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NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester today celebrated the opening of its newly renovated labor and delivery unit, designed to enhance the care and comfort of mothers and their newborns and provide an exceptional patient experience.

Located on the fourth floor of NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester in Bronxville, the new labor and delivery unit features six private, spacious birthing suites, promoting comfort, privacy and family bonding. The unit complements the hospital’s already outstanding maternity center that includes 23 modern postpartum rooms. All birthing suites and postpartum rooms are private, and each has a bathroom, shower, a comfortable bed for a partner and amenities to enhance the patient experience.

The new labor and delivery unit is outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment, including artificial intelligence technology that analyzes fetal heart rate and other data related to the mother and baby’s condition. Wireless fetal monitoring, with sensors attached to the abdomen, enables patients to move around during labor. The unit has tubs to promote comfort during labor, and nurses are trained to support labor and birth with breathing and relaxation techniques. The unit also features two state-of-the-art operating rooms, a private triage suite and newborn safety systems, and offers breastfeeding support, post-discharge lactation support groups and parent support groups.

“NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester’s new labor and delivery unit reflects our commitment to providing exceptional care to mothers, their newborns, and the entire family close to home in Westchester,” said Paul J. Dunphey, senior vice president and chief operating officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester.

The OB-GYN team includes physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, including maternal-fetal medicine experts who care for high-risk pregnancies, and offers access to world-class specialists for mothers and babies.

“Every mother and baby deserve the highest quality of care, and we are enormously pleased to open this new unit with a fantastic team of Columbia physicians focused on providing a superb patient experience” said Dr. Mary D’Alton, obstetrician and gynecologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The labor and delivery unit renovation is part of NewYork-Presbyterian’s larger commitment to providing world-class care to the Westchester community. NewYork-Presbyterian will open a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty ambulatory care facility at 1111 Westchester Ave. in White Plains in 2025. This new facility will bring an even broader range of NewYork-Presbyterian’s ambulatory, primary, preventive and women’s healthcare services to the community.

About NewYork-Presbyterian

NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation’s most comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare systems, encompassing 10 hospitals across the Greater New York area, nearly 200 primary and specialty care clinics and medical groups, and an array of telemedicine services.

A leader in medical education, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is affiliated with two renowned medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. This collaboration means patients have access to the country’s leading physicians, the full range of medical specialties, latest innovations in care, and research that is developing cures and saving lives.

Founded 250 years ago, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has a long legacy of medical breakthroughs and innovation, from the invention of the Pap test to pioneering the groundbreaking heart valve replacement procedure called TAVR.

NewYork-Presbyterian’s 50,000 employees and affiliated physicians are dedicated to providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to New Yorkers and patients from across the country and around the world.

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