A Guide To Area Hospitals

DALLAS AREA



Baylor University Medical Center

3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, 820-1111

1,509 beds



Baylor is the largest general hospital in Texas and the second largest in the United States. The Sammons Cancer Center provides state-of-the-art equipment and five support groups for patients and their families. The Hunt Heart Center is a comprehensive care unit dedicated to curing heart disease. There is also the Baylor Care Unit for the treatment of alcoholism and drug abuse in teenagers and adults. The Caruth Medical Imaging Center is one of the few places in the area that provides the highly advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Baylor offers TelMed, a taped telephone library with more than 500 health topics, including drug abuse, childhood diseases, mental health, and aging. The Susan G. Komen Breast Center offers mammography and ultrasound for women who want to make breast exams part of their health program. There is also an outpatient day surgery center known as Baylor SurgiCare.



Charlton Methodist Hospital

3500 Wheatland Rd.,

Dallas, 296-2511

468 beds



A major medical center that administers the largest organ transplant program in the Metroplex, Charlton employs 441 physicians who provide a full range of medical services: oncology, hematology, cardiology, pul-monology, neurosurgery, ear, nose, and throat, orthopedics, ob-gyn, pediatrics, and neonatology. It offers twenty-four-hour emergency service, houses a Level 1 trauma unit, and manages the Folsom Fitness Rehabilitation Center for recovering cardiopul-monary outpatients and inpatients.

Charter Suburban Hospital

1011 N. Galloway, Mesquite, 320-7000

142 beds



Charter Suburban is a full-service hospital serving the Mesquite area. Twenty-four-hour emergency care is available.



Children’s Medical Center of Dallas

1935 Amelia St., Dallas, 920-2000

168 beds



This nonprofit acute care facility is the only full-service children’s hospital in the area, with emergency service from 7 am to 11 pm. The Children’s Medical Center gives medical treatment and care to children from birth to eighteen years. It has a comprehensive system of thirty-six outpatient clinics, including those for cystic fibrosis, hematolo-gy-oncology, radiology, neurology, ophthalmology, audiology, asthma, birth defects, and a dental clinic. The center is equipped to perform liver and kidney transplants.

Dallas County Hospital District,

Parkland Memorial Hospital

5201 Harry Hines Blvd., 637-8000

940 beds



Parkland provides a Young Adult Clinic that offers crisis counseling, alcohol and drug abuse information, venereal disease treatment, minor medical care, and general health education for young people. Specialized services include a cardiovascular laboratory, an epilepsy treatment center, hemo-dialysis. high-risk maternity, pediatric trauma intensive care unit, and kidney trans- plants. Parkland has a twenty-four-hour emergency room and houses the North Central Texas Poison Center, which is designed to handle phone calls concerning poisonous substances.



Dallas Family Hospital

2929 South Hampton Road,

Dallas. 330-4611

104 beds



This full-service hospital is the new home of the Stevens Park Osteopathic Hospital. The new facility has all private rooms and an eighteen-acre campus. The compound has a hospital, a medical education building, and an office building, as well as twenty-four-hour emergency service with both M.D.s and D.O.s on duty.

Dallas Memorial Hospital

5003 Ross Ave.,

Dallas, 824-3071

167 beds



Dallas Memorial offers acute care and twenty-four-hour emergency treatment, but its best services are inexpensive day-surgery programs for nearly all routine operations, discounted about 30 percent as compared to average hospital fees. Most all-day surgeries are $500. and a delivery is $950, excluding prior doctor appointments. (Caesarean sections are somewhat higher.)



Doctors Hospital

9440 Poppy Dr.,

Dallas, 324-6100

278 beds



Doctors Hospital is a full-service medical and surgical facility. Hospital services include a twenty-four-hour emergency room, oncology, an intensive care unit, a physician referral program, a diabetic program, gyne-cology, orthopedics, radiology, outpatient services, pediatrics, and kidney dialysis. The health education program offers a quit-smoking clinic and TOPS weight loss clinic. The inpatient program is for those who need to know more about their illness and how to care for themselves when they get home.

Garland Community Hospital

122 S. International Dr.,

Garland, 276-7116

128 beds



A full-service hospital with specialties such as ear, nose, and throat surgery, orthopedics, and plastic surgery. Garland Community Hospital has twenty-four-hour emergency service and four fully equipped emergency rooms.



