St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne opened in 1893 on what is now the fringe of Melbourne's CBD. In its first year around 2500 patients were treated in the "low-roofed, old fashioned boarding house", as one newspaper described it.
The Hospital was established by the Hospital Sisters of Charity, a Catholic order of religious sisters. The order was founded in Ireland in 1815 and has been providing care to those in need since arriving in Australia in 1838.

St. Vincent's Today
St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne has since grown into a large organisation focussed on excellence in patient care, teaching, training and research. The Hospital provides specialised adult medical, surgical and mental health services, and a number of community health services. All major specialities are represented. The hospital has particular strengths in Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Cardiac, Gastrointestinal, Microsurgery and Plastic Surgery.
St. Vincent’s Hospital has over 400 beds, treats 30,000 inpatients a year, and provides 250,000 outpatient services per year.
The Radiology Department has a Siemens Vision 1.5T MRI scanner and has over 10 years of MRI experience. A 0.2T Open Viva MRI has also been operational for 3 years and plans are currently underway to purchase another 1.5T MRI.

Director of Radiology: Prof. Oliver Hennessey
Director of MRI: Dr. Peter J. Smith
MRI Radiologist: Dr. Nicholas Trost, Dr. Vince Mercuri
Senior Technologist MRI: Mark Lourensz
Email: lourenme@svhm.org.au

Homepage:
www.svhm.org.au