2025 CommonSpirit Community Health Improvement Grant Program
JUN 20, 2024
St. Luke’s Health is inviting local non-profit organizations to consider applying for grants that support the delivery of services vital to improving health.
First-in-human novel valveless artificial heart implanted in a patient with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to a heart transplant at Baylor St. Luke's.
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is recognized as a Best Hospital for 2024-25 by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to being ranked No. 2 in the Houston Metro Area and No.3 in Texas, Baylor St. Luke’s ranked nationally in six specialties.
First-in-human novel valveless artificial heart implanted in a patient with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to a heart transplant at Baylor St. Luke's.
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is recognized as a Best Hospital for 2024-25 by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to being ranked No. 2 in the Houston Metro Area and No.3 in Texas, Baylor St. Luke’s ranked nationally in six specialties.
St. Luke’s Health is inviting local non-profit organizations to consider applying for grants that support the delivery of services vital to improving health.
St. Luke’s Health-Sugar Land Hospital has added a new service to ensure that women in labor have access to the care they need, as they need it. The hospital’s Family Birthing Center now includes an Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospitalist program.
Five St. Luke’s Health hospitals earned “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of errors
A man in his early 20s with end-stage heart failure became Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s first recipient of a new heart from a relatively new form of heart transplant donor.
St. Luke’s Health this week launched “Innovating Health,” a 6-part video series focused on the world-class health care innovation and excellence in Greater Houston.
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is the first hospital in the Texas Medical Center to treat patients with the new Medtronic PulseSelect™ Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System that uses PFA.
The American College of Cardiology has recognized Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center for its demonstrated commitment to comprehensive, high-quality culture and cardiovascular care.
Bradley T. Lembcke, MD, MBA, has been selected as president of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, the flagship academic medical institution of the St. Luke’s Health System in the Texas Medical Center, effective March 4.
Explore how St. Luke’s Health Supports Nonprofits with Nearly $1 Million in Grants for 2024.
The rising popularity of semaglutides like Wegovy and Ozempic has triggered a surge of patients asking their doctors about weight loss options. In fact, the number of physicians certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine increased by 40%.
Sugar Land –area center meets all criteria as a MBSAQIP-Accredited Center, according to national quality standards established to deliver safe, high quality metabolic and bariatric patient care.
Read about Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group's nationally recognized commitment to improve cardiovascular health.
St. Luke’s Health-The Vintage Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care.
St. Luke’s Health-Sugar Land Hospital has earned designation as a Basic (Level IV) Trauma Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Learn more about our designation.
St. Luke's Health-The Woodlands Hospital earns AHA's Stroke Gold Plus Award, recognizing their commitment to stroke care excellence.
St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital Earns Redesignation as a Comprehensive (Level I) Stroke Facility
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is recognized as a Best Hospital for 2023-24 by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to being ranked No. 2 in the Houston Metro Area and No.3 in Texas, Baylor St. Luke’s ranked nationally in six specialties.
Led by Dr. Liao, the team at Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is focused on using state-of-the-art robotic technology to perform minimally invasive mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
St. Luke’s Health-Sugar Land Hospital has been recognized by the Lown Institute for outstanding social responsibility, receiving an “A” grade on the 2023-24 Lown Institute Hospitals Index.
If you currently receive health insurance through Texas Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), you must renew your benefits soon to maintain health insurance coverage.
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.
St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.
St. Luke’s Health - Patients Medical Center has been named among America’s Best Hospitals by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The hospital earned recognitions in three categories.
St. Luke’s Health today partnered with The Organ Trail to prove living organ donors can live a fully active lifestyle after giving the gift of life. Mark Scotch, living kidney donor, 67, departed from Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s McNair Campus.
St. Luke’s Health ushered in a new era of internationally renowned outpatient and cancer care with the opening of the new O’Quinn Medical Tower at McNair. It is the latest addition to the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center McNair Campus
St. Luke’s Health –Sugar Land Hospital received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This national distinction celebrates St. Luke’s Health –Sugar Land Hospital’s achievements in protecting hospital patients from preventable harm
HOUSTON (February 1, 2023) - St. Luke’s Health and its academic affiliate Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) are back in-network with Cigna, adding the insurer to a large group of in-network carriers.
St. Luke’s Health - Sugar Land Hospital has earned recognition as one of the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care in America by Money powered by the Leapfrog Group.
St. Luke’s Health is pleased to announce that Kimberly Shaw, BSN, MBA, FACHE, has been selected to serve as the President of St. Joseph Health, a member of St. Luke’s Health, effective December 27.
Yesterday a friend commented that the war in Ukraine that threatens the security of the region is between countries that practice the same Orthodox faith between their peoples.
St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital has earned another recognition for providing quality stroke care with designation as a Comprehensive (Level I) Stroke Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
The American Heart Association presents outpatient program achievement awards for proven dedication to ensuring patients have access to best practices that reduce risk of heart disease and stroke
St. Luke's Health’s parent company, CommonSpirit Health, is managing an IT issue that is impacting some of our facilities. As a precautionary step, we have taken certain systems offline temporarily.
Breast cancer awareness is commemorated across the country during the month of October, marked by pink ribbons and a community of caregivers and survivors standing up in the fight against cancer, but in the mid-1990s when Jan Moore of Lufkin was diag
St. Luke’s Health this month launched ExamiNATION, an 8-part video series with production services provided by Houston Public Media, examining Houston’s journey toward health equity. The premiere episode explores the challenges faced by uninsured and
Recognized for protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital, St. Luke’s Health Brazosport receives an ‘A’ from Leapfrog Hospital Safety.
The top neuroscientist at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Dr. Chethen Rao, is among a group of international experts providing first of its kind data to offer insight into the prevalence of coma with the goal of finding a cure.
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center ranks number 2 in Houston and Number 3 in Texas among Best Hospitals, along with six High Performing adult specialty rankings.
American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Award recognizes sustained, high level performance in quality of care
The American Heart Association presents Get With The Guidelines - Stroke GoldPlus award for proven dedication to ensuring all stroke patients have access to best practices and life-saving care
The American Heart Association presents Get With The Guidelines - Stroke GoldPlus award for proven dedication to ensuring all stroke patients have access to best practices and life-saving care
St. Luke’s Health has announced its new Chief Humankindness Officer, an honorary title created for a local child who St. Luke’s feels best describes what “humankindness” – an act of humanity or kindness toward another – looks like in action.
Bryan, TX, May 10, 2022— The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit national hospital rating organization aimed at creating positive change in U.S. health care and the nation’s premier advocate for hospital transparency, announced today their Spring 2022 Safe...
Hormozd Bozorgchami, MD, an interventional neurologist, joined Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group in The Woodlands. He will also serve as St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital stroke director.
Local children encouraged to attend casting call to show off their best words of motivational encouragement to win honorary title and spread humankindness among the community
The Texas Hospital Association presents St. Luke’s Health CEO Doug Lawson the prestigious Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Healthcare Administration.
In the last years, Dr. Liao has made the cardiac program at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center the fastest growing in the country by completing over 300 robotic surgeries.
St. Lukes Health–Patients Medical Center is selected as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.
Dr. Marc Moon joins Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center as the new Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery section. Learn about his accomplishments, specialties, and more.
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Luke’s Health – Texas Division has further modified its visitation policy to continue to provide ongoing protection for our patients, employees, and physicians while balancing the key role caregiv
St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital celebrates newly expanded space for performance medicine outpatient therapy, which opens opportunities for new services.
St. Luke's Health's Texas Health Network awarded a 5-star rating by Devoted Health Plans.
St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital continues its six-year tradition of donating Christmas trees to North Houston communities.
TESTED: Houston's Response to COVID-19, wins 2021 Lone Star regional Emmy awards for short/long-form content in the health/medical category.
Texas Heart Institute and Baylor St. Luke's experts receive accreditation as TAVR Center of Excellence from the America College of Cardiology.
St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital hosts national series of events to raise money for research and cures for leukemia and lymphoma.
The Houston Chronicle recognizes the Sugar Land Hospital as one of the Top Workplaces of 2021.
The College of American Pathologists awarded accreditation to the Laboratory at St. Luke’s Health-Memorial in Lufkin.
St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital receives the Mission: Lifeline®️ Systems of Care Regional Achievement Award for treating heart attack patients.
Baylor St. Luke's Medical group receives a Gold+ recognition in the 2021 Target: BP™ Recognition Program for helping improve blood pressure control rates in patients.
Meet over 100 of St. Luke’s Health’s board-certified physicians who were recognized in Houstonia’s Top Doctors list in 2021.
St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital adopts the Philips IntelliVue Guardian Solution, an automated, early-warning system that measures patients’ vital signs.
HOUSTON, TX (October 7, 2021) – St. Luke’s Health—Patients Medical Center is proud to be recognized by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas with a Blue Distinction® Centers for Bariatric Surgery designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care
As the demand for specialized acid reflux treatment has soared in recent years, the Heartburn & Acid Reflux Institute (HBARI) at St. Luke’s - The Woodlands Hospital has grown to become one of the busiest centers of its kind in Texas and recently mark
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center receives the Transcatheter Valve Certification for upholding the best in patient care services when it comes to TAVR procedures.
Health care providers at St. Luke’s Health-Sugar Land Hospital can now perform critical procedures with the assistance of higher-quality, three-dimensional images, thanks to new technology that works more efficiently and emits less radiation than a t
The American Heart Association Presents Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Award for Commitment to Prioritizing Quality Care for Stroke Patients
St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital (The Woodlands Hospital) has received three American Heart Association Achievement Awards for implementing quality improvement measures that ensure cardiovascular patients receive efficient and coordinated car
In keeping with St. Luke’s Health’s mission of improving the health of those it serves and especially those who are vulnerable, and our commitment to providing safe care for patients and a safe work environment for clinicians and staff, St. Luke’s He
The American Heart Association, the leading voluntary organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, announced that T. Douglas (Doug) Lawson, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of St. Luke’s Health, will serve as President of the Board for t
St. Luke’s Health was recognized as a 2021 QUEST Hero for its exemplary efforts to promote patient care and safety during COVID-19. The award comes from Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement and technology company that unites an alliance of
St. Luke’s Health announced today that Robert “Bob” Trautman has been named President of St. Luke’s Health-Brazosport Hospital, effective August 9, 2021. In this role, Trautman will oversee hospital operations, provide leadership and oversight, and
Today, in recognition of the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, St. Luke’s Health announces a new collaboration, Helping Hands, with Marriott International’s Houston Business Council, in support of victims of human trafficking
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 2021-22 by U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News).
St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin on Monday became the first hospital in East Texas to use a new, life-changing technology designed to reduce the risk of stroke in a patient with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib).
With the hoisting of a commemorative steel beam covered in hundreds of hand-written signatures, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center today celebrated the completion of the concrete structure in the ongoing construction of the O'Quinn Medical Tower at
Urologists at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group in The Woodlands completed their first prostate biopsy using the PrecisionPoint™ Transperineal Access System (PPTAS), a new approach...
The Woodlands Hospital and The Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management are pausing operations at the COVID-19 mass vaccine clinic on Wednesday, May 19th due to inclement weather.
Three St. Luke’s Health hospitals have earned ‘A’ safety grades from The Leapfrog Group, a nationally recognized watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report was released tod
Three St. Luke’s Health hospitals have earned ‘A’ safety grades from The Leapfrog Group, a nationally recognized watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report was released tod
St. Luke’s Health is pleased to announce that effective immediately, Jane Stirrup, RN, MSN CENP, CPHQ HACP, has been named Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at St. Luke’s Health – Patients Medical Center (PMC). Stirrup
The Senior Care Clinic at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) at Kirby Glen has been recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as an Age-Friendly Health System Participant. Age-Friendly Health Systems aim to foll
St. Luke’s Health will begin offering walk-in vaccinations to anyone 16 and older on the campus of Texas Southern University (TSU) starting Monday, April 19 through Friday, April 23. Vaccines will be available from 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at TSU’s Nab
The Family Birthing Center at St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital is among 20 facilities in Texas currently designated a Level III (Subspecialty Care) Maternal Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services. A Level III designation is
St. Luke’s Health is pleased to announce that effective April 19, Daniel J. Martin, EdD, JD, MBA, will assume the role of Division Vice President of Development for St. Luke’s Foundation. In this role, Martin will provide leadership, management, and
Baylor St. Luke’s Center of Sleep Medicine has completed the first sleep-apnea treatments in Texas that employ a newly approved surgical method, easing patient pain while bolstering outcomes.
St. Luke’s Health announces a new way for patients to quickly schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments at all St. Luke’s Health vaccine sites beginning Monday, March 29. The new process moves toward vaccinating residents aged 16 and older as Texas ente
HOUSTON (March 17, 2021) – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke's) has been recognized as one of the World's Best Hospitals 2021. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and
St. Luke's Health announced today that it is partnering with Rice University to administer vaccines to the most vulnerable populations, including healthcare workers, seniors, underserved communities, and school and child care center/adult care center
St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital and The Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management saw an overwhelming response to its COVID-19 vaccination program after vaccinations were paused last week due to the storm.
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston and St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital in College Station are among dozens of providers that have been named as vaccination hubs by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
HOUSTON (January 11, 2020) – The Family Birthing Center at St. Luke’s Health-Sugar Land Hospital is among 19 facilities in Texas that is currently designated a Level II (Specialty Care) Maternal Facility in Perinatal Care by the Texas Department of S
HOUSTON (January 8, 2021) – St. Luke’s Health has reached an agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) on a new contract that will ensure coverage for 65,000 BCBSTX patients who choose to receive their health care at the hospitals in th...
HOUSTON (December 17, 2020) – St. Luke’s Health—The Vintage Hospital in Northwest Houston today received the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and will begin administering them later today. The hospital received a total of 975 doses as part
HOUSTON (December 17, 2020) — St. Luke's Health (St. Luke's) announced that its contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) expired at 11:59 pm on December 16. This comes after months of efforts by St. Luke's to get BCBSTX to agree to reas
HOUSTON (December 8, 2020) – Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) was named a Top Teaching Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, ...
HOUSTON (December 8, 2020) – Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, St. Luke's Health—The Woodlands and St. Luke’s Health—Lakeside Hospitals were named a Top General Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Grou...
EAST TEXAS (December 8, 2020) – Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, St. Luke’s Health-Memorial San Augustine Hospital was named a Top Rural Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the...
HOUSTON (December 2, 2020) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group and Baylor Medicine have been recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Medical Association (AMA) for their commitment to helping improve blood pressure (BP) control r...
THE WOODLANDS, TX (November, 30, 2020) – St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital today announced it has been named a five-star recipient for C-section and Vaginal Deliveries as recognized by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers...
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center recently performed its first lung transplant on a coronavirus patient whose lungs had been severely damaged by the virus. Paul Rodriguez, a young father with no pre-existing conditions, contracted the virus and pneu...
HOUSTON (November 24, 2020) – St. Luke’s Health – The Woodlands Hospital recently completed its 50th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure with a zero percent mortality rate since starting the program in the Fall 2019.
Growing numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths are troubling; facemasks can slow the trend HOUSTON (November 19, 2020) – CommonSpirit Health – the parent company of St. Luke's Health – is among 100 of the nation's top health care systems, representin...
October 19, 2020/Houston, TX — On June 17, 2020, after months of discussions and negotiations, CHI St. Luke’s Health, including Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, issued a written 180-day Notice of Termination with Intent to Renegotiate to Blue Cross ...
HOUSTON (September 29, 2020) – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center as a certified provider of adult heart transplant services following a successful survey of the hospital’s facilities a...
HOUSTON (September 23, 2020) – As a leader in stroke care, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has partnered with Viz.ai to bring the first FDA-cleared computer-aided triage system in the Greater Houston area. Baylor St. Luke’s is th...
(THE WOODLANDS, TX) September 15, 2020 - St. Luke’s Health—Lakeside Hospital (Lakeside Hospital) has been named a finalist for the 2020 QUEST® Award for High-Value Healthcare from Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, for providing ...
(THE WOODLANDS, TX) September 15, 2020- St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital (The Woodlands Hospital) has been recognized with the QUEST® Award for High-Value Healthcare from Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, for providing o...
SAN AUGUSTINE, TX, September 1, 2020… CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial San Augustine has been recognized as a finalist for the 2020 QUEST® Award for High-Value Healthcare by Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, for their outstanding ...
HOUSTON (September 1, 2020) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has been named a finalist for the 2020 QUEST® Award for High-Value Healthcare by Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, for providing outstanding pati...
AUG. 20, 2020 (HOUSTON) – Liz Youngblood, president of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and senior vice president/COO of St. Luke’s Health – Texas Division, and Teresa Thornton, division director of patient experience, St. Luke’s Health – Texas Divis...
August 20, 2020 (THE WOODLANDS, TX)— St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital will host a virtual ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, August 28, to commemorate the opening of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Attendees will hear from speakers inc...
HOUSTON (August 10, 2020) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has been awarded the designation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence (CoE) by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
August 6, 2020 (THE WOODLANDS, TX)— St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital announced today that Dr. Laura Meza Rios has joined the St. Luke’s The Woodlands Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, located at 17198 St. Luke's Way, Suite 200, The Woodlands...
HOUSTON (July 28, 2020) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 2020-21 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, now in their 31st year, are designed t...
JULY 23, 2020 (THE WOODLANDS, TX)―St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital (The Woodlands Hospital) has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Elite Achievement ...
JULY 23, 2020 (THE WOODLANDS, TX)―St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital (The Woodlands Hospital) has received the Mission: Lifeline® Gold NSTEMI Receiving Center Achievement Award and Mission: Lifeline® Gold Plus STEMI Receiving Center Achievemen...
HOUSTON (July 21, 2020) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hos...
Through Power of Pink!, we have educated thousands of women about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, early detection, and treatment options.
HOUSTON (June 25, 2020) – CEOs across the Texas Medical Center have monitored the ongoing transmission of COVID-19 in our community and across the state since the earliest days of this pandemic. In response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases an...
LUFKIN (June 19, 2020) – CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin announced today that it has taken action after becoming aware of an incident that took place on April 23, 2020 in which an unapproved third party gained access to patient information. Tho...
June 17, 2020 (THE WOODLANDS, TX)—CHI St Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital was awarded the Progress Level Recognition by the Quality Texas Foundation. The Woodlands Hospital is one of only five organizations recognized statewide for this award. T...
CHI Texas Division CEO Doug Lawson shared the following message in response to the killing of George Floyd and the protests that have followed. HOUSTON (June 1, 2020). Our mission, the very basis of our ministry, is to make the healing presence of G...
The City of Houston Proclaims May 19, 2020 Big Houston Heart Day, Boosts Love for Frontline Heroes During Pandemic Houston, TX, May 19, 2020 -- The City of Houston has proclaimed today, May 19, 2020, Big Houston Heart Day, a day for the community to...
HOUSTON (May 18, 2020) – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has recognized Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center for its demonstrated commitment to comprehensive, high-quality culture and cardiovascular care. Baylor St. Luke’s was awarded the HeartC...
Effective May 14, 2020, the CHI Texas Division has adopted a new visitation policy that continues to provide ongoing protection for our patients, employees, and physicians while recognizing the key role caregivers play in the quality of care and outc...
HOUSTON (May 4, 2020) – CHI St. Luke’s Health announced that it is preparing to safely resume some scheduled procedures and services, following guidance from national health officials and clinical associations.
HOUSTON (May 1, 2020) – CHI St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing The Woodlands Hospital’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapf...
Big Houston Heart Campaign Boosts Love for Our Community’s COVID-19 Heroes Houston, TX, April 2020 -- As part of its mission of compassion and service, CHI St. Luke’s Health has launched the Big Houston Heart Campaign, a way for the community to sho...
HOUSTON (March 24, 2020) – Effective at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, CHI Texas Division will have a new visitation policy in effect to protect our patients, visitors, employees and physicians. We are adopting a stricter visitation policy to...
Card generator allows public to send encouragement to patients and staff HOUSTON (April 9, 2020) – As part of its mission to care for the whole person while creating healthier communities, CHI St. Luke’s Health has released a free service to allow f...
A Fort Bend County man who was the first Houston-area resident to be diagnosed with COVID-19 returned home recently, 18 days after he was first admitted to CHI St. Luke’s Health Sugar Land Hospital. The 70 year-old-patient who wished to remain anonym...
CHI St. Luke’s Health is postponing elective, non-urgent surgeries and procedures in an effort to further protect the greater Houston community from the spread of COVID-19 and conserve resources for the sickest and most vulnerable of patients.
HOUSTON (March 18, 2020) – In an effort to further prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and protect our patients, visitors, employees, and physicians, we are enhancing our visitor policy across the CHI Texas Division while taking...
HOUSTON – Regional health care providers in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, are committed to protecting the health and safety of patients, visitors, employees and members of the community during the novel coronavir...
The safety of our visitors, patients, employees, and physicians remains our highest priority. We want to assure the community that CHI St. Luke’s Health is closely monitoring all developments with COVID-19 and we are prepared to identify, isolate, an...
The revolutionary transcatheter pacemaker was approved by the FDA in January 2020
PASADENA (February 3, 2020) - CHI St. Luke’s Health—Patients Medical Center (Patients Medical Center) has achieved a five-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS assigned star ratings to more than 4,500 ho...
HOUSTON (Jan 22, 2020) - Dr. Andrew Huang, Otolaryngologist – Head and Neck Surgeon at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, is the first trained ear, nose and throat physician in the Texas Medical Center to implant a novel device to treat patients with ...
Baylor St. Luke’s is one of ten institutions in the United States offering the first FDA-approved gene therapy for a genetic disease.
For the second year in a row, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial San Augustine has been nationally recognized as a Leapfrog Top Hospital for excellence.
Houston–area center meets all criteria as a MBSAQIP-Accredited Center, according to national quality standards established to deliver safe, high quality metabolic and bariatric patient care
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin welcomes Kourtnee Smith, the first baby born at its newly reconstructed Henderson Women’s Center.
HOUSTON (Nov. 7, 2019) – CHI St. Luke's Health–The Woodlands Hospital and CHI St. Luke’s Health–Memorial Livingston were awarded an ‘A’ in Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the hospitals’ achievements protec...
HOUSTON (Oct. 24, 2019) – Dr. Alastair Thompson and Dr.
HOUSTON (October 10, 2019) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has named Veronica Martin DNP, RN, NEA-BC, as the hospital’s new chief nursing officer. Martin will assume leadership from Acting Chief Nursing Officer Loretta Lee who ...
HOUSTON (October 7, 2019) –Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) and Baylor College of Medicine are paving the way for patients with acquired blindness to regain their vision. Dr. Daniel Yoshor, chief of neurosurgery at Baylor St. Luke...
Houston, TX (Sept. 30) – The Abiomed Mobile Learning Lab made a recent stop at the Texas Medical Center outside of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) to showcase a tiny life-saving device that’s revolutionizing the way patients with...
HOUSTON (September 26, 2019) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) attained Magnet recognition for the fifth consecutive time in September, a testament to its continued dedication to high-quality nursing practice. The American Nurses...
The Woodlands, TX (Sept. 5, 2019) – Jeremiah Johnson, MD, and Peter Kan, MD, neurosurgeons at Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke’s, have performed the first brain aneurysm treatment in North Houston using the new WEB (Woven EndoBridge) devic...
HOUSTON (August 29, 2019) ― Houstonia Magazine has named 60 Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) physicians in 26 different specialties to its seventh annual Top Doctors List for 2019. The following Baylor St. Luke’s physicians were r...
Nationally recognized cerebrovascular & endovascular neurosurgeon to lead the only comprehensive stroke center in North Houston. Houston, TX (August 28, 2019) – CHI St. Luke’s Health – The Woodlands Hospital and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group a...
HOUSTON (August 20, 2019) – Dr. Atif Iqbal, chief of the Section of Colorectal Surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (MEDDoS) Division of General Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named Director of Surgical Quality for...
HOUSTON (August 19, 2019) – The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Eric Ransom, Director of Operations at CHI St. Luke’s Health – The Woodlands Hospital, and Megan Fischer, Vice President of Quality...
Responsibilities Include Leading Patient Care Services Across All Three Hospitals THE WOODLANDS, TX (August 19, 2019) ― CHI Texas Division announced today that Ellen Pitcher, RN, MSN, MBA, FACHE joined CHI St. Luke’s Health – The Woodlands, Lakes...
Organizations will enhance care for residents of Brazos Valley July 31, 2019 (Bryan, TX) – College Station Medical Center (CSMC) is now affiliated with CHI St. Joseph Health. Together, both organizations provide more than 50 care locations, includin...
Expanded Cath Lab Service Offerings Allow Hospital to Better Serve the Community
Premier Performance Awards Recognize CHI Texas Division Hospitals for Patient Safety, Effective Care, and Affordability.
HOUSTON (July 29, 2019) ― Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 2019-2020 according to U.S. News & World Report, including second in Houston and third in Texas. The announcement came days ...
HOUSTON (July 19, 2019) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has been named a peer group award finalist for the 2019 QUEST® Award for High-value Healthcare by Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, for providing out...
Houston, TX (July 19, 2019) – In 2018, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center was the first in Texas to use the PulseRider, a neurovascular device used to treat patients with wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms. One year later, advancements have been made in t...
New campus will be the future home of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center HOUSTON (June 25, 2019) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) announced today that it is opening its Orthopedics & Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation service...
Houston, TX (June 13, 2019) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center announced today that Philip W. Carrott, Jr, M.D., FACS has joined the hospital in the cardiothoracic division. “Dr. Carrott brings great experience and expertise to the table, in clini...
HOUSTON (Mar. 18, 2019) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has renewed their Official Healthcare Sponsorship with Houston BCycle–the city’s 635-bike, 90-station bike share program. The contract extension will keep Baylor St. Luke’...
Taking quality care to an entirely new level, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial is completely reconstructing the hospital’s second floor to create a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art facility focused solely on the health and well-being of East ...
Pasadena, TX (March 9, 2019) – CHI St. Luke’s Health–Patients Medical Center ranked as the top hospital in the southeast Houston Bay Area and 8th overall in the 2018 Harris County Medical Society Physician’s Hospital Survey. “Patients Medical Center...
Pictured from left to right: Mary Franklin, Market VP of Patient Care Services; LeAnne Anderson, Diabetes Program Coordinator; and Adrianna Bernal, Education Specialist.
When I recently stepped into the role of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center President, I made a series of commitments to our patients and their families, to our staff and physicians, and to the broader Houston community. Those commitments focused on ...
Each year, the employees at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial participate in the Go Red for Women movement, helping raise awareness about this devastating disease.
Local photographer Kelli Gann admires the landmark photo installation that completes the first floor renovation at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin.
New Leadership Moving Swiftly on Executive Transitions HOUSTON – January 18, 2019 – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is moving swiftly with key additions to its executive team to lead new initiatives in critical areas like clinical excellence, pa...
CHI Texas Division CEO T. Douglas Lawson To Lead Hospital, Maintain “The Path of Excellence” As part of a significant restructuring of the hospital’s executive leadership team, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center today announced the appointment of T. ...
Pictured from left to right: Tina McDonald, CRNA; Megan Walker, da Vinci representative; Stephen Harris, M.D.; Alan Bassin, M.D.; Ana Trevathan, RNFA,FNP-C; Raul Ramirez, CST; and Kimberley Youngblood, RN.
Pictured from left to right: Tonia Widdon, Volunteer; Daryl Morris, RN, Nurse Manager; Tasha Murray, RN; Sallie Mooney, RN; Abbie Stifle, RN; Krystal McBride, RN; and Phelicha Goolsby, Volunteer.
Named a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group HOUSTON, December 6, 2018 – Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center was named a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Gro...
HOUSTON, November 8, 2018 – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, CHI St. Luke's Health–The Woodlands Hospital and CHI St. Luke’s Health Brazosport were awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes ...