Gaston Episcopal Hospital

3505 Gaston Ave., Dallas, 823-8101

104 beds



Gaston Episcopal is an acute-care medical-surgical hospital that provides a unique environment to patients admitted by members of its medical staff. All patient rooms are private. The hospital houses four Intensive Care Units, six operating suites, and cardiopulmonary, radiology, laboratory, and physical therapy services.



General Hospital of Lakewood

1600 Abrams Rd., Dallas, 824-4541

60 beds



This general medical and surgery facility has a bulimia and anorexia treatment program. It has twenty-four-hour emergency services, reduced prices for emergency care on weekends and from 7 pm-7 am on weekdays, and a physician referral program.

Granville C. Morton Hospital

9000 Harry Hines, Dallas, 351-8111

110 beds



An acute care facility specializing in the treatment of patients with cancer, blood diseases, infectious diseases, and im-munological disorders, Morton is located on the ten-acre campus of Wadley Institutes. The physicians at Morton work closely with scientists from Wadley Institutes’ several specialized research and related divisions to provide new treatment methods for patients with cancer and other diseases that require acute care.



HCA Medical Center of Piano

(Piano General Hospital)

3901 W. 15th St., Piano, 596-6800

233 beds



Piano General’s medical specialties include orthopedic surgery, internal medicine, plastic surgery, allergies and asthma, family practice, general surgery, and thirty others. Emergency services include a twenty-four-hour emergency room staffed by physicians. A comprehensive therapy department includes physical, occupational, and cardiac rehabilitation. A physician referral line is available. The Center for Lifestyle Enhancement is a group of health professionals who offer clinics on stress reduction, weight loss, exercise, and others. The Speakers Bureau will provide a speaker anywhere in Dallas at no charge. Prenatal classes include SIBS (special ideas for brothers and sisters) and MOM (methods of mothering for first-time mothers).



Humana Hospital Medical

City Dallas

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, 661-7000

555 beds



Medical City is a full-service hospital that offers such medical and surgical services as an extensive cardiac-care unit, a day-surgery program, a neonatal unit, and an outpatient program. Other services provided include Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a twenty-four-hour emergency room, neurosciences, orthopedics, oncology, gynecology, urology, radiology, pediatrics, obstetrics, plastic surgery, hematology, pathology, ophthalmology, intensive care, and an outpatient program. Medical City also has a physician referral service, a health learning center, an extensive cardiac rehabilitation center, and a cradle club program.



Irving Community Hospital

1901 N. MacArthur, Irving, 579-8100

288 beds



Irving Community is a full-service facility whose medical specialties include oncology, diabetes, kidney dialysis, pediatrics, orthopedics, and obstetrics (birthing room and infant rooming-in program). Other services provided are a twenty-four-hour emergency room, an outpatient program, intensive care, radiology, a day surgery program, and a Home Health Care program that serves housebound patients. The Lifeline program enables elderly or disabled persons to contact the emergency room with a portable device. Closed-circuit television and specially trained nurses instruct patients on subjects such as CPR, motherhood, and diabetes. Free blood pressure checks are given in the emergency room daily. Prenatal and infant care instruction is available to expectant parents.



Lewisville Memorial Hospital

500 W. Main, Lewisville, 420-1000

152 beds



Lewisville Memorial is a full-service hospital with a variety of specialties and twenty-four-hour emergency services. A recent $6.5-million expansion of Lewisville Memorial has increased its bed capacity from 110 to 152 by adding the new women and children’s building.



Memorial Hospital of Garland

2300 Marie Curie, Garland, 276-9511

206 beds



Memorial Hospital is a general acute-care facility whose medical specialties include nuclear medicine, audiology, cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation, mammography, obstetrics, and CAT scan. Other medical services include a twenty-four-hour emergency room, urology, gynecology, physical and respiratory therapy, orthopedics, internal medicine, neurology, intensive care, radiol-ogy, and a pediatric and psychiatric unit. The education department offers diabetic classes, babysitting classes for teenagers, and classes for those who want to befriend the elderly or disabled. The wellness program includes a comprehensive health assessment and a specially designed exercise program. Also provided are prenatal and Lamaze classes, CPR, weight control, and stop-smoking classes.



Mesquite Community Hospital

3500 Highway 67 East (1-30 at Motley

Drive), 270-3300

166 beds



Mesquite Community has recently added a new Family Recovery Center for adolescents with drug or alcohol problems. It has general medical and surgical services, twenty-four-hour emergency services, family centered obstetrics, and a wellness program with smoking cessation and stress management classes.



