Samaritan Medical Center
Oncology/Cancer Treatment • Watertown, NY
About
Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, NY provides medical oncology and hematology services through its Walker Center for Cancer Care. The clinic's professionals diagnose and treat all types of cancers and blood disorders, with an affiliation with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center that provides patients access to the latest cancer therapies.
Clinic Type
Oncology/Cancer Treatment
Address
830 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601 United States
Phone
315-785-4673; 315-788-4248
Dale.Henry@RoswellPark.org
Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
Services Offered
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Healthgrades: 63% of patients would recommend the hospital (678 surveys mentioned)
Patients praise
- general cleanliness of rooms and facilities
- generally satisfactory communication from doctors and nurses
Common complaints
- long emergency room wait times
- poor staff responsiveness or delays in receiving help
- reports of unprofessional or disrespectful treatment by staff
- dissatisfaction with complaint resolution procedures
"Currently sitting in the emergency room waiting area for the past 5 hours. The excuse I get every time I’ve asked is “we are waiting for a room to open up” I’m not dying but like this is ridiculous."
— HospitalStats (User review)"This was after a nurse screamed in my face to stop convulsing. I'd rather die than go to that ER again. N their pt complaint forms are a JOKE."
— RedditSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Samaritan Medical Center receives $22 million grant for record system upgrade — Jan 1, 2026
- Samaritan Medical Center to open region’s first cardiac catheterization lab — Apr 9, 2026
- Samaritan Medical Center Launches Nation’s First Deployment of an Innovative Inpatient Patient Monitoring Technology - Samaritan Health — Jan 16, 2026
- Samaritan Medical Center awarded Primary Stroke Center Certification from The Joint Commission - Samaritan Health — Jun 19, 2026
- Samaritan Medical Center Purchases Former Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph - Samaritan Health — Dec 18, 2025
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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