Vassar Brothers Medical Center (VBMC) is a 365 bed facility that has been serving New York's Mid-Hudson Valley since 1887. Located on the banks of the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY, Vassar Brothers has established centers of excellence in cardiac services, cancer care and women and children's health services.

As a regional medical center, Vassar houses the area's only cardiothoracic surgery center between Westchester and Albany. Rated among the Top 5% of US hospitals for cardiac care by HealthGrades, Vassar Brothers offers the latest technology and procedures through its Heart Center. Innovations include stereotaxis, a curative procedure for atrial fibulation, which is only available in three other hospitals across the state.

Maternity Services at Vassar Brothers include a state-of-the-art birthing center with private luxury maternity suites, each with a striking view of the Hudson River. The hospital, which delivers more babies than any other hospital between Manhattan and Montreal, offers families the security of the only level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and perinatology (high-risk pregnancy) center in the Mid-Hudson Valley and the only dedicated Pediatric Unit.

Vassar Brothers’ Dyson Center for Cancer Care is designed to accommodate patients and their families while providing infusion therapy, radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and a wide variety of support groups. Vassar Brothers has an extensive research component and participates in numerous clinical trials, especially in the areas of lung, breast, colon and prostate cancer.

VBMC is has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for its Stroke program by meeting The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in disease-specific care. The advanced certification award recognizes Vassar Brothers’ dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the- art standards. It is the only hospital in the Hudson Valley to achieve this highest level of distinction.

The Vassar Brothers Wound Care Center, intended for the treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds, has one of the highest healing rates in the country. To its south is the Vassar Brothers Medical Mall, located at the intersection of Interstate 84 and Route 9. The facility houses the Fishkill Ambulatory Surgery Center, the Vassar Brothers Imaging Center, which offers CAT scans, bone densitometry and mammography, Radiation Oncology and the Vassar Brothers Center for Sleep Medicine.

Vassar Brothers is an affiliate of the Health Quest hospital system, which also includes Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck and Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel.