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Culture and services at Baptist Hospital East



Baptist Hospital East, a 519-bed acute care hospital in the heart of St. Matthews, is a leading healthcare provider in the Louisville area.

Accredited by The Joint Commission, Baptist East has garnered a number of awards, most recently as a five-time winner of the 100 Top Hospitals honor from Thomson Reuters (formerly known as Solucient), the Best Places to Work in Kentucky for seven years in a row, and Thomson Reuters 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for two years in a row.

Other awards include:

  • Best of Louisville™ Award, Best Hospital; 
  • Readers' Choice Award, LEO; 
  • Two-time winner of a Business/Family Partnership Designation; 
  • Two-time winner of a Work/Life Balance award from Greater Louisville Inc.;
  • Top 100 Orthopedic Hospitals; 
  • 100 Top Hospitals™: Orthopedic Benchmarks for Success, among 60 top-performing hospitals nationally for hip replacement procedures and one of the best of its size in a four-state region 
  • Katherine G. Peden Award for Corporate Excellence
  • Gold Performance Award, American Stroke Association's Get With the Guidelines
  • Coronary Artery Disease Gold Performance Award, American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines
  • We CARE Award, Republic Bank
  • Magnet Designation for excellence in nursing services, American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program.
  • The Consumer First Award for the Cancer Care Center, MediStar
  • Finalist for the Facility Design Award for the Park Tower, MediStar


It is among the top five hospitals in the state for total joint replacement surgery, maternity care, emergency services and neuroscience.

Baptist East has earned a strong reputation in cardiology, rehabilitation, cancer and women's health services.

Founded in 1975, Baptist East is a member of Baptist Healthcare System, one of Kentucky's largest not-for-profit healthcare providers, with hospitals in Lexington, La Grange, Paducah, Corbin and Elizabethtown.

When mentioning Baptist Hospital East, please remember that the name is Baptist Hospital East; Baptist East on second reference.

Our mission

The mission of Baptist Hospital East is to continue our Christian heritage of service and to enhance the health of the people and communities we serve.

Our vision

The vision of Baptist Hospital East is to be the leading provider of quality healthcare, where patients want to receive their care, employees want to work, and physicians want to practice.

Our values

Baptist Hospital East will live out its Christ-centered mission to others and achieve its vision guided by the values of integrity, respect, stewardship, excellence and collaboration.

Our services

Along with general medical and surgical services, Baptist East offers a variety of programs to meet the community's healthcare needs:

  • Breast Care Center offering same-day results for diagnostic mammograms, a resource for questions. the first FDA-approved, computer-aided detection system and breast MRI
  • Cancer Center with radiation center, Cancer Resource Center offering information to those diagnosed with cancer, along with cancer prevention information and colon cancer hotline; genetic counseling; and nurse navigators.
  • Center for Behavioral Health® providing help for emotional, drug and alcohol problems
  • Cardiac Care Center featuring all private rooms for open heart surgery patients with adjoining recovery unit -- all conveniently located on the same floor as Surgery
  • Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program offering screenings for for carotid artery disease, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
  • Emergency services, including Trager Pediatric Emergency Care and Chest Pain Services
  • Heart Services encompassing comprehensive diagnostic services, open heart surgery and cardiac rehabilitation
  • Home Health agency serving seven counties
  • Orthopedic Unit
  • Neuroscience Unit
  • Rehabilitation Program
  • Sleep Disorders Center
  • Women's health program, featuring the maternity program, all private Mother/Baby rooms, care for breast and gynecological problems
  • Wound Care Center offering treatment of slow-healing wounds, pressure ulcers, traumatic wounds, problem surgical wounds and other types of complex soft-tissue injuries.


    Baptist Hospital East
    4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY 40207
    (502) 897-8100