St Joseph Hospital
Catholic Health Initiatives
Geography
Location	1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates	38°01′57″N 84°31′25″W / 38.0324°N 84.5236°W / 38.0324; -84.5236
Organization
Affiliated university	University of Louisville
Services
Emergency department	Level 2 Trauma Chest Pain Center
Beds	468
History
Opened	1877
Links
Website	www.sjhlex.org
Lists	Hospitals in Kentucky

Saint Joseph Hospital is 468-bed medical center located two miles southwest of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1877, it is Lexington's oldest still existing hospitals. It is part of Catholic Health Initiatives.

History

Saint Joseph Hospital was founded on October 2, 1877, by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, a Bardstown, Kentucky-based group who managed schools and orphanages around the state, as well as the St Joseph Infirmary hospital in Louisville. The Lexington branch of the St Joseph Infirmary was started in October 1877 by Sister Euphrasia Stafford.

In 1998 Saint Joseph acquired Jewish Hospital Lexington, which was renamed Saint Joseph East.^[1]