Trio Will Be Part of Expanded Team Focused on Improving Quality of Care and Patient Experience
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is the first hospital in Houston to treat stroke patients with Embotrap II, the newest FDA-approved thrombectomy device to remove blood clots from blood vessels in the brain. A thrombectomy is the standard of care f...
Pictured from left to right: Jean Mizell, Volunteer; Charlotte Huffstetler, PTA; Glori Gregory, Volunteer; Lauren Hable, PTA; Paige Mundt, SPTA; Cheryl Ellisor, PT, DPT, Practice Manager; and Neemisha Rowjee, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT.
PASADENA, Texas (Sept. 18, 2018) – CHI St. Luke's Health–Patients Medical Center (Patients Medical Center) announced today the opening of the Weight Loss Center now offering advanced and comprehensive medical care and services for severely obese pati...
Houston, TX (December 22, 2017) — Physicians and specialists at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) have introduced stent thrombectomy as a new treatment option for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. Based on results from the DAWN...
Houston, TX (February 23, 2018) — Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) is the first hospital in Texas to treat neurological patients using PulseRider, a revolutionary neurovascular device that enables minimally invasive endovascular t...
Houston, TX (August 17, 2018) — Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) is pleased to announce that its Nurse Residency Program has achieved accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Hospital Ranked #2 in Houston and #4 in Texas
Gabriel Loor, MD, surgical director of the lung transplant program and co-chief, section of adult cardiac surgery at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) and associate professor of surgery and director of lung transplantation in the M...
HOUSTON, TX, (August 1, 2018)- CHI St. Luke’s Health – Lakeside Hospital has been recognized by Premier Inc. as a recipient of the Premier Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) Excellence in Patient Safety Across the Board Award. This award ...
HOUSTON (August 1, 2018) – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and CHI St. Luke's Health – The Woodlands Hospital have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement A...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (August 1, 2018) - CHI St. Luke's Health – The Woodlands Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2018. The Woodlands Hospital is one of only 95 hosp...
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center's heart bypass surgery program ranks among the nation's top 10 percent for inpatient survival, yet no one would understand that fact after reading today’s article on the Houston Chronicle and ProPublica websites. We p...
HOUSTON (August 3, 2018) – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and CHI St. Luke's Health – The Woodlands Hospital have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement A...
HOUSTON, TX, (July 27, 2018)- CHI St. Luke’s Health – Lakeside Hospital has been recognized by Premier Inc. as a recipient of the Premier Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) Excellence in Patient Safety Across the Board Award. This award r...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (July 27, 2018) - CHI St. Luke's Health – The Woodlands Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2018. The Woodlands Hospital is one of only 95 hospi...
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial has named Tina Alexander-Sellers as the new leader of its system-wide Marketing and Communications department.
Houston, Texas (June 5, 2018) - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) is the first hospital in the continental United States to enroll patients in Cerus' RedeS study, a transfusion therapy trial designed to assess the safety and effica...
Houston, Texas (June 5, 2018) - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) is the first hospital in the continental United States to enroll patients in Cerus' RedeS study, a transfusion therapy trial designed to assess the safety and effica...
CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Hosts Iftar DinnerSeveral Consul Generals and key leaders from the Muslim community honor guests with their presence To commemorate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on May 23rd 2018 the interna...
CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Hosts Iftar DinnerSeveral Consul Generals and key leaders from the Muslim community honor guests with their presence To commemorate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on May 23rd 2018 the interna...
Bridget and Jason Tobias say they’ve grown closer over the past several months, as Bridget has recovered from her stroke.
Pictured from left to right: Mary Franklin, VP of Patient Care Services; Matt Clark, RN, Florence Nightingale Award recipient and Emergency Department Charge Nurse; and Angela Hess, Director of Emergency Services.
Shirley Lewis (right) is pictured with Radiation Oncologist and Medical Director of the Temple Cancer Center Dr. Sid Roberts (left). Lewis was the first patient treated with SBRT at the Temple Cancer Center in Lufkin.
HOUSTON, April 24, 2018 – New hospital safety grades were released today and Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center has received the top mark. The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for cons...
Houston, Texas (April 4, 2018) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) is the first hospital in Texas to perform a breathing lung transplant using the Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) procedure with Organ Care System Lung (OCS Lung) techn...
Houston, Texas (April 4, 2018) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) is the first hospital in Texas to perform a breathing lung transplant using the Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) procedure with Organ Care System Lung (OCS Lung) techn...
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston will provide hospital and nursing home patients and prison inmates with easier access to spiritual guidance by training hundreds of volunteers who will work under the supervision of priests and chaplains. A pilot...
Pictured from left to right: Satish Velagapudi, M.D., Ravinder Bachireddy, M.D., Rohit Kedia, M.D., M. Musa Khan, M.D., and Ilyas Khan, M.D.
Houston, TX – Feb. 13, 2018 – T. Douglas Lawson, Ph.D., President of Baylor University Medical Center and the North Texas Central Region of Baylor Scott & White Health, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the CHI St. Luke’s Health market ac...
HOUSTON – (Feb. 9, 2018) – Two Baylor College of Medicine physicians have been awarded an $8.5 million grant to work toward a better understanding of the neurocircuitry of depression. The grant is from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders...
Houston, Texas (January 3, 2018) - Baylor St. Luke&'s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke&'s) is the first hospital in Texas to treat patients using PulseRider, a revolutionary neurovascular device that enables minimally invasive endovascular tre...
HOUSTON – (Feb. 9, 2018) – Two Baylor College of Medicine physicians have been awarded an $8.5 million grant to work toward a better understanding of the neurocircuitry of depression. The grant is from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders...
The Attorney General of Texas’ Office recently recognized CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston for the exemplary work done in its paternity program.
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston Trauma Coordinator Karen Pollard (left) accepted the Excellence in Preparedness Award during the 2017 RHPC Healthcare Preparedness Symposium in Galveston.
Pasadena, TX (January 4, 2018) – CHI St. Luke&'s Health—Patients Medical Center (Patients Medical Center) has achieved a five-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). With more than 4,500 hospitals particip...
Mia Tapia, (left) daughter of Ruth Tapia, and Juliet McChristian, daughter of Alexis McChristian, were born on December 21, 2017 at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin weighing in at 5 pounds and 8 pounds 5 ounces, respectively.
Employees at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial-Lufkin and Sound Physicians donated toys to CASA in the Pines.
Houston, TX (December 15, 2017)–CHI St. Luke&'s Health has appointed Jim Parisi as President of The Woodlands and Lakeside Hospitals as well as the Springwoods Village facility, effective January 29, 2018. Jim, a well-respected and highly capable...
Pictured from left to right: Carolyn Crawford, Volunteer; Hershel Shoemaker, Valet; Kenneth Hadnot, Security Supervisor; Sharon Kelley, Gift Shop Manager and Volunteer Coordinator; and Carmen Perez, Volunteer.
New Organization to Preserve and Expand Access to Quality Care Geographically Complementary Facilities Across 28 States
The staff at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston’s new 23,500-square-foot Emergency Department is now seeing patients. Rita Milton, who has had experiences in both the new and old Emergency Department, said the new space is “beautiful!”
HOUSTON, TX (Nov. 28, 2017) – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) will open inpatient and outpatient services at its McNair Campus beginning summer 2018, including 60 inpatient beds and seven operating rooms. Inpatient services at t...
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston celebrated the grand opening of its new Emergency Department on November 13. The new 23,500-square-foot facility, located on the ground floor of the South Tower Building, features 26 stations, including ...
Houston, TX (November 17, 2017) – A Shelter for Cancer Families (ASCF) has announced the appointment of Bill Pack, divisional VP, finance, CHI Texas Division, to its board of directors. Formerly known as the Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation, ASCF ...
Houston, TX (October 23, 2017) – Todd K. Rosengart, MD, has been appointed to the Baylor St. Luke&'s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke&'s) Board of Directors. Dr. Rosengart is currently professor and chair of surgery at the Michael DeBakey Depa...
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Cardiac Rehabilitation recently celebrated three successful years of restoring cardiovascular patients to their optimal health.
O. Howard Frazier, M.D., pioneer in transplant and circulatory support at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, was presented with an award with the inscription, "A Celebration of Mechanical Circulatory Support Honoring Dr. O.H. Frazier," celebrating his...
CHI St. Luke's Health–Sugar Land Hospital Receives Premier Inc. Award for Reducing Hospital-acquired Conditions and Readmissions
Pediatrician Amol Deshpande, M.D. (far right) and Family Medicine physician Lawrence Quan, M.D. (far left) and their staff joined the Memorial team this month and is now accepting patients.
Lead Mammographer Amanda Valderez RT (R)(M) guides her patient through the 3D mammography process.
Hospital Ranked #2 in Houston and #4 in Texas
HOUSTON, TX (August 8, 2017) — Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 2017-18 according to U.S. News & World Report, including second in Houston and fourth in Texas. The hospital’s Cardiolo...
Houston, TX (August 2, 2017) – CHI St. Luke's Health is pleased to announce Indira Vishnampet, senior vice president of XTIVIA, Inc., has been appointed to the system's board of directors. Vishnampet, a resident of Sugar Land, earned her bachelor's ...
Houston, TX (August 2, 2017) – Gina Luna, former chairman of JPMorgan Chase in the Houston Region, has been appointed to the CHI St. Luke`s Health system's board of directors. "I'm honored to represent CHI St. Luke's and the communities we serve," L...
