St. Luke’s was awarded Solucient’s 100 Top Hospitals award two consecutive years (2004 and 2005), which is a testament to all who work there.The hospital is also affiliated with Iowa Health System and is ranked among the top 25 integrated health systems.

"St. Luke's has been a healthcare leader in Iowa since it's formation as the first hospital in Cedar Rapids 122 years ago," said Ted Townsend, President and CEO of St. Luke’s Hospital. "We were the first to bring many innovations such as intensive care and open heart surgery to our community and we continue to meet the broadest array of community needs of any facility in our area."

St. Luke’s is the community’s only hospital to provide open-heart surgery capabilities. The cardiac surgical team has been recognized statewide for its top performance in cardiac valve and coronary artery bypass procedures. During this time, the St. Luke’s team and area physicians have performed more than 9,500 open heart procedures.

In the rehabilitation field St. Luke’s provides both inpatient and outpatient programs that are the best in Eastern Iowa. St. Luke’s is the area's only nationally accredited inpatient rehabilitation unit by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). St. Luke’s is also the first rehab program in the state of Iowa to receive the CARF Inpatient Rehabilitation Stroke Specialty Program accreditation. There are only four programs with this accreditation in the country. With an emphasis on the patient and their families the hospital offers services for individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries, stroke and other neurological/orthopedic problems.

Three of every five babies born in the Cedar Rapids region are born at St. Luke’s. The Helen G. Nassif Center for Women’s and Children’s Health offers an array of services to support mother and babies including richly appointed private birthing suites. Families who deliver at St. Luke’s have the added assurance of the area’s only Level II Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Each year, St. Luke’s emergency department treats nearly 50,000 patients – for everything from catastrophic injury or illness to scraped knees and sore throats. Because St. Luke’s emergency room sees the most cases of trauma in Iowa they have partnered with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to assist with training future ER doctors. Before this partnership students were forced to leave the state for training.

St. Luke’s Hospital’s Emergency Department has received an Outstanding – Gold Standard of Care Award from the National CRUSADE Quality Initiative, which ranked St. Luke’s in the top 10 percent of 408 participating hospitals for providing the best care for cardiac patients. Only 30 hospitals nationwide received this distinction.

St. Luke’s Hospital 1026 A Avenue, NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 319/369-7211