Rochester General Hospital offers primary medical care and a broad range of specialties.

In the post-war years, the Hospital rapidly grew, embracing the advancement of medical technology, and becoming a leader in surgery and nursing.

The forerunner to the present Rochester Heart Institute, the Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory opened in 1959 and installed the first pacemaker in 1963 closely followed by the first open-heart surgery the following year.

[5][6] Rochester General Hospital has 528 beds and is served by more than 1,500 medical and dental staff members and more than 7,500 employees.

In 2010, RGH cared for more than 100,000 patients in the emergency department, discharged over 32,356 inpatients, and performed more than 15,300 surgical procedures and over 1,159,000 outpatient encounters.

[8] Rochester General received its largest gift in the hospital's history from Robert Sands of Constellation Brands.