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St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
ST.
LUKE'S EPISCOPAL HEALTH SYSTEM
In 1997 St. Luke’s launched St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System to deliver comprehensive, convenient healthcare throughout the city. Its primary and specialized healthcare services reach residents in neighborhoods all over the Houston area, including those in underserved and low-income areas. St. Luke’s also treats high-risk patients from across the United States and &am more than 80 different countries around the world. Providing
Specialty Care – St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
has built its reputation on compassionate, comprehensive, and
groundbreaking
medical care. One of the nation’s premiere teaching and
research hospitals,
each year St. Luke’s cares for approximately 30,000 adult
inpatients, 184,000
outpatients, 2,400 newborns, and 2,000 home health patients. St. Luke’s has a network of
1,800 community-based physicians and world-renowned specialists. More
than 60
percent of the hospital’s active medical staff hold teaching
positions at
Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas – Houston
Medical School,
or the Texas Heart Institute. The hospital’s staff includes
3,900 nurses and
other employees, as well as 500 volunteers. But the number of caregivers at
St. Luke’s does not tell the full story of its commitment to
patient care.
Every caregiver believes that true healing involves the mind, body and
spirit,
and this belief is reflected in the St. Luke’s credo:
“We don’t just treat
patients, we treat people.” Patients further benefit from
St. Luke’s research and education partnership with the Texas
Heart Institute.
Pioneering research programs at THI have consistently proven there is
high-tech
hope for the limitations and defects of the human body. Invaluable
heart-assist
devices (mechanical pumps that aid failing hearts), artificial grafts,
and
valves have been developed and tested at THI. New surgical techniques,
drug
treatments, and diagnostic techniques are being refined daily as well.
Last year
THI hasted the first open-heart surgery simulcast on the Internet and
cable
television. Following in the spirit of
THI’s excellence, St. Luke’s recently founded the
Texas Liver Institute,
home to world-renowned specialists in all aspects of liver care,
ranging in
scope from diseases such as hepatitis C to liver transplantation; and
the Texas
Cancer Institute, a source for cutting edge research and technology in
prostate,
breast, lung, colorectal, melanoma, and other cancers. St.
Luke’s also boasts
experienced, world-class specialists in orthopaedics, urology,
high-risk
obstetrics, radiology, ophthalmology, internal medicine, neuroscience,
otolaryngology, and pathology. Providing High-Quality and Convenient Care – St. Luke’s Health NetworkNeighborhood health centers
enable St. Luke's Episcopal Health System to extend its healing touch
into the
community. The Health System is committed to the high-quality and
compassionate
care associated with St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and to
serving as a
community resource. In addition to primary
healthcare, St. Luke’s four health centers offer a wide
variety of medical
specialties. St. Luke’s Health Center – Holcombe
treats the unique needs of
seniors, while the other three – located at St. Felipe,
Braeswood, and Alden
Bridge – focus on family care from childhood to senior years
and stay open
Saturdays for patient visits. Another center in Silver Lake is
scheduled to open
in early 2000. Doing Well by Doing Good – St. Luke’s Episcopal Health CharitiesSt. Luke’s Episcopal Health
Charities (SLEHC), a philanthropic component of the St.
Luke’s Episcopal
Health System, targets the short- and long-term health needs of the
indigent and
medically underserved. Since its inception in 1997, SLEHC has awarded
more than
$25 million in grants to organizations in the 57-county Diocese of
Texas, making
it Houston’s largest health-focused charity in terms of
annual gift
distribution. To submit grant applications or to make donations, call
(713)
791-3137. Contacting St. Luke’sTo obtain information about our physicians, executive physicals, or other services, call St. Luke’s Physician Referral Department at (713) 794-6000 or (800) 872-9355. Visit our web site at www.sleh.corn . For more information on the Texas Heart Institute, call (713) 791-4011 or visit its web site at www.texasheartinstitute.org. Highlights
of St. Luke's Episcopal Health System
A
Leader in Quality and Experience
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St.
Luke's Episcopal Hospital, located in the heart of the Texas Medical
Center, has
a tradition of excellence and compassion in caring for the Houston
community
that spans more than four decades. It was founded by the Episcopal
Diocese of
Texas in 1954 with a mission to advance the medical profession and
deliver
high-quality patient care. In 1962, St. Luke’s became home to
the Texas Heart¿
Institute (THI), site of the nation’s first successful human
heart transplant
in 1968.
