Founded in 1931 in Schenectady, New York by nurse M. Grace Jorgensen, Bellevue Maternity Hospital grew into the most trusted name in women’s health care. It remained the region’s premier facility dedicated to the care of women & infants while under the Jorgensen family tenure. Over the course of 70 years Bellevue Maternity Hospital in Niskayuna New York delivered 120,000 babies, a number larger than the current population of Albany the capital of New York State.