About Riverside Methodist Hospital
Riverside Methodist is a regional destination that offers top innovation and compassionate care.
Riverside Methodist is consistently ranked one of the nation's best hospitals. It is the first hospital in Ohio and one of the first in the country to earn first class designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Heart/American Stroke Association.
Riverside Methodist is known locally, regionally and nationally for quality healthcare. The 1,059-bed teaching hospital is also OhioHealth’s largest hospital. Riverside Methodist is a member of OhioHealth’s faith-based, not-for-profit family of leading healthcare providers. It shares the OhioHealth mission “to improve the health of those we serve.” Our caring and compassionate teams do this through providing the best patient experience possible.
Last year alone, we delivered more than 6,000 babies, admitted more than 46,000 patients and saw 84,313 patients in our emergency department. We also performed nearly 23,300 surgeries.
And we work every day to ensure that every patient feels like our only patient.
Riverside Methodist Hospital is a regional destination hospital in Columbus, Ohio. It is home to a number of top specialty centers including:
- Heart and Vascular Services
- Cancer Care
- Women’s Health, including Maternity Care
and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Emergency and Trauma Services
- Hand and Microvascular Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Imaging
- Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery
- Neuroscience Center
The Latest Procedural Advancements
In addition, Riverside Methodist is known for its innovation, cutting-edge technologies and procedures. We are always working to identify the latest, most effective treatments for our patients. These are a few examples of our recent advancements:
- Riverside Methodist was the site for OhioHealth’s first Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) therapy, a delicate procedure which allows us to give a renewed opportunity at life for patients with advanced heart failure.
- OhioHealth Neuroscience recently announced its first thermal laser ablation case to eradicate seizures in patients with epilepsy — an alternative to a full craniotomy and respective brain surgery using a device called Visualase®.
- The FDA approved Lemtrada® in late 2014 for the treatment of patients with relapsing forms of MS.
Our Values
We are the trusted source for all your healthcare needs, from comprehensive surgical and minimally invasive procedures to the latest advances in medical care.
Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, stewardship, integrity and inclusion, Riverside Methodist is more than a hospital. We are a family dedicated to your physical and spiritual health and well-being.
It’s truly our privilege to serve you. Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make your experience here better.