Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital

1 Saint Joseph Drive • Lexington, KY 40504 • 859.313.1000

Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington's first hospital, remains the first choice for health care today. Founded in 1877, it has grown into a 468-bed medical center, with a full range of services, including the nationally award-winning Heart Institute and leading edge da Vinci robotic surgery.  Also known as Lexington's "heart hospital", Saint Joseph has pioneered many firsts in the health care community. Saint Joseph has also been nationally recognized for treatment in the areas of cardiology, orthopedics and stroke, by Thomson Reuters and U.S. News and World Report. 

View the KHA Statewide Hospital Economic Importance Report for Saint Joseph Hospital.

Saint Joseph Hospital features free wireless connectivity throughout the facility.

Heart Surgery Donated for Patient from Jamaica
On April 26, 2010, Michael E. Sekela, M.D., donated his surgical services to replace an aortic and mitral valve in a 36-year-old patient from Jamaica. Saint Joseph Hospital provided surgery space, hospital services and care for Donna Stephenson, a single mother of two from the village of Mount Salus outside of Kingston, Jamaica.

Dr. Sekela has donated his services multiple times over the years. "I come from an immigrant family," he said. "I grew up in an environment where we didn't have much; it was a part of life."

Ms. Stephenson is grateful for all the care she received in Lexington from the surgeon, hospital staff and her host family. "To me it's a miracle," she said. "What got me here was faith, hope and charity."

In fiscal year 2009, the Saint Joseph Health System provided more than $63 million in outreach care to Kentuckians for which limited or no reimbursement was received. Read more...