Mesquite Physicians Hospital

1527 N. Galloway,

Mesquite, 285-6391

150 beds



An acute-care general hospital with twenty-four-hour emergency service, Mesquite Physicians Hospital offers a general family practice, ob-gyn, and specializes in most internal medical problems. It employs a full-time ambulatory technician, maintains an outpatient and inpatient physical therapy department, administers diabetes testing, and plans to coordinate an ongoing mammo-gram clinic in the summer.



Methodist Medical Center

301 W. Colorado, Dallas, 944-8181

458 beds



Methodist provides a full range of medical services including oncology, neonatology, hematology, cardiology, ear-nose-throat, pulmonology, pediatrics, an extensive cardiac care unit, outpatient services, and a day surgery program. Emergency services include a twenty-four-hour emergency room with a trauma care unit, a helicopter ambulance, and an intensive care unit. The Diabetes Management Center helps patients gain control of their illness and cares for patients with complications. Public health education classes include CPR, a weight-loss program, blood pressure screenings, stress reduction and relaxation, a better breathing club, and diabetes seminars.



Oak Cliff Medical and

Surgical Hospital

233 W 10th at Madison, 946-5191

88 beds



This acute-care facility prides itself on its high-quality care with a personal touch. Among other services, the hospital has a radiology department with nuclear medicine, ultrasonography, and CT scanning capabilities. The hospital also has a fullservice outpatient and inpatient laboratory, and physical therapy and diagnostic cardio-pulmonary departments.



Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas

8200 Walnut Hill Lane,

Dallas, 369-4111

838 beds



Presbyterian has an extensive medical and dental staff of more than 800. Medical services include a twenty-four-hour emergency room, intensive care unit, internal medicine, radiology, orthopedics, neurology, psychiatry, an arthritis consultation center, hemodialysis, infection control, outpatient services, geriatrics, and a cardiac rehabilitation program. The Margot Perot Women’s and Children’s Hospital specializes in maternal and child health care and includes the Gigi Griffiths Hill Breast Center. Specialties include obstetrics, a newborn and critical-care nursery, and an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer program. Other services are a radiation therapy center, oncology unit, sleep disorders center, a lithotripter center, and The Finley Ewing Cardiovascular and Fitness Center, which includes programs on quitting smoking, diet, and exercise.

RHD Memorial Medical Center

7 Medical Parkway,

Farmers Branch, 247-1000

323 beds



Brookhaven Pavilion specializes in psychiatric services, eating disorders, alcoholism, and drug recovery. RHD’s specialties include diabetes, cardiac, and pulmonary care. The Lifesaver Program is designed to train someone in every home in the service area to do basic CPR. The Medical Center offers twenty-four-hour emergency service, radiology, an outpatient program, intensive care, pediatrics, cosmetic surgery, orthopedics, neurosciences, and others.



Richardson Medical Center

(B.B. Owens Memorial Hospital)

401 W. Campbell Road,

Richardson, 231-1441

242 beds



RMC is a short-term acute-care facility offering all major medical services except obstetrics. Services include physical therapy, psychiatry, pediatrics, a cardiology evaluation center, outpatient services, radiology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and a twenty-four-hour emergency room with around-the-clock physician supervision.



St. Paul Medical Center

5909 Harry Hines Blvd.,

Dallas, 879-1000

600 beds



St. Paul is a full-service hospital whose areas of service include arthritis, cardiovascular, maternal/child care, oncology, psychiatry, pulmonary care, and epidemiology. Patient and community education classes of-fered are medical terminology, chemical dependency, and CPR. Inpatient classes include pulmonary care, diabetes, and cardiovascular care. St. Paul has also added a new heart center. The hospital provides a twenty-four-hour emergency room and an intensive care unit, St. Paul was the first hospital in Texas to establish a clinic for low-income families.



Southeastern Methodist Hospital

9202 Elam Road, Dallas, 372-7603

172 beds



SMH is a general medical and surgical facility offering a wide range of services including general, orthopedic, and vascular surgery, internal medicine, pulmonology, gastroenterology, obstetrics, an outpatient program, and a day-surgery program. Emergency services include a twenty-four-hour emergency room (prices are based on severity) and an intensive care unit. The cardiac rehabilitation program is an exercise facility for those recovering from cardiac problems.

Trinity Medical Center

4343 N. Josey, Carrollton, 492-1010

141 beds



A full-service hospital with a twenty-four-hour emergency room. Trinity Medical Center has a joint in vitro fertilization program with the Texas Endocrine and Fertility Institute. It also has community education and a physician referral service.



