 SIUH is a two-campus, 668-bed specialized teaching hospital.Occupying two large campuses, plus a number of community-based health centers and labs, the hospital provides care to the people of Staten Island and the New York metropolitan region.Founded in December 1861 as the Samuel R. Smith Infirmary, the institution adopted its current name during the 1990s with the merger of Staten Island Hospital (now the North Campus) and the Richmond Memorial Hospital (now the South Campus).