Louisville's healthcare is nationally known and several Louisville hospitals have been voted in the top 100 hospitals in the country including Norton, Baptist East and Jewish Hospitals.

In 2001, Jewish Hospital, which is ranked in the top 50 for heart surgery and respiratory disorders by US News & World Report, was the first in country to successfully implant the Abiocor artificial heart.

Jewish Hospital was also the setting for the nations first hand transplant in 1999. The operation was performed on Matthew David Scott, 39, and headed by Dr. Warren C. Breidenbach, a hand surgeon with Kleinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center.

No matter where you turn in Louisville, you are never that far away from award winning healthcare with state-of-the-art facilities and breakthrough advances in the medical field.