MID-CITIES



Arlington Community Hospital

3301 Matlock Road,

Arlington, (817)465-3241

192 beds



Arlington Community is an acute-care facility with twenty-four-hour emergency services. Expansion to 286 beds will be completed in May. The Birth Place is a family-centered obstetrics unit.



Arlington Memorial Hospital

800 W. Randol Mill Road,

Arlington, (817) 274-5581

380 beds



Arlington is a general acute-care facility. It offers a twenty-four-hour emergency room with four trauma areas and a chemical decontamination room. Hospital services include neurosciences, orthopedics, oncology, radiology, pediatrics, obstetrics, a neonatal intensive care unit, plastic surgery, a day surgery program, physical medicine services, kidney dialysis, ultrasound, and outpatient services. Surgery programs include cardiac, laser, micro, and neuro surgeries.



Dallas/Fort Worth Medical Center

2709 Hospital Blvd.,

Grand Prairie, 641-5000

377 beds



Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Center is a full-service medical/surgical hospital with a twenty-four-hour emergency room and trauma center.



Harris Hospital H.E.B.

1600 Hospital Parkway,

Bedford, (817) 283-1561

314 beds



Harris Hospital H.E.B. is a full-service nonprofit facility. Medical specialties include maternity, gynecology, physical and occupational therapy, and an outpatient program. Other services provided are nuclear medicine, a psychiatric intensive unit, magnetic resonance imaging, radiology, and chemotherapy. Emergency treatment services provided are a twenty-four-hour emergency room, a helicopter ambulance, and an intensive care unit.

FORT WORTH AREA

All Saints Episcopal Hospital

1400 Eighth Ave.,

Fort Worth, (817) 926-2544

533 beds



All Saints is a general acute-care facility with specialties in psychiatry, obstetrics, diagnostic radiology, and orthopedics. The Carter Rehabilitation Center provides a comprehensive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program.



Continental Hospital Suburban

701 S. Cherry Lane,

Fort Worth, (817) 246-2491

48 beds



Serving western Tarrant County, Continental is a full-service short-term facility with twenty-four-hour emergency services.

Cook-Fort Worth Children’s

Medical Center

Fort Worth children’s facility:

1400 Cooper, (817) 336-9681

Cook facility:

1212 W. Lancaster, (817) 336-5521

167 beds combined



Cook offers a complete range of pediatric medical and surgical services. The hospital, which treats children twenty-one and younger, is known for its neonatal intensive care unit and children’s cancer clinic.



Harris Hospital-Methodist

1301 Pennsylvania Ave.,

Fort Worth, (817) 334-6011

628 beds



One of the largest private obstetrical hospitals in the country, Harris Hospital offers a comprehensive prenatal program. Harris Hospital is one of the few hospitals in Dallas/ Fort Worth that offers in vitro fertilization.

Medical Plaza Hospital

1612 W. Humbolt,

Fort Worth, (817) 336-2100

338 beds



Medical Plaza is an acute-care medical and surgical facility. The Coronary Care Unit offers cardiac rehabilitation. Other ser-vices are day surgery, orthopedic, and general medicine and surgery. Medical Plaza also performs coronary bypass surgery.



Osteopathic Medical Center

1000 Montgomery,

Fort Worth, (817) 731-4311

265 beds



This full-service facility offers a twenty-four-hour emergency room staffed by licensed osteopathic physicians. Specialties include obstetrics, gynecology, urology, oncology, and neurology. New services include a one-day surgery center and diagnostic imaging with a full range of radiology services.



Saint Joseph Hospital

1401 S. Main St.,

Fort Worth, (817) 336-9371

475 beds



Saint Joseph is an acute-care medical and surgical hospital. Medical specialties include a twenty-four-hour emergency room, oncology, ophthalmology, rehabilitation, orthopedics, outpatient services, and adult and adolescent psychiatric services.



Tarrant County Hospital District

John Peter Smith Hospital

1500 S. Main St., .

Fort Worth, (817) 921-3431

414 beds



TCHD is a full-service acute care facility.Medical services include a twenty-four-houremergency room that houses four traumaunits equipped with critical life saving equipment and around-the-clock emergency physicians. Other services include a coronarycare unit, an outpatient clinic, general andplastic surgery, orthopedics, obstetrics,gynecology, urology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, and radiology.