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West Chester Hospital Celebrates 10th Anniversary

When UC Health’s West Chester Hospital welcomed its first patient on May 11, 2009, much of the surrounding community was still undeveloped—and the closest full-service hospital was in Cincinnati or in Dayton.

Much has changed in Butler County over the past decade—and much has changed at West Chester Hospital, too.

Originally called West Chester Medical Center, the hospital opened with 500 employees. Today, it employs more than 1,400 people—nearly 200 of whom have worked at the hospital since day one.

Over the past decade, more than one million patients have received care here and the hospital has become more specialized in the care that it provides. This includes adding an epilepsy monitoring unit, a neurosurgery program, developing a Level III Trauma Center and becoming designated as a Primary Stroke Center.

Currently, the hospital provides specialized inpatient and outpatient care with more than 1,000 credentialed physicians practicing in more than 40 medical specialties across the hospital and outpatient facilities on its 66-acre campus.

“We are proud to have provided the Butler and Warren County communities with high-quality healthcare for the past decade,” said Tom Daskalakis, chief administrative officer of West Chester Hospital. “Our leaders, clinicians and employees are proud of how West Chester and Butler County have embraced us as we have grown in response to the community’s needs—and we look forward to the next 10 years and beyond.”

The hospital routinely wins statewide workplace awards for the quality and satisfaction of its staff, and in November 2017 it became the youngest institution ever to achieve Magnet recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

UC Health marked the 10th anniversary of West Chester Hospital with a series of commemorative events for employees and community members, including the hospital’s eighth annual gala on May 11, 2019.