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Join SSM Health, SLUCare in a Virtual Celebration to Open the New SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

by Maggie Rotermund

The Saint Louis University community is invited to a livestream of the Grand Opening of the new SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital. The celebration will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1. 

SLU Hospital

The new SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital opens Tuesday, Sept. 1. Photo by Garrett Canducci. 

The SLU community will be among the first in St. Louis to see the new medical campus, which includes both the new hospital and the Center for Specialized Medicine.

The livestream will begin at 7 p.m. and will be hosted by KSDK’s Rene Knott and Allie Corey.

Guests for the event include SLU President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D.; Robert Wilmott, M.D., dean and vice president of medical affairs for the School of Medicine; Kevin Elledge, CEO of SLUCare Physician Group; Steven M. Scott, president of SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital; Laura Kaiser, president and CEO of SSM Health; and Candace Jennings, regional president of SSM Health - St. Louis. 

The event will end at 7:30 p.m. with a “a first-in-the-city surprise.”

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With sophisticated technology, innovative patient spaces and smart design, the new campus elevates the patient experience and enhances the clinical offerings of  SLUCare, the University’s academic medical practice.

The $550 million SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital features more than 800,000 square feet of space, 316 private patient rooms, an expanded Level I trauma center and emergency department, larger intensive care units, expanded patient parking, green space and areas for future campus expansion.