences Institute.
best technologies for physicians and patients.
This multidisciplinary institute, composed of
Available equipment includes:
health care professionals at all levels, is the
overarching structure through which we provide
care across facilities and regions.
•
Biplane Angiography – Biplane imaging
technology is available at SSM DePaul and
Medical staff currently working within the
SSM St. Clare health centers. Biplane imaging
institute include:
greatly expands treatment capabilities for
• neurologists
stroke, aneurysm and other life-threatening
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-947-5000
• neuro-interventionists
neurovascular conditions by allowing
• neurosurgeons
enhanced, 3D brain imaging. Physicians
• emergency physicians
performing catheterization, endovascular
ST. JOSePH HOSPiTal WeST
• radiologists
400 Medical Plaza
Lake St. Louis, MO 63367
636-625-5200
• physiatrists
ST. Mary’S HealTH CenTer
hensive team of stroke coordinators, therapists,
Stereotactic
Radiosurgery –
and specially trained nurses and technicians in
Stereotactic radiosurgery
a technology-rich environment where patient
offers patients a
referrals are handled quickly and efficiently.
painless outpatient
6420 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
314-768-8000
coiling, mechanical clot removal and other
procedures using the angiography suites
benefit from high-resolution, real-time images.
• pain management specialists
These physicians are supported by a compre-
Follow-up care from nurse practitioners,
physical therapists, sleep specialists, dietitians,
counselors and other specialists is available as
needed.
We are particularly proud of our recognized
excellence in interventional and follow-up stroke
care, specialized
inpatient units,
and complete array
of rehabilitative
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experience with virtually
no side effects by
using image-guided
robotics to deliver a
focused radiation beam.
Physicians are able to treat brain and spine
tumors that traditional surgery or radiation
treatments could not reach while leaving
healthy tissue untouched.
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O-Arm – Both DePaul and St. Clare health centers
Stroke Centers
SSM DePaul, SSM St. Joseph and SSM St. Clare
health centers have been certified by the Joint
Commission as Primary Stroke Centers. In addition, all
feature O-Arm technology for real-time, 3D imaging in
SSM St. Louis hospitals have achieved the American
the operating room. The O-Arm shows three planes,
Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines
providing surgeons with a more accurate verification
and are well equipped to administer intra-arterial tPA.
of implant placement while eliminating the need for
Get With the Guidelines focuses on quick diagnosis and
the patient to leave the surgical suite for verification
treatment of stroke patients via care team protocols.
imaging.
SM
status
Data show that certified stroke centers provide better
patient results when compared to those treated in
Additional technologies available through the SSM
medical intensive care units or via a “mobile in-hospital
Neurosciences Institute include:
stroke team.” Stroke center patients are more likely to
• X-rays
be alive, independent and living at home one year after
• 64-slice computed tomography (CT)
their stroke.
• positron emission tomography (PET)
• single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
Back and Spine Care
Surgeons with SSM Neurosciences Institute offer a full
• wide-bore resolution and 3T magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI)
range of care to address back and spine problems, from
• carotid ultrasound
invasive surgical procedures. Advanced imaging,
conservative management to cutting-edge minimally
• electroencephalogram (EEG)
computer-assisted technology and highly specialized
• electromyography (EMG)
instrumentation enable our surgeons to treat a number
of conditions, including:
• Chin-on-chest deformity
• Craniovertebral junction
• Degenerative disc disease
• Herniated discs
• Flat-back syndrome
• Fractures
• Hyperhydrosis (Excessive sweating)
• Kyphosis (Curvature of the upper spine)
• Myelopathy
• Osteoporosis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ruptured discs
• Sciatica
• Scoliosis
• Spina bifida
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• Spinal deformity and trauma
• Spinal stenosis
Conditions We Treat
In addition to back and spine surgeries, our
neurosurgeons perform the following procedures:
Facilities
SSM Neurosciences Institute facilities and staff are
located throughout the region, providing convenient
access for physicians and patients.
Brain Tumors/Cancer
• Acoustic neuroma
Functional
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Anaplastic astrocytoma • Chronic pain
Each facility is networked through an electronic
health record system, now fully implemented and
integrated across SSM Health Care–St. Louis and its
affiliate physician organizations. The system includes
• Astrocytoma
• Dementia
• Ependymoma
• Dystonia
• Epidermoid
• Epilepsy/seizure disorders
Medical Systems is the major vendor for PACS, while
• Glioblastoma
• Headache and migraine
Epic Systems Corp. is the primary vendor for SSM’s
• Glioma
• Movement disorders
electronic health record. Our secure physician portal
• Meningioma
• Multiple sclerosis
allows access to all this as well as to a wide array of
• Metastic brain tumors
• Parkinson’s disease
• Mixed glioma
• Oligogendroglioma
• Peripheral nerve
neuropathy
• Pituitary tumors
• Sleep disorders
e-prescribing, chart recall, access to lab results and
PACS, which provides immediate image viewing. GE
useful reference materials, including hospital census
reports, current medical journals, the Centers for
Disease Control and ICD-9 codes.
