Grand Central is the core of the hospital. Everything that goes on in the hospital starts in this department. We provide one stop shopping for all patient admitting, scheduling, insurance and discharge needs. The staff works very closely with the physicians, office staff, insurance companies, patients and other hospital departments to ensure that the experience

Our six operating rooms provide the hospital with the ability to perform a wide range of surgical procedures, providing care to our patients 24/7 in: Cardio-Thoracic daVinci Robotics Video/Endoscopic Gynecology Vascular General Orthopedic Podiatry Urology Plastic Maxilo-facial Endoscopy Such services are provided by Board certified surgeons and physicians, our anesthesia staff, nurses and Techs. This

The Radiology Department at the Kansas Medical Center is a highly specialized, full service department which strives to meet all patient and clinician needs in diagnostic imaging and image guided therapies. We utilize Board Certified Interventional Radiologists and are one of very few hospitals that perform RF Ablations. We provide CT Angiography including peripheral and

Cardiovascular Laboratory provides a safe and comfortable environment for both patients and personnel for optimum assistance to the physicians in meeting the emergency, preventative and restorative health needs of the patients. Two cardiac catheterization laboratories help physicians diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease. One of the two labs has the additional capability of diagnosis of vascular

The KMC laboratory staff is made up of highly trained professionals with greater than 150 years of combined experience. Our laboratory staff is committed to delivering accurate and timely results to our physicians for effective patient care. Our state of the art equipment is just one of the tools that we use to fulfill this

The diagnostic medical sonography (ultrasound) department provides service to inpatient, outpatient and emergency room patients. Utilizing state of the art digital archiving and reporting technology while working collaboratively with all other healthcare team members toward the best outcomes for the patient and the organization. All sonographers at KMC are credentialed by the American Registry of

Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty that is used to diagnose and treat disease in a safe and painless way. It differs from other diagnostic imaging technologies because it determines the presence of disease on the basis of biological changes rather than changes in organ structure. Our department has a state of the art, dual

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a specially designed area for patients with serious cardiac or medical conditions which may be life threatening. These patients need close observation and specialized critical care nursing. Examples of these types of patients are those requiring Open Heart surgery, Lung or Thoracic surgery, significant general surgeries, acute myocardial infarction,

The Intermediate Unit is a cross between a pre-operative/admissions and a post-operative surgical recovery room. Intermediate admits patients that are having procedures that are done in the cardiac catherization lab to admitting patients for surgical procedures or endoscopy. Intermediate also recovers all types of surgical patients ranging from orthopedic (hip, knee, ankle), general surgery (cholecystectomy,

The Medical Surgical unit provides care for a vast patient population. These include: general medicine, (pneumonia, sepsis, diabetes, nausea, vomiting, dehydration) orthopedic (hip, knee and ankle), general surgery (cholescystectomy, nissen fundoplication, above and below knee amputations, thyroidectomy, hernia repair, PEG tube placement, tracheotomy placement and appendectomies), vascular surgery, (AV fistula repair or placement), plastic surgery

The Emergency Department provides 24 hours a day seven days a week service to our community. No longer is there a need to travel far to get to an Emergency Room. The department is staffed by Career experienced Emergency physicians, supported by capable and experienced staff. The department serves medical and surgical emergencies. If emergent

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