Richardson | June 2025

Health care

BY DUSTIN BUTLER & MICHAEL CROUCHLEY

4 health care updates from UT Dallas, area hospitals

1 UT Dallas EMS program By working closely with the Richardson Fire Department, the University of Texas at Dallas’s student-led EMS program has become the rst line of response for most campus emergencies and earned national honors. The program is student-led and one of three collegiate EMS organizations in the state, EMS Director Sheila Elliott said, adding there are only about 300 organizations nationwide. Additionally, the organization was awarded Collegiate EMS Organization of the Year from the National Collegiate EMS Foundation. The University Emergency Medical Response is a registered rst responder organization oering emergency medical services on campus, Elliott said. The organization partners with Richardson Fire Department to provide rapid response.

2 Methodist Richardson Medical Center The hospital has a Level III trauma designation and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Methodist Richardson Medical Center earned two national honors—Premier Inc.’s Top 100 Hospitals and The National Pancreas Foundation’s (NPF) Centers of Excellence for pancreatic cancer care. The hospital ranked 13th overall in the Top 100 Hospitals award and is the rst of its kind for the Methodist Health System, according to a news release. The award intends to inspire hospitals to pursue higher performance and deliver higher quality care to patients. “Our team couldn’t be more proud to have earned this distinction,” Methodist Richardson President Ken Hutchenrider said in the release. “This ranking reects the dedication of our physicians and sta to be the best we can be on a day-to-day basis to serve our communities.” The National Pancreas Foundation recognized the hospital as a “Center of Excellence” for pancreatic cancer care, according to a news release. The audit process determined Methodist Richardson Medical Center used multidisciplinary treatment for pancreatic cancer, treating the “whole patient” with a focus on the best possible outcome and improved quality of life for patients.

3 Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital specializes in comprehensive heart and vascular health. The facility has 105 beds. The hospital was recognized as the second top teaching hospital with a cardiovascular residency program in the country by Fortune Magazine.

ALLIED DR.

Plano

ALLIANCE BLVD.

1100 Allied Dr, Plano, TX 75093 www.bswhealth.com

4 Medical City Plano Medical City Plano is a Level I Trauma Care Center and has a Level IV NICU. The hospital was recently accredited by the Surgical Review Corporation as a “Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery.” Surgeons use advanced tools and technologies to perform minimally invasive procedures.

UT Dallas’s EMS program provides rapid response.

RENNER RD.

PARK BLVD.

Plano

PGBT TOLL

15TH ST.

CAMPBELL RD.

3901 W 15th St, Plano, TX 75075 www.medicalcityhealthcare.com

2831 E. President George Bush Highway, Richardson www.methodisthealthsystem.org/methodist- richardson-medical-center

800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson www.police.utdallas.edu/programs-and-services/ uemr

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