A Crusade for Total Well-Being
White Plains Hospital Center is dedicated to providing compassionate,
state-of-the-art care in an ever-expanding community.

WPHC president and CEO Jon B. Schandler.

White Plains Hospital Center (WPHC) has always been one of the busiest medical centers in Westchester County. When two nearby hospitals closed their doors in 2004, it only got busier.

    But hospital leaders have risen to the challenge, launching one of WPHC's most ambitious capital campaigns to expand and renovate services from the bustling emergency room to the maternity unit and fund crucial research and scholarship initiatives. The Health Care for Life Campaign, which has already raised more than 80 percent of its $35-million goal, will ensure WPHC remains a medical anchor for the residents of this rapidly growing city and beyond.

    “The emergency department, already the county's busiest, is one of nine key areas we are focusing on to assure we can maintain our standards of excellence,” said WPHC president and CEO Jon B. Schandler. “The campaign reflects our determination to meet every challenge ahead and continue to serve the community with the highest standards.”

    In fact, the hospital is more than doubling the size of its emergency department, adding special areas for chest pain, pediatrics and stroke evaluation. WPHC will be the first in Westchester to be designated as a regional stroke center.

    WPHC has a history of staying on the cutting edge. It was the first hospital in Westchester County to have a PET scanner, a certified midwife on staff and an automated robotic lab, and it's one of only two hospitals in the state to offer women an Aurora breast MRI. Its dedicated staff, which grew by 150 medical and dental staff members in 2004, delivers more babies and performs more laparoscopic and joint replacement procedures and breast, prostate and colon surgeries than any other Westchester hospital.

    For four years running, WPHC has won the National Research Corporation's “Consumer Choice Award” for Westchester County. With its ambitious plans and added medical staff, Schandler believes the 2004 award won't be the last.

CAMPAIGN GOALS

• An expanded cardiac care unit, nuclear cardiology suite and other facilities in the new Comprehensive Cardiac Care Center. • New technology and a post-procedure monitoring suite in Radiology Services. • Minimally invasive surgical suites with advanced instrumentation. • New procedure rooms and equipment for the Colon Cancer and Screening Center. • New state-of-the-art technology at the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center. • Physical therapy suites at its Westchester Orthopedic Institute and an outpatient physical therapy center in Rye Brook. • New technology, enhanced facilities and research opportunities at the William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center. • An additional $2.5 million for the Nursing Scholarship Endowment Fund, which will award 25 nursing scholarships annually.