The people we serve are at the heart of everything we do. By making an impact in a person's life, we're living out our mission of creating healthier communities. Each person we heal has their own story of what the care of St. Luke's Health provided meant to them. Lean more behind the medicine from the patient stories.
Paula Graves had a life-threatening stroke while prepping for surgery. Thanks to the swift action of Dr. Omar Tanweer and his team at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, a mechanical thrombectomy was performed, removing the clot in just 7 minutes!
Linda could not bear the many unknowns that accompany the early steps of a breast cancer diagnosis. Enter Cathie Brown, an Oncology Nurse Navigator at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Nurse Navigators at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center break down barriers that patients might experience, from insurance issues to appointment scheduling to transportation needs, just about anything that weighs on the mind of a patient.