Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC) is a 622 bed teaching hospital, located in Brooklyn, New York. KCHC is a part of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. Throughout its 177 year history, KCHC has played a major role in providing health care to vulnerable populations and is both the "family doctor" and major provider of a full range of high technology and specialty services.
 
KCHC is a Level I Trauma Center and the official training site for the United States Army Reservists Medical Staff prior to deployment to Iraq. KCHC has both AIDS Center and Stroke Center designations, and has also received Centers of Excellence designation for Diabetes Education and Parkinson Disease. KCHC is a Level III Perinatal Center.
 
Over the last ten years, KCHC has implemented a Major Modernization Project with the goal of improving services and replacing outdated facilities as well as consolidating services on the 44 acre campus. The Modernization  Project has resulted in a new Acute Care- Inpatient Services Tower; a new Emergency and Diagnostic Treatment Pavilion; a new Ambulatory Care Pavilion; a new Behavioral Health Center and a new state of the art Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. A newly renovated Comprehensive Cancer Care Center is scheduled for completion in 2010.