Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, celebrated the dedication of the David and Jackie Jaindl Family Birth and Newborn Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest.

With more than 3,100 births each year, the unit is the region’s most comprehensive provider in pregnancy and delivery care services. The multiphase renovation began in September 2024 to ensure the spaces match the expert patient care and experience already provided.

“Giving back is a core principle of our family, thanks to my father and grandfather,” David Jaindl said. “Everyone deserves access to high-quality health care, and our community counts on LVHN to provide that care,” Jackie Jaindl said. “Our family is honored to help make that possible for current and future generations in our region.”

“The renovations to the Family Birth and Newborn Center will be transformative for our patients, families, colleagues and community,” said Amanda B. Flicker, MD, interim clinical leader, Women’s Health Service Line, Jefferson Health, and chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, LVHN. “Thanks to the generosity of the Jaindl family, we are creating the first-class experience they all deserve.”

The updated features include:

• Makeover of family waiting room with new furnishings to add comfort for patients’ families and friends.

• A new bereavement room for families who experience a devastating loss.

• Redesigned nurses stations for improved communication, access and patient privacy.

• Improved nurses lounge with more privacy and space, including a wellness room for staff.

• Renovated rooms with enhanced lighting and new décor, window coverings and furniture.

• A new birthing suite dedicated to midwifery, creating a birth center feeling in a hospital environment, with hydrotherapy, special furnishings and more.

• New staff locker rooms and on-call rooms for OB providers and anesthesiologists.

Expected completion for the multiphase project is December.

Newsweek ranks LVH–Cedar Crest among the top maternity care hospitals in the U.S. for care provided to infants and mothers.

The center’s opening was celebrated with a ribbon cutting and reception on Sept. 3 attended by David and Jackie Jaindl, their five children and their spouses, 11 grandchildren and extended family, along with LVHN leaders and colleagues from the Family Birth and Newborn Center.

Bob Begliomini, Pharm.D., president, Jefferson Health–Lehigh Valley Region, spoke at the dedication, highlighting the Jaindls’ deep roots at LVHN.

“The Jaindl family’s commitment to the Lehigh Valley — and the health of this community — is tremendous,” Begliomini said. “David and Jackie continue their family’s legacy at LVHN through their generous gift to the David and Jackie Jaindl Family Birth and Newborn Center, which fittingly resides in the Fred Jaindl Family Pavilion.”

David’s father, Fred, made the largest gift to date in LVHN’s history to build a new wing at LVH–Cedar Crest that bears the family name.