The Methodist Hospital System. Leading Medicine
The Methodist Hospital System. Leading Medicine

The Methodist Hospital

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Along the Cutting Edge

Medical advances are nothing new at Methodist, the site of the world's first multiple-organ transplant in the 1960s. The Methodist Hospital continues to support research into a host of medical problems.

Breakthroughs

  • A test to reduce heart attack diagnosis time to two hours
  • A minimally invasive procedure to repair brain aneurysms
  • A system for irradiating hard-to-reach tumors
  • A portable heart pump that buys time for patients awaiting a transplant
  • A genetic therapy for prostate cancer
  • Surgical treatment for symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Areas of Excellence

Breast Care: The Breast Care Center offers access to the most advanced medical treatment through a world-renowned team of physicians and scientists and through direct access to innovative clinical research studies.

Heart Care - Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center physicians are leaders in cardiac catheterization, echocardiography and radionuclide imaging. Methodist is one of the largest transplant centers in the country.

Neurosciences: Methodist's Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center, MDA/ALS Clinical Center and Neurophysiology Laboratory are some of the most advanced facilities of their kind.

Orthopedics: Microsurgical reconstruction, bioengineering, bone banking, a pain control program, a sports medicine institute and a spine institute are among the services available in orthopedics.

Oncology: Developments include new diagnostic methods and cancer treatments, new forms of radiation therapy, and improved surgical techniques for prostate, breast and head and neck cancers.