Cedar Park - Far Northwest Austin Edition | June 2023

NEWS BRIEFS Baylor Scott & White embarks on $220M expansion, adds services to Round Rock

Ascension Seton to open new care unit at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas

BY CARSON GANONG

BY BROOKE MILLER

INCREASING CARE The new unit is an extension of neurological services at the hospital that includes neurosurgery, spine surgery and stroke care. The new unit will provide treatment for patients with: Certain kinds of strokes Seizures Brain injuries Brain or spinal tumors Complex neurological disorders

Baylor Scott & White broke ground in January on a $220 million expansion to its Round Rock Medical Center. The expansion will bring addi- tional operating rooms and patient beds for general care, but Trenton Vaughan, BS&W vice president of patient care, said it is also introduc- ing space for several types of care the hospital did not previously oer. Among the new facilities is a cardiac catheterization lab, part of which opened earlier this year. Cardiac catheterization is a process for diagnosing the condition of a patient’s heart in a way that is less invasive, BS&W cardiologist Dr. Jose Condado Contreras said. “As our operation has continu- ously grown here in Round Rock, we were in need of getting better equipment [and] better technol- ogy,” Condado Contreras said.

Ascension Seton announced a new neurocritical care unit in The Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, and it will be the rst of its kind in Central Texas, according to a May 23 news release from Ascension Seton. The new addition, which will open in June, will provide care to patients with complex and acute neurological conditions, according to the release. The upgrade is part of a $280 million expansion that Ascension Seton announced in April. Dr. Alan Nova is among the health care professionals leading the unit. “The benets of a neurocritical care unit in our community are signicant. The opening of this unit not only enhances the team’s ability to compassionately care for patients and aggressively treat

The expansion to Baylor Scott & White Round Rock Medical Center includes a cardiac catheterization lab.

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“[The cardiac catheterization lab] allows us to do better pictures with less radiation, so it’s safer for the patients and for us providers.” Another focus for the hospital as it expands is care for women and children. The project includes a neonatal intensive care unit as well as an upgraded labor and delivery department with new equipment. Expected to reach completion in 2026, the hospital will have rolling openings for new oerings as they come online.

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neurological conditions, but also opens doors for research endeavors within the neurosciences and collaborations across disciplines,” Nova said in the release.

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