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Line 16: \|website = {{URL \| www.nyp.org/lawrence}} }} '''NewYork-Presbyterian/ Lawrence Hospital''' (commonly known as '''Lawrence Hospital''' and formerly known as '''Lawrence Hospital Center''') is a [[Hospital#General\|general hospital]] located in [[Bronxville, New York]] that provides inpatient and outpatient care primarily to residents of southern [[Westchester County, New York\|Westchester County]]. It was founded in 1909 as Lawrence Hospital by prominent businessman [[William Van Duzer Lawrence]], whose name the hospital bears, following the near-death of his son, Dudley, while en route to a hospital in New York City. The hospital annually treats 36,000 patients in its [[emergency department]] and delivers around 2,000 babies. Today, it is affiliated with [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons\|Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons]] and, {{As of\|2015\|lc=y}}, has 400 physicians, 88% of whom are board certified, with a total of 1,100 employees. It is recognized for excellence in [[Orthopedic surgery\|orthopedics]], [[obstetrics]], [[oncology]], and [[cardiology]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.nypsystem.org/members/lawrence.html\|title=NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System\|publisher=\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624062523/http://www.nypsystem.org/members/lawrence.html\|archive-date=June 24, 2015\|dead-url=\|accessdate=}}</ref> In 2005, Lawrence Hospital Center became an affiliate member of the [[NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System\|NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System]] and in 2014 entered into a new partnership which resulted in the hospital being renamed NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web\|url = http://newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/blog/2014/07/01/lawrence-hospital-newyork-presbyterian-hospital-join-forces-advance-care-westchester-county/\|title = Lawrence Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Join Forces to Advance Care in Westchester County\|date = July 1, 2014\|accessdate = \|website = Columbia University Medical Center\|publisher = \|last = \|first = }}</ref> Groundbreaking of a two-story, 40,000 sq. ft. cancer and surgery center occurred on June 18, 2013, whose construction cost $65 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|url = http://westchester.news12.com/news/lawrence-hospital-in-bronxville-breaks-ground-on-new-cancer-center-1.5519056\|title = Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville breaks ground on new cancer center\|date = June 19, 2013\|accessdate = \|website = News 12 Westchester\|publisher = \|last = \|first = }}</ref> The center opened on November 21, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://westfaironline.com/83452/nyp-lawrence-hospital-launches-65m-cancer-center/\|title=NYP Lawrence Hospital launches $65 million cancer center\|last=Deffenbaugh\|first=Ryan\|date=November 23, 2016\|work=Westfair\|access-date=June 25, 2017}}</ref>

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