• Spasticity
Skull-base
• Adenomas
• Chiari malformation
• Chordomas
• Colloid cysts
• Facial spasm and pain
• Hemifacial spasm
• Hydrocephalus
• Meningioma
• Orbital reconstruction
Cerebrovascular
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Brain aneurysm
• Tumors
• Brain hemorrhage
• Vestibular schwannoma
• Stroke
• AVM
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SSM St. Joseph Health Center
SSM St. Joseph Hospital West
SSM DePaul Health Center
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
SSM St. Clare Health Center
SSM DePaul Health Center
A Joint Commission Certified Primary
Stroke Center
12303 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
SSM St. Joseph Health Center
A Joint Commission Certified Primary
Stroke Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
SSM St. Clare Health Center
A Joint Commission Certified Primary
Stroke Center
1015 Bowles Ave
Fenton, MO 63026
SSM St. Joseph Hospital West
400 Medical Plaza
Lake St. Louis, MO 63367
314-344-6000
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center
6420 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
314-768-8000
636-947-5000
636-625-5200
636-496-2000
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SSM Orthopedics provides a comprehensive
services (SSM Physical Therapy) and three Day
Institutes. If recovering at home is what the
DEPaul HEalTH CEnTER
12303 DePaul Drive
St. Louis, MO 63044
314-344-6000
program that addresses prevention, diagnosis,
doctor orders, then SSM Home Care will assist
treatment and rehabilitation of a full spectrum
patients in recovering safely and comfortably
of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries.
in their own home.
ST. ClaRE HEalTH CEnTER
1015 Bowles Avenue
Fenton, MO 63026
636-496-2000
specially trained nurses and therapists deliver
ST. JOSEPH
HEalTH CEnTER
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-947-5000
ST. JOSEPH
HOSPiTal WEST
100 Medical Plaza
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
636-625-5200
ST. MaRy’S HEalTH CEnTER
6420 Clayton Road
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
314-768-8000
Our team of board-certified physicians and
exceptional care to our patients at five
convenient health centers in St. Louis and
St. Charles.
Center of Excellence for Joint
Replacement Surgery
Each of our hospitals performs joint
replacement surgery including total knee,
hip and shoulder replacements. In addition,
Diagnostic Capabilities
SSM Orthopedics offers a center of excellence
Through SSM Imaging, SSM Orthopedics
for joint replacement surgery. SSM Joint
has access to the latest technology including
Replacement Center at SSM DePaul Health
MRI, Open MRI, CT Scan and X-ray to help
Center is an all private bed unit that is
physicians accurately diagnose conditions that
dedicated to the care of joint replacement.
affect your daily living.
Surgical Procedures and
Techniques
Every day more than 100 board-certified
orthopedic surgeons utilize the latest
techniques and procedures including but
not limited to computer navigated surgery,
arthroscopy, ACL repair and rotator cuff repair
knee, shoulder and joint replacement surgery,
hand surgery, foot and ankle surgery and
spine injury, to help patients live a healthier,
more active lifestyle.
Full Continuum of Care
SSM Orthopedics offers patients the full
continuum of care from diagnostics and
treatment to rehabilitation and therapy.
Rehabilitation and therapy is provided through
our partnership with SSM Select which
operates two inpatient acute rehabilitation
programs and a new 60- bed, state of the
art rehabilitation hospital with private patient
rooms. In addition, SSM is the region’s
• Board certified orthopedic physicians
that have extensive experience in joint
replacement
• Specially trained staff including nurses,
technicians and therapists
• Performs more primary knee replacement
procedures than any other hospital in the
St. Louis area
• Offers minimally invasive joint replacement
surgery and was the first in St. Louis
to perform minimally invasive knee
replacements
• Consistently ranked in the top 10 percent in
hospital patient satisfaction nationwide
• In 2009, the SSM Orthopedics - Joint
Replacement Center (JRC) earned the Gold
Seal of Approval™ for health care quality.
This was the first time the Joint Commission
had awarded a Missouri hospital with
Disease-Specific Care Certification for knee
and hip replacement. In 2011, the JRC was
re-certified.
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Program Highlights
Sub-Specialty Expertise
• St. Joseph Hospital West has the largest foot and
SSM Orthopedics is comprised of renowned physicians
ankle program among SSM Health Care - St. Louis
and surgeons with expertise in the following
hospitals.
subspecialties:
• SSM Orthopedics at St. Mary’s Health Center has
• Foot and Ankle
achieved zero joint replacement infections in 2009
• Hand, Shoulder and Upper Extremity
and 2011. Since the third quarter of 2008, St.
