Health care
BY CASSANDRA JENKINS
6 health care updates from local hospitals
1 St. Luke’s Health-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center In early 2025, Baylor St. Luke’s Hospital announced that it would begin a handful of transformative projects at the Texas Medical Center and McNair campuses. What’s happening? In a Jan. 6 news release, hospital o cials announced that the McNair Campus, 7200 Cambridge St., relaunched its inpatient rehabilitation services and expanded its patient capacity in January. The 30-bed inpatient rehabilitation center serves patients who su er from conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, amputation and orthopedic injury. Construction also started in January on the Texas Medical Center building to redesign the hospital’s main lobby, cafeteria and three nursing units, according to the release. The main lobby will receive a valet area, a more spacious lobby with new ooring, furniture, lighting and signage, as well as a newly designed reception desk and visitor kiosk. More details The expansion also includes upgrading multiple nursing units and the cafeteria, which will see a full-service Starbucks and more seating. The $25 million project is slated to take approximately four years to complete. However, Phase 1 will wrap up in October 2026.
2 Houston Methodist Centennial Tower The 26-story Centennial Tower project, approved by the Houston Methodist board of directors in 2022, is anticipated to top out at 511 feet in early August, surpassing the height of the adjacent Walter Tower, according to Houston Methodist o cials. As of May, more than 2.2 million hours have been worked by nearly 1,000 construction workers on the $1.4 billion project. When completed, the tower will house nearly 400 patient beds and a new, larger emergency department, as well as enhanced imaging services. It will also replace the hospital’s existing space for transplant, medicine, intermediate care and surgical intensive care, as well as nine operating rooms, according to its website. Levels 9 to 21 will connect to the Walter Tower by vertically stacked connector bridges. Hospital o cials said the project is on schedule and will have a phased opening starting in April 2027.
4 HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center unveiled cutting-edge robotic surgical technology in January that will assist with non-invasive surgery. The addition marks the fth robotic system in the eet, according to its website, and completed the rst case using the system on Jan. 6. HCA is also celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
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5 Houston Methodist Surgery Center Houston Methodist opened a new freestanding surgery center in Bellaire in early January. The center o ers a patient-focused approach that emphasizes comfort, safety and quick recovery, according to its website. Located o Bissonnet Street, the center’s area of expertise includes ear, nose and throat surgery, hand surgery and ophthalmology, the treatment of eye disorders.
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1 Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center In 2025, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center broke ground on a six- oor build-out of the Susan and Fayez Saro m Pavilion, received approval for the expansion of the Women’s Extended Care Unit and welcomed new Chief Financial O cer Matt Pruitt. According to Memorial Hermann o cials, the Saro m tower expansion includes moving several existing institutes at the campus to the additional six oors, including the Children’s Heart Institute, expanded GI suite, Mischer Neuroscience Institute and a oor dedicated to oncology. The $270 million expansion will increase the hospital’s bed count by 252. The project will nish the full build- out of the Saro m tower, which is anticipated for completion in 2027. The hospital also received approval to add 9 new beds to the Women’s Extended Care Unit in May.
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6 MD Anderson Cancer Center MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a new institute in late 2024 specializing in impactful cell therapies, per a Nov. 8 news release. The Institute for Cell Therapy Discovery & Innovation will bring together top scientists and clinicians to lead new research and clinical trials that will create and deliver new treatments needed to address cancer, autoimmune diseases and infections.
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center will undergo a four-year, $25 million renovation.
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