Houston, TX (August 2, 2017) – CHI St. Luke's Health is pleased to announce that Charles "Chuck" Ellison, a long-time resident of the Brazos Valley, has been appointed to the system's board of directors.
Houston, TX (July 17, 2017) - CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke's) and CHI St. Luke's Health-The Woodlands Hospital have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelin...
Lufkin cardiologists are using new technology to help patients with reoccurring blockages in the heart and legs.
Lufkin cardiologists are using new technology to help patients with reoccurring blockages in the heart and legs.
Kelly Hamilton, Respiratory Therapist at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston, recently trained at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala. where she focused on emergency response to natural disasters and terrorist acts.
The new state-of-the-art Emergency Department at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston should be completed by October 2017. This panoramic view shows some of the work currently being done.
CHI St. Luke's Health–Patients Medical Center (Patients Medical Center) recently celebrated its first decade of clinical excellence. Opened in April 2007, the hospital has remained a trusted healthcare partner for residents of the Pasadena, Deer Par...
System Director of Marketing Yana Ogletree swore in the new Volunteer Auxiliary officers for 2016-2017. They are (from left to right) Linda Smith, Treasurer; Jean Mizell, Vice President; Gloria Gregory, President; and Sarah Page, Secretary.
The presence of strong, innovative leadership is vital to the ever-changing healthcare landscape. CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial welcomes its new Market Vice President of Patient Care Services, Mary Franklin.
Pictured from left to right: Ravinder Bachireddy, M.D., Chief of Cardiology; Monte Bostwick, Market CEO; Shawn Barnett, Market COO & Lufkin President; and David Ladden, M.D., Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial welcomes Board Certified Family Medicine physician Natalia Luraguiz, M.D. to the medical staff in Angelina County and the Memorial Clinics team.
Houston, TX (January 24, 2017) – CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Baylor St.
No matter the circumstances, grief recovery can be difficult and painful. CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial will again host GriefShare, a special seminar and support group to help members of the community to grieve in a positive way. “Grief Share i...
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial welcomes Board Certified Internal Medicine physician Swapna Bemalgi, M.D. to the medical staff in Angelina County and the Memorial Clinics team.
CHI St. Luke's Health–Brazosport Hospital Awarded Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers
CHI St. Luke's Health–Brazosport Hospital Foundation to Host 4th Biennial Power of the Purse Luncheon TLC&'s “The Little Couple” Star Dr. Jennifer Arnold to Serve as Keynote Speaker
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Clinics welcomes Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Lufkin native Dixie McClendon-Coker, M.D. to its growing team of specialists and primary care providers.
Dr. Joseph Lamelas, an internationally recognized expert in minimally invasive heart surgery, has joined the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine as associate chief of cardiac surgery in the division of cardiothoraci...
Houston, TX (January 6, 2017) – CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke's) successfully completed a 5-way, multi-hospital kidney transplant swap with the National Kidney Registry (NKR). The swap began with a Good Samar...
Baby Camila Martinez was the first baby born at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin in 2017. She is pictured with her mother Lorena Dominguez and father Eduardo Martinez.
For several years, the Good Shepherd Therapy Dog group has visited CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial bringing lots of good cheer on four legs. Recently, the group of registered therapy dogs and their owners gave a warm welcome to patients and staf...
Hundreds from the Polk County community came to learn more about their well-being this holiday season at the CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston’s second annual Santa’s Health and Safety Education Fair.
Caring for sick and dying patients is more than just a job to the staff at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial San Augustine. It is a sacred calling full of compassion and talent.
Boxes and crates filled with canned meats, snacks, stationery, and personal hygiene necessities are loaded onto two SUVs parked outside CHI East Texas Clinical Services, a clinic formerly known as Greater Houston Physician Medical Association, 17521 ...
The Baylor College of Medicine Mesothelioma Treatment Center (MTC) at CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke's) has begun enrolling patients in a clinical research study for patients with malignant pleural mesotheliom...
Doctors at CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) announced today that they have successfully implanted the new 50cc SynCardia Total Artificial Heart (TAH) into a patient suffering from biventricular end-stage hear...
Over the past decade, an estimated 30,000 ventricular assist devices have been implanted in patients with failing hearts around the world. Commonly known as the heart pump, the device circulates blood throughout the body.
We have come to that time of year when hearts are lighter. The sounds of carols are in the air. Do I hear bells ringing? The deep belly laugh of a grand old soul with a twinkle in his eye? Brightly colored lights are reflected in children’s e...
CHI St. Luke's Health–Brazosport Hospital Achieves Texas Ten Step Designation
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Clinics welcomes Obstetrician and Gynecologist Sheila Hill to its growing team of physicians and specialists in Lufkin.
St. Luke's Foundation Friends of Nursing Annual Fall Coffee
Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health Explore Aligning Ministries to Strengthen Catholic Health Care SAN FRANCISCO AND ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – October 24, 2016 – Two leading nonprofit health care systems – Dignity Health and Catholic Health Init...
Surgical Saturday Is Mutually Enriching for Both Patients and Volunteers By Zen Zheng, CHI St. Luke's Health Marketing and Communications For more than a year, Sarah Mirelles' bulging belly had made her look pregnant and the past few months its gro...
CHI St. Luke's Health to Acquire Greater Houston Physicians Medical Association
Directional deep brain stimulation for movement disorders now being used HOUSTON – (Oct. 10, 2016) – CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is one of the first hospitals in the country to use the St. Jude Medical Infinity™ Deep Brain...
Breast cancer is for the birds. During October, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin and the Volunteer Auxiliary are spreading the word about early detection and the importance of regular mammograms with some unlikely accomplices…pink flamingo...
The Volunteer Auxiliary at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial unanimously voted to donate nearly $40,000 in equipment to the hospital.
Houston, TX (September 26, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health–Sugar Land Hospital (Sugar Land Hospital) announced today that it is the first hospital in the Greater Houston area to use the new 120-watt Holmium laser to perform vaporization of the prostate...
Houston, TX (September 15, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health (CHI St. Luke’s) announced today that Earl Shipp, Vice President of Operations, U.S. Gulf Coast, The Dow Chemical Company, has been appointed to the system’s Board of Directors.
Hospital closes on purchase of the Clinic Building and O&'Quinn Medical Tower HOUSTON – Sept.13, 2016 – Texas Children's Hospital is excited to announce it reached agreement and closed with Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center on the purchase...
Houston, TX (September 6, 2016) – The Baylor College of Medicine Mesothelioma Treatment Center (MTC) at CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) announced today that it has opened a new clinical trial that combines i...
Houston, TX (August 23, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital hosted an interactive demonstration to showcase the fourth-generation, first-of-its-kind da Vinci XI Surgical System with Integrated Table Motion technology.
Life can be harsh for people without a home, and where the next meal comes from seems a perpetual riddle. But at least on this Sunday morning on July 31 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 250 homeless residents had a taste of home where a warm breakfast w...
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston welcomes board certified Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist Georg Elias, M.D. to the medical staff in Polk County and the Memorial Clinics team.
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial welcomes Obstetrician and Gynecologist Rachael Sullivan, D.O. to the medical staff in Angelina County and the Memorial Clinics team.
Houston, TX (August 10, 2016) – CHI St. Luke's Health (CHI St. Luke's) has named Roland Cruickshank, FACHE, President of The Vintage Hospital effective September 12. Cruickshank will replace current president, Norman Stephens, who will retire on Sept...
Houston, TX (August 4, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) successfully completed a 13-way, multi-hospital kidney transplant swap with the National Kidney Registry (NKR). The swap began with a Good Samar...
No matter what the circumstances, grief recovery can be a painful process. CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial is once again hosting a special seminar and support group to help members of the community cope with this process in a positive way.
The Woodlands, TX (July 25, 2016) – CHI St. Luke's Health–Lakeside Hospital (Lakeside Hospital) was named one of Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare. Since its opening in 2009, the hospital has been recognized five times as one of t...
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Livingston welcomes board certified General Surgeon Camille Blackledge, M.D. to the medical staff in Polk County and the Memorial Clinics team.
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin welcomes Sapphira Clark, FNP to the Angelina County medical staff. Ms. Clark is a Family Nurse Practitioner, and she joins the Memorial Clinics team and the office of Dr. Andrew Fercowicz.
For the past seven years, the annual Art Bra Contest, part of the Power of Pink! Luncheon, showcases participants’ creative skills, while raising awareness for breast cancer.
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin welcomes Crystal Smith, CNM, MSN, RN, to the medical staff in Angelina County. Ms. Smith is a Certified Nurse Midwife and she joins the Memorial Clinics team.
Following an extensive nationwide search, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial is pleased to welcome its new Market Chief Executive Officer, Monte Bostwick, following the upcoming retirement of current Market CEO Gary Looper.
Major hospital system sees health information and image exchange as essential component of strategy to serve geographically dispersed populations
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin is one of ten hospitals to be accepted into the Immunization Action Coalition’s (IAC) Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor Roll this year.
Houston, TX (June 21, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) announced today that it’s the first hospital in the Greater Houston area to enroll patients in the AMAZE clinical trial, which studies a new expe...
Houston, TX (June 21, 2016) – This month marks the 20th anniversary of the first-ever percutaneous endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (PEVAR), which was performed at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center on June 4, 1996 by Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, Program D...
