Montefiore Health System

Montefiore Health System is an academic health system based in New York, founded in 1884 and serving as the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine. It operates 10 hospitals and more than 200 ambulatory care sites across the Bronx, Westchester County and wider New York, delivering inpatient and outpatient care alongside medical education and research.

Work at Montefiore spans several domains: clinical research, residency training and medical education, clinical trials, translational medicine, healthcare innovation and community health. As the teaching hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the system trains medical professionals through residency programmes, while research initiatives and clinical trials give patients access to emerging treatments.

The organisation describes its mission as healing, teaching, discovery and the advancement of community health, delivered through an integrated approach that combines treatment, education and research. Care is characterised as science-driven and patient-centred, serving diverse communities. Montefiore has a history of medical firsts and community service, and U.S. News & World Report has consistently ranked it among the top hospitals nationally and regionally.