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All Austin facilities were included in 2024 ranking of the Top Large Community Hospitals in the country.
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Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center hosted its 7th international symposium on complex arrhythmias, EPLive 2024.
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On April 18 and 19, 2024, TCAI will host a two-day conference that draws the world's top cardiac electrophysiology experts.
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St. David's HealthCare facilities recognized nationally for cardiovascular care
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St. David's HealthCare announced that all of its Austin hospitals received a Healthgrades 2024 America's 250 Best Hospitals Award™.
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Heart Hospital of Austin names new chief operating officer
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Solis Mammography and St. David’s HealthCare have joined together to expand access to quality breast health services for Central Texans.
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St. David’s South Austin Medical Center has named Jeffrey Nitzsche, M.D., as its new chief medical officer. Dr. Nitzsche assumed his new role...
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Several St. David's HealthCare facilities were recently named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by PINC AI and reported by Fortune.
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St. David's HealthCare has appointed Raymond Jackson as regional vice president of oncology services, effective August 14, 2023.
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St. David's HealthCare announces six recipients of the HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction.
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St. David's Georgetown Hospital has appointed Jonelle Thomas, MSN, RN, NE-BC, as the facility's chief nursing officer, effective August 21, 2023...
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St. David’s HealthCare announced today the opening of St. David’s Heart & Vascular in Kyle located at 4100 Everett Street, Suite 100.
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St. David’s Medical Center has named Rodolfo “Rudy” O. Garza, MD, as its new chief medical officer.
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St. David's Medical Center is no longer on diversion status and has resumed normal operations.
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St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center has named J.P. Bartonico as the facility’s new chief operating officer
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“Our care teams continue to demonstrate unparalleled dedication to patient care and outcomes.”
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Amanda McCann was recently named the new chief financial officer for the Heart Hospital of Austin, a 72-bed facility that's one of the highest...
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St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center has named Tracy Rodriguez, DNP, RN, CENP, CCRN-K, as the facility’s new chief nursing officer.
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St. David’s Georgetown Hospital has named Janie Thompson as its new chief operating officer. Thompson assumed her new role on June 1.
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St. David’s Medical Center and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center named to America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2023 by Newsweek
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St. David’s North Austin Medical Center has named Peter DeYoung, MD as the facility’s new chief medical officer.
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St. David's South Austin Medical Center names Megan Drake as their new chief operating officer.
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St. David’s Medical Center has named Katie Perkins as the hospital’s new chief operating officer. Perkins assumed her role on May 15, 2023.
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St. David's HealthCare hospitals recognized nationally for earning “A” ratings in Spring 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades
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More than 1,600 people attended Central Texas’ largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) reunion at Q2 Stadium on Sunday, April 23.
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St. David’s Georgetown Hospital has named Kyle Landry as its new chief executive officer, replacing Hugh Brown who retired on April 7, 2023. ...
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St. David’s Georgetown Hospital has named Eva Slavcheva, M.D., as its new chief medical officer, replacing Dr. Jim Donovan who retired on March...
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The Kidney Transplant Center at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center will celebrate living kidney donors in honor of Donate Life Month.
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St. David’s HealthCare facilities among top 5% percent of U.S. hospitals for clinical outcomes, according to Healthgrades
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The milestone procedure, performed by Devin M. Garza, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., took place at St. David’s Surgical Hospital, a campus of St. David&rsquo...
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St. David’s Medical Center has named David McKnight as the hospital’s chief financial officer.
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St. David’s Medical Center is the only hospital in the state to receive straight “A” ratings since the initiative was launched in 2012
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St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center announced today the start of construction on the hospital’s $53.1-million expansion.
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Electrophysiologists at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center have performed 3,000 robotic cardiac ablation...
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Today, Donate Life America and the Kidney Transplant Center at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center announced the first living kidney donor...
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St. David’s Medical Center named among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals .
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Several St. David’s HealthCare facilities have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Mission: Lifeline® and Get...
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Healthcare system invests $2.57 million in residency program and receives grant from Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
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St. David’s HealthCare announced today that it has expanded its network to include home health and hospice services.