The word “vocation” comes from a Latin word meaning “a calling.” The staff at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial recognizes their calling to care for the sick and dying is a sacred one.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Livingston recently recognized its employees for their years of service at the Employee’s Service Awards ceremony. The annual event honored employees with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 40 years of service.
Houston, TX (May 26, 2016) – CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke's) and CHI St. Luke's Health–The Woodlands Hospital have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guideline...
Two Lufkin physicians use brand-new technology to drastically repair a patient’s aortic aneurysm in a safer, less traumatic procedure.
Houston, TX (May 9, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Livingston officially broke ground on its new Emergency Department on April 27.
The word “vocation” comes from a Latin word meaning “a calling.” The staff at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial recognizes their calling to care for the sick and dying is a sacred one.
The word “vocation” comes from a Latin word meaning “a calling.” The staff at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial recognizes their calling to care for the sick and dying is a sacred one.
Optimizing a system-wide approach to hospital operations, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial announces two new system directors for hospital specialties.
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) today celebrated the groundbreaking of Tower 2, a 420-patient bed tower, on Baylor St. Luke’s McNair Campus.
Magnolia Miranda remembers her younger days when she donned her bathing suit at the beach, flapping her arms like wings while running on the sand or stretching them out in the water pretending they were her floats. But during her pregnancy 15 years ...
Houston, TX (February 29, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health–Sugar Land Hospital (Sugar Land Hospital) announced the expansion of its Women’s Services Program with the opening of the Family Birthing Center.
Red and pink Valentine’s Day cards and conversation heart candies are what many traditionally associate with the month of February. But it’s the heart beating inside each and every one of us that CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial values the most.
Alice “Faye” Russ, a local legend inside the massive kitchen at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin, recently celebrated 55 years on the job.
Houston, TX (February 12, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health (CHI St. Luke’s) announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Michael H. Covert, has been elected to the Texas Hospital Association (THA) Board of Trustees. Covert took office January 1 and...
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial is pleased to welcome board certified Family Nurse Practitioner Sharon Nelson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C to the Memorial Clinics team.
Houston, TX (February 10, 2016) – CHI St. Luke’s Health (CHI St. Luke’s) has named Michael Freeman, as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development for the CHI Texas Division, effective April 4.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial welcomes its new Medical Director for the Lufkin Emergency Department, board certified Emergency Physician Joshua Allen, D.O.
Front Row – Al Guevara Jr., Michael H. Covert, Tom Fowler Back Row - Kevin Rittger, M.D., Evelyn Moore, Ken Smith, Alisa Berger, M.D., Mike Gilliland, M.D., Brooks Bass, Mike Golden, John Maxwell, M.D., Ravi Singhania, Earl Shipp
The Woodlands – “Stroke Award: Presented by James Grotta, MD”
Jenny Barnett-Sarpalius
Avery Cloud
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Livingston welcomes Analiza Justo, M.D. to the medical staff in Polk County. Dr. Justo is a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist and joins the Memorial Clinics team.
CHI St. Luke’s Health (CHI St. Luke’s) announced today that it has opened its seventh hospital in its Houston-area network, CHI St. Luke’s Health–Springwoods Village Hospital (Springwoods Village Hospital) in North Houston. CHI St. Luke’s will be the...
CHI St. Luke’s Health (CHI St. Luke’s) is teaming with Population Health Advisors (PHA), a part of Baylor Scott & White Health, to advance its work on creating models and systems of care that will enhance care delivery in the Houston market. CHI ...
As part of continuing efforts to integrate and partner with CHI St. Luke’s Health, Baylor College of Medicine will assume the exclusive contract to provide professional Radiology services at the Livingston facility effective July 1, 2016.
Michael Covert, Chief Executive Officer for CHI St. Luke’s Health, and Kelly Larkin, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of The Larkin Group, announced they have entered into a joint venture agreement to include five Houston-area PhysiciansER locations.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin welcomes its first baby of the New Year. Harper Caroline Massey was born on January 6, weighing in at 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 19 inches long. The proud parents are Dustin and Taylor Massey, of Lufkin. Th...
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) has unveiled the design for its $1.1 billion medical campus featuring one of the country’s top medical schools, a world-renowned cardiovascular research institute, and a...
During CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial’s monthly educational luncheon, dozens of women donated toys for local children to enjoy on Christmas morning through the Toys for Tots program.
Richelle Dixon, MHSA, FACHE
William Brien, MD, Vice President of Medical Operations and Chief Clinical Officer
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s), home of the Texas Heart Institute (THI), announced today that it will be the first in Texas to adopt the only non-invasive technology when evaluating coronary artery disease....
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin welcomes its newest spiritual care giver and chaplain, Rev. Ed Thomas, who joined the Mission and Spiritual Care team on August 25.
CHI St. Luke’s Health and UnitedHealthcare have announced a renewed relationship that provides continued in-network access to care at CHI St. Luke’s Houston facilities and with its physicians for all people enrolled in a UnitedHealthcare individual, ...
CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Centerannounced today that it has launched Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes– a new telehealth program that will enable a team of specialists to assist primary care providers thr...
A new endoscopic microsurgery known as Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), offers a non-invasive approach to removing small gastrointestinal tumors by removing them in layers.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Clinics Livingston hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on September 2, 2015, for its new on-site clinic for residents of the Escapees CARE community in Polk County.
Jan Penn, RN, CBN, Bariatric Coordinator; Drew Howard, MD, General Surgeon, Bariatric Surgeon; David Herrera, patient who lost 235 in two years; Jason Balette, MD, General Surgeon/Bariatric Surgeon; Meghan Daulton, RN, CBN, 3W staff nurse.
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Lakeside Hospital (Lakeside Hospital) was named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare. Since its opening in 2009, the hospital has been recognized four times as one of the Top 100 healthcare employers in t...
CHI St. Luke’s Health has named Lorie Shoemaker, DHA, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, as its Chief Nursing Officer, effective September 28, 2015. In this role, she will work directly with the three CHI markets included in Texas: CHI St. Luke’s Health in Houston, CH...
CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital has named Rashard Johnson as Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer. Johnson brings more than 10 years of healthcare management and executive leadership experience to CHI St. Luke’s.
CHI St. Luke’s Health welcomes Elizabeth Wanner, MD, to St. Luke’s Medical Group Tomball, where she will practice Family Medicine. Dr. Wanner will also provide patient care at CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Vintage Hospital (The Vintage Hospital). “We’re...
Researchers announced today that tissue engineering has been used to construct natural esophagi - which in combination with bone marrow stem cells - have been safely and effectively transplanted in rats, according to a study published in the prestigi...
St. Luke's Hospital at The Vintage (SLHV) has received the coveted ISO 9001:2008 certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Healthcare, a global independent foundation dedicated to safeguarding life, property and the environment.
CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center announced today that it has begun treating patients with the groundbreaking new NeuroPace® RNS® System, a treatment for adults with partial onset seizures that have not been controlled with two o...
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center announced today that it has reached a Houston milestone—its 500th liver transplantation. The entire transplant team at Baylor St. Luke's celebrated the achievement under the leadership of John. A. Goss, MD, surgical ...
CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center was named by Becker's Hospital Review as one of its “100 Great Hospitals in America” in the publication's 2014 edition. Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center was one of five Houston hospitals that mad...
St. Luke's Performance Medicine, a department of St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital (SLWH), has partnered with the Texas Rush Soccer Club to become its official sports medicine provider. St. Luke's Performance Medicine is a technologically and clini...
St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital (SLWH) has achieved national accreditation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (BSLMC) announced today that it's the first hospital in Texas to begin using the revolutionary Medtronic LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor micro device that transforms a physician's ability to diagnose and treat even th...
Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center team accepting patients Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center have developed the first comprehensive, multi-specialty Lung Institute in the state of Texas, with a...
St. Luke's Lakeside Hospital announced last week that it's the first hospital in The Woodlands and Montgomery County, TX, to begin using a micro-sized insertable cardiac monitoring device that enhances a physician's ability to diagnose and treat even...
CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is among the first hospitals in Texas to implant the new Boston Scientific S-ICD® System--the world's first and only commercially available subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) for the ...
In a community educational endeavor, dozens of F.A.S.T. vehicle poster decals displaying stroke symptom awareness were recently donated by CHI St. Luke's Health to local EMS agencies in six Houston area counties. The community awareness initiative i...
CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, a part of CHI St. Luke's Health, announced today that Randolph W. Evans, MD, clinical professor of neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 7...
St. Luke's Hospital at The Vintage was named “Best Hospital” in Northwest Houston according to Houston Community Newspapers annual readers' choice awards for 2013. The hospital was also recognized as the “Best Workplace” among businesses in Northwest...
CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center has become an official sponsor of the 2014 Donate Life Transplant Games of America that will be held in Houston, Texas, July 11-15. The multi-sport festival will attract organ, tissue, corneal, a...
St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) - home of the Texas Heart® Institute (THI) - announced today that the first eight patients in Texas have been treated in a multi-center, clinical trial of a new carotid artery stent that can be used as an alternative ...
Texas Heart Institute (THI) doctors at CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, are the first in Texas to have implanted a device designed to seal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), rather than bridging through the aneurysms using a tr...
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Clinics, a division of CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial, welcomes longtime Lufkin family medicine physician Dr. Andrew Fercowicz and his staff to the Lufkin Care Team.
In order to continue the legacy of quality health care provided by a caring and compassionate staff, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial is investing in the futures of two outstanding Lufkin High School seniors.
