South Miami Hospital opened in 1960 as a 100-bed hospital in what was then a small suburban community. As the area has exploded with new residents, and healthcare with new possibilities, the hospital has kept pace – expanding in size and continually updating its services to meet the community’s needs.
Upon opening its doors, South Miami Hospital included a pharmacy, emergency room, private offices, cafeteria, laboratory, maternity unit and X-ray department. The 1970s and 1980s brought additional buildings, a new main entrance, more beds and expanded space for emergency care and surgery. New services included an addiction treatment program, a cardiac catheterization lab, a diabetes program and a full oncology department.
South Miami now houses such innovative programs as the Center for Robotic Surgery, the Center for Women and Infants, South Miami Heart Center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
What hasn’t changed at South Miami Hospital is the belief that the patient comes first. The hospital and its staff stayed true to their guiding principles of quality, service, safety and diversity.
South Miami Hospital – committed to excellence in the past, present and future.