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On June 2 and 3, 2022, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center hosted its sixth international symposium...
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EPLive 2022 is a two-day conference that draws the world’s top cardiac electrophysiology experts.
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Heart Hospital of Austin has selected Brett Matens as its new chief executive officer (CEO), replacing David Laird, who recently retired after...
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St. David’s Medical Center is the only hospital in the state to receive straight “A” ratings since the initiative was launched in 2012
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St. David’s Surgical Hospital, a campus of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, today announced the opening of the facility’s new Inpatient...
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St. David’s Medical Center, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center named to Healthgrades 2022 America’s 250 Best Hospitals
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St. David’s Medical Center is the only hospital in the state to receive straight “A” ratings since the initiative was launched in 2012.
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Research involving the DNA inside tumors furthers the understanding of cancers at their deepest roots: the cellular level.
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Renowned stroke rehabilitation researcher from UC Irvine, Dr. Steve Cramer, M.D., presented a St. David’s Medical Center Grand Rounds on stroke...
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Heart Hospital of Austin, in Collaboration with CardioThoracic and Vascular Surgeons, is participating in a research trial on transcatheter mitral...
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Mitra Mohanty, MD, Director of Research at Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute led by Executive Medical Director Andrea Natale, MD, presented ...
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A breakthrough study – the largest meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for atrial fibrillation to date — was recently published ...
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Dr. Zoltan Nadasdy, Ph.D, a Senior Research Scientist with Sarah Cannon Research Institute who works at St. David’s Neuroscience and Spine Institute...
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St. David’s Medical Center is testing two promising COVID-19 therapies in clinical trials. The medications being tested are lenzilumab and ruxolitinib...
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St. David’s South Austin Medical Center is participating in a COVID-19 Phase II clinical trial for an investigational antiviral medication merimepodib...
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St. David’s Medical Center is participating in a stroke study using a robotic exoskeleton to rehabilitate shoulder movement.
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The Heart Hospital of Austin joins the CORCINCH-HF clinical trial measuring Accucinch’s efficacy at treating heart failure.
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Heart Hospital of Austin is the first facility in Texas to enroll patients in a new clinical trial to determine whether the CardioMEMS™ HF System...
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St. David’s HealthCare facilities earn national recognition for providing quality care for heart attack patients
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Dr. Robert Lee, MD, Medical Director of Stroke Rehabilitation and Neurological Recovery for St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital, was featured...
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St. David’s HealthCare through the Office of Research is participating in multiple Phase III clinical trials on COVID-19, particularly those ...
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St. David’s Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is participating in a clinical trial on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
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In collaboration with Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons (CTVS), St. David’s Healthcare participated in the Medtronic PERIGON (Avalus™ valve)...
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St. David’s HealthCare researcher, Zoltan Nadasdy, recently published a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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Galen College of Nursing, one of the largest educators of nurses in the United States, continues its mission to expand access to quality nursing...
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Heart Hospital of Austin has named Charles McCoy as its new chief nursing officer. In this role, McCoy will provide executive leadership to the...
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St. David’s HealthCare announced today that all of its Austin hospitals received a Healthgrades 2021 Patient Safety Excellence Award™.
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St. David’s South Austin Medical Center offers minimally invasive valve replacement procedure to patients with severe aortic stenosis
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The clinic will be rebranded to St. David’s CareNow® Urgent Care on March 1, 2021, making Austin among the largest markets across the CareNow...
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On Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, Heart Hospital of Austin became the first facility in Texas to participate in the PROACTIVE-HF clinical trial designed...
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As the state of Texas prepares for flu season amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, Central Texans may have concerns about what this flu season...
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Digital monitoring platform provides community support, access to healthcare providers to help patients implement recommended lifestyle changes...
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Physicians with the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center are among the first in the world to participate in...
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Diagnostic testing is available for those experiencing coronavirus-like symptoms, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath and headache. ...
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St. David’s Medical Center–including Heart Hospital of Austin and St. David’s Georgetown Hospital—and St. David’s North Austin Medical ...
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