1952 First pharyngeal speech clinic in Southeast established. 1985 First physician referral service in Jacksonville with a dedicated phone line established. 1986 First Mayo Clinic outside of Rochester, Minnesota, opens - St. Luke's admitting hospital for Mayo patients. 1991 First computer assisted stereotactic neurosurgery procedure performed. St. Luke's opens first bone marrow transplant unit in the city.
Cardiologists perform the first biplane first-pass study of the heart in the world.
St. Luke's becomes the first smoke-free hospital campus in the city. St. Luke's opens the first liver transplant unit in the city. It has been 125 years since St. Luke's Hospital opened its doors to the Jacksonville community. Through the years there have been many physical and structural changes throughout the hospital, but one thing has remained constant - the compassionate care and personal commitment of every employee, medical staff member and volunteer. They work together to provide the best medical care possible.