Quality & Compassionate Care
Access to quality and compassionate healthcare is an essential need in every community. In today’s fast-paced society, it makes sense for families to have healthcare close to home and there are numerous options open to area residents.
St. Anthony’s Medical Center is a fully accredited, comprehensive healthcare complex located on 80 acres at I-270 and Tesson Ferry Road. For more than 100 years, St. Louis area residents have placed their trust in St. Anthony’s advanced medical care and compassionate health professionals. The 767-bed medical center is a Catholic faith-based facility offering a broad continuum of healthcare services and specialties, including cardiology/cardiovascular surgery, orthopedics, neurosciences, women’s health, oncology, emergency medicine and the area’s only Level II Trauma Center.
In addition, St. Anthony’s offers a full range of diagnostic imaging, acute rehabilitation and therapy, behavioral health, home care, hospice and senior services, as well as urgent care centers located throughout the community. With nearly 4,000 employees and 1,000 physicians on staff, St. Anthony’s Medical Center is bringing an ever-growing scope of healthcare services and physician specialties, plus the latest, most innovative medical technologies to the community.
Missouri Baptist HealthCare – Sunset Hills, a satellite facility of Missouri Baptist Medical Center, offers many key services to South and Southwest St. Louis County residents in a convenient location. Radiology and laboratory services, cardiovascular diagnostics, a retail pharmacy and a satellite office of the renowned Missouri Baptist Cancer Center are among the services offered at the Sunset Hills facility; it also serves as the location for a number of primary care and specialty physicians. The easy-to-access facility, located at 3844 South Lindbergh, features reduced waiting times and updated technology offered in a caring environment. Same or next day appointments are available in many areas.
For more than 50 years, SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood has provided exceptional healthcare in a community hospital setting. As a full-service acute care hospital and member of SSM Health Care, St. Joseph Hospital offers a wide spectrum of healthcare services – from comprehensive cardiovascular services and cancer care to specialized senior services and women’s services. The Family Birthplace features suites that allow moms to experience childbirth in a setting more like home than a hospital. Additionally, St. Joseph Hospital provides fast, responsive emergency care 24 hours a day to patients of all ages. An extraordinary future lies ahead as St. Joseph Hospital moves to a new, state-of-the-art medical complex in southwest St. Louis County in 2008. The hospital will establish a new standard of excellence in healthcare for patients, their families and the community.
Part of the same SSM Health Care, SSM Medical Group is a team of about 50 doctors at 17 locations throughout St. Louis and Illinois, including 13 physicians in the Crossroads Medical Building in Sunset Hills. The physicians at Crossroads offers healthcare for all ages including adult primary care/internal medicine, pediatrics, and specialists in obstetrics and gynecology. The board-certified physicians and staff work as a team to serve their patients, providing everything from routine check-ups to acute hospital care. SSM Medical Group physicians and staff combine medical know-how with the right level of warmth and compassion to fully understand and care for the entire family.
