Residents spend a significant portion of their training at Saint Joseph Hospital in downtown Denver. Saint Joseph Hospital was founded in Denver in 1873 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL), an order of Catholic nuns, and started training residents in 1893. We moved into a beautiful new hospital in December 2014. Saint Joseph Hospital has achieved Magnet recognition for nursing excellence and quality patient care and is ranked in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for patient experience by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Press-Ganey.
Our residents work in a variety of settings here including the Emergency Department, Intensive and Intermediate Care Units, Surgical Care, Newborn Nursery/NICU, and Labor and Delivery. Our residents frequently work alongside our resident colleagues in the three other residencies at Saint Joseph Hospital: OB-GYN, Internal Medicine, and General Surgery. The 3rd floor of the hospital is dedicated to medical staff services and residency education, with a state-of-the-art simulation center, medical library, physician workrooms, and provider cafeteria.
In 2022, SCL Health merged with Intermountain Health, another nonprofit health system, to provide care to communities in seven states across the Mountain West. Saint Joseph Hospital retains its strong sense of community and its Catholic identity, which is manifest in our commitment to whole-person care, recognizing the inherent dignity in all people, and caring for all patients regardless of their ability to pay. Read more about Catholic Care at Saint Joseph Hospital.