• Hip & Knee
Mary’s has had zero knee replacement infections.
• Spine
• SSM Joint Replacement Center performs more
knee replacements than any other hospital in
• Sports Medicine
• Total Joint Replacement
metropolitan St. Louis
• SSM Orthopedics at St. Clare Health Center offers
an amputee program.
Our Locations
SSM DEPaul HEalTH CEnTER
12303 DePaul Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
SSM ST. JOSEPH HOSPiTal WEST
100 Medical Plaza
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
SSM ST. ClaRE HEalTH CEnTER
1015 Bowles Ave.
Fenton, MO 63026
SSM ST. MaRy’S HEalTH CEnTER
6420 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
SSM ST. JOSEPH HEalTH CEnTER
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
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SSM PEDIATRICS is provided by:
Location
Overview
CARDINAL GLENNON
CHILDREN’S
MEDICAL CENTER
1465 S. Grand Blvd.,
St. Louis, MO 63104
(314) 577-5600
Pediatric care within SSM Health Care is
In addition to providing exceptional care,
Cardinal Glennon is a teaching hospital affiliated
provided by SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s
with the Saint Louis University Schools of
Medical Center. Located in St. Louis, this
Medicine and Nursing.
venerable institution contains 190 private beds
Cardinal Glennon Close to Home brings the
and is home to:
trusted medical expertise of Cardinal Glennon
• Level 1 Emergency and Trauma Center
to locations throughout the bi-state area.
• the Bob Costas Cancer Center
Specialties include allergy; cardiology; ear, nose
• the 60-bed, all-private Dana Brown Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit
• the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute
and throat; gastroenterology, ophthalmology;
pediatric surgery; emergency medicine; and
physical therapy, among others.
• the Dorothy and Larry Dallas Heart Center
• the St. Louis Cleft-Craniofacial Center
• a state-of-the-art surgery center
Other pediatric specialties on site include
critical care, pulmonology, transplantation,
hematology, sleep disorders and more. Cardinal
Glennon also operates statewide poison control
services, perinatal outreach programs and a
distributed network of pediatric programs
throughout Missouri and Illinois.
Pediatric Research Institute
By promoting research that advances the
knowledge and management of childhood health
and diseases, nationally known physicianscientists from the Saint Louis University School
of Medicine conduct research that can be applied
to the clinical setting to improve disease
prevention and treatment. Ongoing programs
include the study of pediatric infections and
vaccine development, cardiac transplant
rejection, liver diseases (particularly related to
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and abnormal iron
metabolism), metabolic diseases (Morquio
Syndrome), and neonatal lung inflammation.
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank
The second-largest cord blood bank in the
nation provides a worldwide resource for
recipients in need of stem cell transplants.
In collaboration with more than 400
doctors at 30 hospitals throughout
Missouri and Illinois, the bank has
more than 18,000 units available
for transplant to treat more than
70 diseases.
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Through affiliations with Children’s Oncology Group
(COG) and the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Consortium
Missouri
Poison Center
(PBMC), the stem cell unit at Cardinal Glennon partic-
This free public
ipates in clinical research trials to further advance future
service is available
transplants. It is accredited by the Foundation for the
at all times
Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), American
and staffed by
Association of Blood Banks (AABB), and CAP.
pharmacists and
The centerpiece of the Bob Costas Cancer Center is the
nurses who are
day hospital, which provides a comfortable setting for
certified poison information specialists under the direction
children to receive prolonged treatments (such as
of board-certified toxicologists. More than 160,000 cases
chemotherapy, transfusions or other drug treatments)
each year are handled by center staff, and the vast
without having to be admitted. By expanding the range
majority of these cases are managed over the phone in
of therapy that can be given on an outpatient basis,
the home, avoiding costly, unnecessary emergency
children are able to spend more time at home or school,
department visits. Follow-up calls are offered in every
keeping up their
case to ensure proper care and reassurance, and public
normal daily
education and information dissemination are an
routines and
important aspect of the center’s services.
activities. The day
Since its inception in 1974, the center has handled
hospital is
more than 2 million cases. The center is funded by
conveniently
Cardinal Glennon, the Missouri Hospital Association,
located near the
federal grants, industry contracts and private contri-
hospital entrance
butions. The center is certified by the American
and other
Association of Poison Control Centers as the Regional
important hospital
Poison Center for the state of Missouri.
services. Family
members and
friends can
accompany
Child Life Services
As they receive inpatient care, patients and their
families are visited by child life specialists who use play,
patients during their treatments in quiet, private
education and coping strategies to decrease stress and
accommodations.
enhance the healing process. Staff specialists also serve
as patient advocates when families need assistance
communicating with their care providers.
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Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of God.