A $4.5 million investment by CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial is bringing enhanced cancer treatment to East Texas through state-of-the-art equipment and innovative procedures aimed at providing more options for patients.
According to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, a brain aneurysm ruptures every 18 minutes in the United States. Ruptured brain aneurysms are fatal in about 40% of cases; therefore, it is extremely important to understand the risk factors and sympt...
Lufkin based Electrophysiologist Vivek Mangla, M.D. recently won the 2014 Vitals Patients’ Choice Award.
A more advanced method of correcting cardiac arrhythmias is being performed at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin utilizing one of nature’s own anesthetic properties – freezing temperatures.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial recognizes November as National Diabetes Month by offering discounted A1C blood screenings throughout the month. This non-fasting blood screen can be done at Express Lab for just $10.
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Clinics is pleased to announce the opening of Dr. David Le’s Family Medicine Practice in Coldspring. Dr. Le is board certified in family practice and specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of adult...
CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Livingston Laboratory once again met all applicable standards for accreditation through the College of American Pathologists’ Laboratory Accreditation Program.
Angelina Internal Medicine Associates and Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes Kevin Dixon, D.O. to the Lufkin medical staff. Dr. Dixon specializes in Internal Medicine and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of adult diseases.
Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin welcomes Michael Plankers as its new Chief Nursing Officer. Plankers has more than 24 years of progressive leadership experience and a broad clinical knowledge base to lead the hospital’s patient care team.
Memorial Health System of East Texas (Memorial) and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) have signed a definitive agreement and transferred ownership of Memorial to CHI, effective June 1.
Each year, 125,000 people die because they did not take their medicine as directed. Memorial is dedicated to reducing that number through the Medication List program, or MedL.
The sounds of newborn coos and cries amplified as Memorial Medical Center-Livingston experienced a record breaking baby boom in 2013.
Memorial Clinics, a division of Memorial Health System of East Texas, welcomes Pratibha Deshpande, M.D. to its medical staff. Dr. Deshpande is board certified in internal medicine and specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a...
The Texas Department of Health has confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in the East Texas Area. With this in mind, Memorial Health System of East Texas is taking extra precautions to keep patients, employees and guests as safe as possible.
Memorial Health System of East Texas has named Ken Miller as its System Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Miller comes to Lufkin with more than 13 years of financial healthcare experience.
Memorial Medical Center—Livingston welcomes Randy Slack as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Slack had been serving as the interim CEO for the 66 bed hospital since August of this year and was recently appointed to the permanent role.
Memorial is pleased to announce the formation of a unique partnership with one of the area’s most well known centers for cardiovascular care – The Heart Institute of East Texas.
Sodexo, one of the largest food services and facilities management companies in the world, and food services provider at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin brought awareness to childhood hunger Tuesday by “going orange.”
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, October 15 for the 2nd annual Power of Pink! luncheon, hosted by Memorial Medical Center – Livingston and the Believers Relay for Life Team. The event will be held at Livingston’s Polk County Commerce Center, 11:3...
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston is pleased to announce the arrival of Randy Slack, the hospital’s new Interim CEO. Mr. Slack assumed the top leadership role on August 26.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes back Sandra Kay Hutchison, M.D. to Polk County. Dr. Hutchison is board certified in Family Medicine and joins the experienced team at Memorial Clinics.
On July 11, the Volunteer Auxiliary at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin presented $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing degrees in health care. The scholarships are funded through popcorn sales at Memorial.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes one of the nation’s leading robotic surgeons to its medical staff. Cooper Buschemeyer, M.D., is a Board Certified Urologic Surgeon who has performed hundreds of robotic surgical procedures.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes Mary Garnepudi, M.D. to the medical staff in Polk County. Dr. Garnepudi specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and joins Memorial Clinics.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston is committed to the hearts of our smallest patients. The hospital now offers pediatric echocardiograms in the state-of-the-art Imaging Center.
After more than four decades of bathing, rocking and swaddling newborns, Shirley Dixon, LVN at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin, has retired.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston honored its nurses at a ceremony in celebration of National Nurses Week.
After serving Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin and its patients for the past 34 years, Dark Room Technician Steve Stewart said good-bye to a job he loved and left his fellow co-workers with the encouragement that nothing is impossible if you’re w...
The Memorial Medical Center – Lufkin Volunteer Auxiliary recently honored members for dedicating over 15,000 hours of volunteer time to the hospital. At the Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, individuals were recognized for their hours of...
For 20 years, anglers have been vying for the top spot at the Dr. Bill Shelton’s Totally Awesome Fishing Adventure. This year’s tournament will be held Saturday, May 4 at Cassels-Boykin Park on Lake Sam Rayburn. Proceeds from the tournament b...
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes the new Director of the Critical Care Department and the new Director of Radiology. Lisa Paxton will head up the Critical Care department, and Michael Timko will oversee the Imaging Department.
Heart disease presents differently in men and women, and sometimes the signs and symptoms can be hard to recognize. During the month of February, Memorial recognizes American Heart Month to help spread the word about the No. 1 killer in the nat...
Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin Volunteer Auxiliary is looking for additional volunteers who want to be part of a vital organization aimed at helping others.
Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes Don Morris as the new system Vice President of Human Resources.
Despite an early jump start to this year’s flu season, it’s not too late to receive a flu vaccine. Getting a flu vaccine is the first and most important step in protecting against this serious disease.
The month of January is recognized as Cervical Cancer Screening Month and Cervical Health Awareness Month, highlighting issues related to cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and the importance of early detection.
Memorial welcomes board certified Cardiologist Thomas Reinsvold, M.D. to the Angelina and Polk Counties Medical Staffs. Dr. Reinsvold joins Memorial Clinics and the cardiology practices of Steven Feld, M.D. and Robert Hallett, M.D.
Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin welcomed Angelina County’s first baby of 2013 on Tuesday. Juliann Eduardo Ortega was born at 8:25 p.m. on January 1 to Maria Orta. He weighed in at 6 pounds, 15.4 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomed Polk County’s first baby of 2013 on Wednesday. Kaelynn Denise Lester was born at 11:15 a.m. on January 2 to Matthew and Courtney Lester. She weighed in at 5 pounds 15 ounces and was 18 inches long.
Memorial Medical Center – San Augustine is teaming up with the San Augustine Ministerial Alliance to educate the community about upcoming changes in the way healthcare is delivered.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston announced four local physicians have been elected to serve as the 2013 officers for the hospital’s Medical Staff Board. The newly elected officers are Souad Youssef, M.D., Chief of Staff; Robert Fayle, M.D., V...
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes Nephrologist Medha Airy, M.D. to the medical staff. Dr. Airy specializes in treating inpatient and outpatient nephrology patients. Dr. Airy comes to Livingston after completing her fellowship at Baylor...
“You have to have a positive outlook to have a positive outcome.” While that may not be the easiest advice to live by for a cancer patient, Brenda Wileman’s strong faith in God and self has allowed her to overcome life’s obstacles, one chemoth...
Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes Sheila Davila as the new system director of Rehabilitation Services.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes two new additions to its Critical Care departments – Emergency Department Medical Director Dr. Thomas Stanford and Director of Critical Care Jonathan Talaguit.
When a patient experiences chest pain or even a potential heart attack, time is of the essence – and getting the best image possible of the beating heart can make a difference in diagnosis and future treatment.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes Ola Caverly, M.D. to the medical staff in Polk County. Dr. Caverly specializes in obstetrics and gynecology, including laproscopic procedures, and is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics ...
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston welcomes Laxman Kalvakuntla, M.D. to the ever growing medical staff in Polk County. Dr. Kalvakuntla, Internist, specializes in treating adult and geriatric patients. Dr. Kalvakuntla comes to Livingston from Nac...
It’s been more than ten years since he received his high school diploma from Lufkin ISD. Now after graduating from Texas A & M University and earning a medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Joseph ...
As the Panther Nation gets ready for this year’s Lufkin High School football season to kick off, the American Urological Association (AUA) Foundation and the National Football League (NFL) are gearing up for another year of encouraging men to “...
Millions of Americans suffer with various types of mental illness and mental health problems, such as social anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and personality disorders. To help those in our community cope with such issues, Memo...
Memorial is welcoming one of the nation’s leading robotic surgeons to its medical staff. Cooper Buschemeyer, M.D., a Board Certified Urologic Surgeon who has performed hundreds of robotic surgical procedures, is joining David Price, M.D. at the...
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston Laboratory once again met all applicable standards for accreditation through the College of American Pathologists’ Laboratory Accreditation Program.
Community members will get the chance to purchase tickets to Lufkin’s “Best Annual Community Event,” August 18. Power of Pink! tickets will be available for purchase outside Victoria’s Secret in the Lufkin Mall, August 18, 10 a.m. until 1 p.m....
As the nation observes Housing and Urban Development’s Neighborhood Network Week, Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin and Pinewood Park Apartments are hosting a free Community Health Fair at Pinewood Park Learning Center, 120 Kirksey Drive (across fro...
The Memorial Medical Center-Livingston Volunteer Auxiliary celebrated 30 years -- and thousands of hours -- of dedicated service on Thursday.
On Monday, July 23, Memorial Medical Center-Livingston will unveil its recently remodeled Gift Shop, which opens at 8 a.m.
Nearly 20 long term care centers from the East Texas area were represented at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin’s quarterly long term outreach meeting on June 26. Memorial works closely with long term care centers in East Texas when it comes to qu...
