Our Work,

Why It Matters

Bellevue Hospital Center is the healing heart of New York City.

Since 1736, Bellevue, the teaching hospital affiliated with NYU Grossman School of medicine, provides enlightened and humane medical care to all who enter its doors. The patients and staff at Bellevue represent the unique environment of New York’s global population.

The Bellevue Association is committed to helping the hospital uphold its tradition of excellence both now and in the future.

  • (1) Bicycle helmets for patients in the Trauma Program

    (2) Hearing aid devices for patients in the Geriatric Out-Patient Clinic

    (3) Funds for home care of wounds and wigs for the patients in the Breast Surgery and Surgical Oncology Center

    (4) Shoes, durable medical supplies and funds for obtaining vital documents through the Safety Net Program

    (5) PEP, a program run by the Emergency Department which send doctors to the public schools to speak about the dangers of drug use

    (6) Funds for the Pediatric Lifestyle Adult Engagement Toolkit (PLANT) which contains educational videos demonstrating food preparation, tips and nutrition facts, sample recipes, interactive tools, and family friendly healthy activities to encourage a more plant-based diet for children and their families.

Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read is a national nonprofit that champions the positive effects of daily reading and engaging in other language-rich activities with young children. Reading together promotes healthy brain development, furthers language acquisition, and helps families build meaningful bonds.

Programs We Support

Project Healthcare

Founded in 1981 by Dr. Lewis Goldfrank, Project Healthcare is an immersive clinical and educational program available to U.S. and international undergraduate students who are not enrolled in medical school.  Every year a group of carefully chosen college students spend the summer at Bellevue Hospital as Project Health Care volunteers.

PEP

The Prevention Education Partnership (PEP) is a program run by the Department of Emergency Medicine at Bellevue which sends healthcare professionals out into the public schools in New York City to engage students in authentic and informed information about the dangers of substance abuse.

Our Recent Projects

  • The Bellevue Association sponsors an annual competition for the best research projects by NYU medical students in the area of public health. Winners receive a monetary prize and present their research projects at an annual ceremony.

  • This specially designed room inside the Emergency Department provides a calm and tranquil environment for family members to be together while critically injured loved ones are undergoing treatment in the Emergency Department at Bellevue.

  • Located in the Atrium of Bellevue’s Ambulatory Care Center, this state-of-the-art, 150-seat facility is used for patient activities, medical conferences, hospital events, and community gatherings.

More Services and Programs Backed By Us

  • New York City’s first real-time hospital translation system used to facilitate communication among patients, physicians, and support staff. A multi-language, multi-ethnic health, literacy, and communications system, this project serves as a model for hospitals throughout the world, and set a standard for improved universal access to healthcare services.

  • Provide both new and used clothing for Bellevue patients who cannot afford them.

  • Free-standing healthcare kiosks in Bellevue’s Primary Care clinic waiting rooms.  The kiosks, with interactive computer terminals, enable patients to engage in self-management immediately before their clinical visits. The touchscreen program includes language-preference capacity and an integrated printer.

  • Renovated, restored, and replanted the garden in front of Bellevue Hospital Center, facing First Avenue, to create an oasis of peace and tranquility for the more than 11,000 patients, visitors, and staff who enter Bellevue every day.  The Garden is also used by residents of the surrounding community.

  • Contribute to various hospital programs for patients with AIDS and HIV.

  • Secured funding for Bellevue’s purchase of an MRI, the first one in a New York City public hospital.

  • Provide funding for specific hospital programs dealing with victims of domestic violence.