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CHI St. Luke’s Health Hospitals Honored with Mission: Lifeline Achievement Award   (July 14, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) and CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital (The Woodlands Hospital) have received the Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award   READ MORE

Cesar Castillo, MD, Named Staff Nurse Professional Practice Council’s Physician-Nurse Collegiality Award Recipient    (July 13, 2015)
Cesar Castillo, MD, Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist and Intensivist with the St. Luke’s Medical Group in the Texas Medical Center, has been selected by CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center staff nurses to receive the Staff Nurse Professional Practice Council’s Physician Collegiality Award.   READ MORE

CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Is First Houston Hospital to Offer Virtually Scarless Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Advanced Gynecologic Conditions   (July 7, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) is now the first and only hospital in Houston to perform single-site surgery for advanced benign gynecologic procedures using the da Vinci® Si Surgical System.   READ MORE

CyberKnife® Treatment Suggests that Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Achieves Better Survival Rate for Early Lung Cancer   (June 4, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) participated in the first randomized clinical trial to compare the overall survival rates of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) and invasive surgery on patients with operable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).   READ MORE

CHI St. Luke’s Health Nurses Receive Recognition    (May 7, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health (CHI St. Luke’s) is proud to announce that two of its nurses have been named among the top 150 nurses in this year’s Houston Chronicle’s “Salute to Nurses.”   READ MORE

CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital Receives Top Honors for Comprehensive Stroke Program   (May 6, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Woodlands Hospital has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®– Stroke Silver Plus – Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.   READ MORE

New Physician Brings Specialized Techniques to Colon and Rectal Practice at CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Vintage Hospital    (April 20, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health–The Vintage Hospital (The Vintage Hospital) welcomes Terah Isaacson, MD, to its medical staff. Dr. Isaacson is board-certified in Colon & Rectal and General Surgery.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Foundation Hosts 26th Annual Friends of Nursing Luncheon and Fashion Show   (March 27, 2015)
Approximately $185,000 Raised to Fund Scholarships and Fellowships for Nurses   READ MORE

CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Strengthens Access to Quality Community Health Services with Project Echo Program   (March 11, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) announced that it has made significant strides in improving community health through its telehealth program Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes).    READ MORE

CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Becomes First and Only Hospital in Houston to Implant World’s Smallest Minimally Invasive Cardiac Pacemaker   (March 9, 2015)
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) announced today that it has become the first hospital in Houston to implant the world’s smallest pacemaker―the Medtronic Micra™ Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS).   READ MORE