As toxic chlorine gas began to quickly creep through downtown Lufkin following a massive train derailment, the staff at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin implemented its well-designed Emergency Operation Plan.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston Volunteer Auxiliary is looking for additional volunteers who want to be part a vital organization aimed at helping others.
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston recognized Senior CT Technologist Jason Minchew as the hospital’s Everyday Hero for the year’s first quarter.
By Ariel Kirkland, staff writer for The Lufkin News
After 30 years of volunteerism, 95-year-old Millie Brumble plans to hang up her blue jacket – the symbolic outerwear worn by the members of the Volunteer Auxiliary of Memorial Health System of East Texas.
At the annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, officers of the Volunteer Auxiliary of Memorial Health System of East Texas honored individuals who dedicated nearly 14,000 hours of volunteer time to the hospital.
Memorial President and CEO Gary Looper recently presented a resolution of appreciation to the family of Paul Perez in honor of the former board member’s dedicated service to Memorial.
The odds of beating cancer have gone up significantly over the past two decades, thanks in large part to early detection measures and advanced treatment options at facilities such as the Arthur Temple Sr. Regional Cancer Center at Memorial.
Memorial cardiologist Dr. Vivek Mangla installed the first pacemaker system in Lufkin designed to be used in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment.
Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes Eric Rinehart as the new Director of Supply Chain. Rinehart comes to Memorial with more than 28 years of experience in healthcare supply chain management.
A new procedure offered at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to a potentially life-threatening situation. Recently, Dr. Sunil Cherry introduced the lumbar puncture procedure for patients being considered for ma...
The 2011-12 class of Leadership Lufkin visited Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin Thursday, March 8 during the group’s annual Healthcare Day.
Memorial announced it will join with local obstetricians and gynecologists to present a premier luncheon series highlighting some of the most common health concerns among women today.
As trained listeners, social workers in the healthcare setting help provide support at a time when patients and their families need it most.
In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males struggle with an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, and millions more struggle with binge eating disorders. For that reason, February 26th through...
Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes its 2012 Board of Directors, a governing body that ultimately oversees the System’s four hospitals, Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin, Memorial Medical Center—Livingston, Memorial Medical Center—San Au...
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston is pleased to announce Souad Youssef, MD recently joined the board of directors as the Vice Chief of Staff for 2012. Dr. Youssef is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Memorial M...
Patients suffering from chronic back pain, caused by arthritis of the spine or degenerative disc disease, may benefit from an updated procedure performed at Memorial Medical Center-Livingston. The newer titanium Aspen Spinous Process Fixation Sy...
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston now offers a non-invasive treatment option for patients suffering from severe, chronic acid reflux.
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) once again granted Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation to the Arthur Temple Sr. Regional Cancer Center.
Hospitalized patients and their families now have the opportunity to visit with a physician anytime day or night at Memorial Medical Center—Livingston. This 24 hour available care is just one of the many benefits of Memorial’s new Hospitalist pr...
Memorial welcomes Community Relations Specialist Melissa Crager to the hospital’s marketing department.
Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin received the ACTION Registry®–Get With The Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2011 – one of only 167 hospitals nationwide to do so and the only hospital in Lufkin to receive the award.
Lufkin General Surgeon, Dr. Gregory DeArmond, recently made medical history in Lufkin after performing the first robotic gall bladder removal on a 20 year old man. The patient had been suffering from multiple gall bladder stones; however, thanks...
Varicose veins are an old problem – Hippocrates and the ancient Egyptians wrote about them – and for many seniors, they are an unfortunate rite of passage. Half of all Americans over 50, and two-thirds of women over 60, suffer from those big rope...
Memorial Medical Center—San Augustine and the El Camino Real Internal Medicine Clinic welcomes Nurse Practitioner, Christina Miller. As a licensed Nurse Practitioner, Ms. Miller cares for patients of all ages.
Memorial Health System of East Texas continues to celebrate local advancements in cardiothoracic and vascular care. David Ladden, M.D., a board certifiedcardiovascular and vascular surgeon with more than 20 years experience in the field, is relo...
Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes back Lufkinite, Sunil Cherry, M.D., as the newest member of area medical staffs in Angelina, Polk and Jasper counties. A 1997 honor graduate of Lufkin High School, Dr. Sunil Cherry has spent the las...
Angelina Internal Medicine Associates and Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin welcomes Richard Roby, M.D. as the newest member of the Angelina County Medical Staff. Dr. Roby is a Board Certified Internal Medicine physician, specializing in the preven...
Thanks East Texas for placing your trust in Memorial Health System of East Texas. For the 5th consecutive year, the Lufkin Daily News readers have voted Memorial the Best of Lufkin. We are proud to be your Hospital for Life!
As the nation observes Housing and Urban Development’s Neighborhood Network Week, Memorial Health System of East Texas and Pinewood Park Apartments are hosting a free Community Health Fair: PinewoodPark Learning Center Thursday, August 4, 20...
Memorial Health System of East Texas has announced that it has sold the Henderson Kidney Disease Center in Lufkin and transferred the management responsibilities of The San Augustine Dialysis Center, the hospital system’s outpatient dialysis faci...
Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes Dr. David Price, Urologist, to its medical staff. Dr. Price brings extensive experience in robotic prostatectomies and other urologic procedures. He has performed more than 700 robotic surgical proce...
Just because you can’t feel it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Just ask the more than 50,000 Americans who were diagnosed with cancers of the head and neck last year. Unfortunately, many Americans do not recognize the symptoms of these life-thr...
Helping others realize the importance of their food choices is one way registered dietitians make a difference everyday. March is National Nutrition Month and Memorial Medical Center – Livingston is recognizing Erica Robinson, Clinical Dietitian...
Helping others realize the importance of their food choices is one way registered dietitians make a difference everyday. March is National Nutrition Month and Memorial Health System of East Texas is recognizing dietitians on staff.
Memorial Health System of East Texas welcomes Dr. Jason Reel, Podiatrist, to its medical staffs in Lufkin, Livingston and San Augustine. Dr. Reel brings eight years of foot care experience to the area.
Providing basic patient bedside care such as measuring and recording vital signs, preparing and giving injections and more, Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) are a vital part of any health care delivery team. Memorial Health System of East Texas ...
Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin is the first hospital in the Deep East Texas area to use the latest technology in vascular imaging, VeinViewer® Vision. The patented VeinViewer is a revolutionary technology that projects the location of a patient’...
Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin has been named a top performer in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Premier healthcare alliance value-based purchasing (VBP) project that rewards hospitals for delivering high quality care in ...
Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin welcomes Kevin Farris, M.D., as the newest physician to its growing medical staff. Dr. Farris is a family practitioner and specializes in adult and geriatric medicine.
Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin welcomes Alan S. Bassin, M.D., F.A.C.S. to its medical staff. Performing surgical procedures for over a decade, Dr. Bassin brings a strong background of general and laparoscopic surgical experience to East Texas. ...
What does it mean when someone says, “I am watching my cholesterol?” Who is at the greatest risk for high cholesterol? What is the difference between good and bad cholesterol? How do you control your cholesterol numbers?
What does it mean when someone says, “I am watching my cholesterol?” Who is at the greatest risk for high cholesterol? What is the difference between good and bad cholesterol? How do you control your cholesterol numbers?
A new Family Practice physician, who began her career close to home at Stephen F. Austin State University, has joined the medical staff at Memorial Health System of East Texas. Dr. Amy Schochler is one of Lufkin’s newest physicians—bringing ten ...
Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin welcomes the area’s newest obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Carolyn Moyers.
Memorial Health System of East Texas recently received the Get With The GuidelinesSM–Heart Failure Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that Memorial has reached an aggressive goal of tre...
Patients needing easy and convenient service now can find the Express Lab and Memorial HomeCare office in a new location. These Memorial Medical Center – Livingston departments have moved outside of the hospital facility and are sharing space. Th...
Abdominal aortic aneurysms are the 15th leading cause of death in the United States. In fact, even if a patient is fortunate enough to get to a nearby hospital when an aneurysm ruptures, there is only a 50% chance that the patient will survive. B...
Wilson McKewen Rehabilitation Center Offers Area’s Only Aquatic Therapy Program. Throughout the year and especially in the summer months, backyard swimming pools and public pool facilities are not only used for fun but for various exercise methods...
It can be a place to seek peace, comfort, or just a few minutes of silence. Memorial Health System of East Texas is helping to fill the spiritual needs of its patients and guests with the opening of its new chapel.
Memorial Health System of East Texas is setting a higher standard for patient safety. The hospital now is tracking all patient medications and personal information through a simple bracelet which is placed on the patient during the admissions p...
It is all about helping others and making the community a better place. The members of Volunteer Auxiliary were recently recognized for their dedication to Memorial Medical Center – Livingston (MMC-L) during National Volunteer Week.
Although 80% are preventable, it is expected that nearly 795,000 people in the United States will have a stroke this year. Most strokes can be treated if they are recognized F.A.S.T.
Quick action by a number of Lufkin Industries employees not only helped save another employee’s life but also helped ensure he did not suffer any long-term effects from the stroke he was having at work.
AUSTIN – Memorial Health System of East Texas is being recognized as one of the top employers in the state of Texas. That’s according to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and the Deep East Texas Workforce Solutions who recently named Memorial ...
Memorial Health System of East Texas is bringing a fast and affordable lab testing facility to San Augustine. Memorial Express Lab of East Texas opened October 15 at 600 East Hospital Street behind Memorial Medical Center— San Augustine.
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