Facilities and Affiliated Hospitals
The Saint Louis University School of Medicine is located within SLU’s Medical Center along South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Medical Center is home to several collaborative health and research resources including the
- Health Science Education Union
- Doisy Research Center
- Medical Center Library
- Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
- Doisy College of Health Sciences
- Center for Health Outcomes and Research
- Center for Advanced Dental Education
- College for Public Health and Social Justice.
It is also within easy walking distance of SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Hospital. Guest parking is available at Hickory Garage East at a rate of $2 per hour.
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Schwitalla Hall is the administrative home to the Saint Louis University School of Medicine and is accessible from the Saint Louis University Medical Center via the Margaret Doisy Learning Resource Center. (Note that security at the Learning Resource Center requires a SLU ID badge; outside visitors must sign in and meeting locations are documented.) If you have any questions, call 314-977-8438.
The 30,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Health Sciences Education Union is located in the heart of the Saint Louis University Medical Center. Its tiered 225-seat auditorium is designed to give students the ability to move around and form teams for group discussions. Computer connections and outlets are at every seat.
The building is designed to bring together medical, nursing, allied health, public health and graduate dental students for interprofessional education. It features:
- Two student lounge areas: one designed for socializing and the other for quiet study
- A café-style restaurant
- 11 patient exam rooms where students can practice working with patients and review their interactions via a high-tech camera system
- A state-of-the-art auditorium with a 25-panel high definition video screen that is wired for video conferencing
Established in 1977, the Saint Louis University School of Medicine Clinical Skills Center (C.S.C.) is one of the first in the United States. This space is dedicated to medical student education and professional development.
The C.S.C. supports medical students in developing the history-taking, physical examination, communication, and clinical judgment skills required for their success as physicians. We serve faculty and other health care educators in conceptualizing and designing educational programs that support students’ professional development. Additionally, we interface with the Saint Louis community for the recruitment and training of standardized patients (SPs) for patient portrayals and teaching of interpersonal and communication skills.
Margaret McCormick Doisy Learning Resources Center
SLU’s Medical Center Library is located on the second floor of the Learning Resources Center. In addition to an impressive catalog, it offers access to subscription services, databases and tools including PubMed, AccessMedicine, Ovid, ClinicalKey, core electronic textbooks and has two liaison librarians dedicated to the School of Medicine.
The Simulation Center at Saint Louis University's School of Medicine integrates the latest advances in simulation technology with impactful curricular design for advanced medical training.
The Simulation Center provides a psychologically safe, realistic learning environment for medical students, residents, clinicians and other health care professionals at all levels of practice. We serve faculty and other health care educators in designing and deploying simulation experiences that support students’ learning needs.
Doisy Research Center
Dedicated in 2007, the Saint Louis University Doisy Research Center features 80 research labs on eight floors. Labs have a flexible design, with many of them open so researchers from complementary fields can share knowledge as they work on experiments.
The Doisy Research Center does more than simply propel scientific and biomedical progress. By giving researchers laboratory space worthy of the lifesaving discoveries they make, the facility boosts the school's ability to attract and retain the brightest and most promising faculty.
Learn more about medical research at SLU
Affiliated Hospitals
Our medical students have clerkships and our residents perform clinical rotations at various regional health care facilities in the St. Louis region. These facilities include:
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital is a 365-bed, tertiary-care hospital and referral center, serving the population within a 150-mile radius of St. Louis. It has one of the most comprehensive organ transplant programs in the Midwest, offering kidney, kidney-pancreas, liver, bone marrow and cornea transplants.
The hospital is a certified Level I trauma center in both Missouri and Illinois. Treating more than 2,300 major trauma cases each year, it operates the largest trauma program in the bi-state area. The hospital has 16 operating rooms, three endoscopy suites and a busy interventional radiology department. Operating rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, including the latest hemodynamic monitoring and an advanced, computerized data-acquisition system.
Each of the five patient floors is designed around an intensive care unit with a unique focus: clinical neuroscience, cardiovascular recovery, surgery, coronary care and medicine. Computerized tomography (CT) scanners, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units, the Cyberknife, positron emission tomography (PET) units and linear accelerators provide additional training.
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is home to SLU’s Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology. The hospital is a Level I pediatric trauma center and Level III neonatal intensive care unit. SLU staff administers more than 11,000 anesthetics annually for patients requiring a wide variety of operative interventions.
The Missouri Regional Poison Center at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital provides a statewide service that is free of charge to the public and health care professionals and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Since its inception in 1974, the Missouri Regional Poison Center has handled more than two million cases. Currently the center handles more than 160,000 cases each year. The center is funded by SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Hospital, the Missouri Hospital Association, federally funded grants, industry contracts and private contributions. It is certified by the American Association of Poison Control Centers.