Baylor physicians conduct research at the hospital, including running clinical trials while offering early access to experimental treatments and other resources. Luke's Medical Center include orthopedics, oncology, urology, digestive disorders, cardiac services and neurosciences. Services Īdvanced treatment programs offered at Baylor St. Douglas Lawson serves as the current president of the Baylor St. The McNair campus also has an outpatient component, which Baylor owns and operates independently. Luke's Medical Center (McNair campus) once completed, initially with 250 beds.

The original Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center building on the McNair campus-unfinished and used primarily as an outpatient center at the time-was also agreed on to become a part of the joint ownership, and will be called the Baylor St. The hospital was accordingly renamed as the Baylor St. Luke's Health agreed to be joint owners of St.

Luke's Health System, and the flagship hospital renamed as St. In 2013, the hospital was acquired as part of the Catholic Health Initiatives $2 billion purchase of the St. In 2004, SLEH entered into an agreement with the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) to become its primary adult teaching hospital. In 1997, the hospital was established as the flagship hospital for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, as part of the non-profit St.

In 1962, the hospital affiliated with the Texas Heart Institute (THI). The charter increased to 300 beds within the first decade, and eventually to 850 beds. The hospital was originally chartered as a 180-bed, non-profit, general hospital in 1945.

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