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PHOTO: The St. Luke’s Orthopedic Hospital is a two-story, 52,000 square-foot facility located at the St. Luke’s West End Medical Center, 501 Cetronia Rd., Allentown. PHOTO/COURTESY SLUHN
St. Luke’s opening new $44M orthopedic surgery hospital
Stacy Wescoe//September 25, 2023//
Listen to this articleSt. Luke’s University Health Network has unveiled a new $44 million specialty hospital for orthopedic surgery for same-day surgeries of the knee, hip, spine, hand and shoulder.
The new hospital will also be able to treat many different types of sports-related fractures and other injuries.
The St. Luke’s Orthopedic Hospital is a two-story, 52,000 square-foot facility located at the St. Luke’s West End Medical Center, 501 Cetronia Rd., Allentown.
St. Luke’s Orthopedic Hospital’s first floor will have eight operating rooms and 24 rooms for pre- and post-surgery care of patients, along with support, auxiliary space and comfortable family waiting rooms. The hospital’s staff will utilize VELYS robot-assisted orthopedic surgery system and other advanced technology to maximize safety, accuracy and quality operative outcomes.
The second floor will contain patient overnight rooms, staff and supplies space and shelled-in rooms for future use.
St. Luke’s Chairman of Orthopedics Douglas Lundy said he estimates that St. Luke’s orthopedic surgeons will perform nearly 3,000 operations, all elective, in this hospital during 2024.
About 15,000 surgeries of the musculoskeletal system are completed by the St. Luke’s orthopedic specialists each year. The network saw a 20% growth in this service line between 2022-23 and anticipates this to rise to the same degree next year.
Around 80 nurses, technicians, therapists and other staff are being added to work at the new hospital, where an estimated 25-30% of all network-provided orthopedic operations will be performed.
The St. Luke’s Orthopedic Hospital was designed with both the present and future needs of patients in mind, says Dr. Lundy.
“We are building the hospital in a way that will enable it to provide the very latest and best in orthopedic technology and care for years to come.”
SLUHN officials expect the first patients to be treated in the new hospital beginning this winter.
