Residents of the north Houston area can benefit from exceptional local health care found in 16 full service and specialty hospitals with approximately 2550 beds. Complementing this hospital network are 45 medical clinics as well as seven minor emergency clinics. The north Houston area is well equipped to take care of the elderly with at least 33 assisted living centers. These facilities ensure that residents will receive the excellent medical care they seek with close proximity to home. Medical complexes in north Houston have come to the forefront to complement Houston 's world-renowned downtown medical center to act as an extension of the Houston Medical Center 's expertise. Many of the physicians in north Houston area hospitals have been trained at our famed Texas Medical Center .
Houston Northwest Medical Center is north Houston 's largest and most comprehensive health care center. Major services include the Heart Center , offering total cardiovascular services including open-heart surgery; an Outpatient Surgery Center with six operating rooms; a 24-hour expanded Emergency Department; and a Psychiatric Center serving both inpatients and outpatients.
A
little further to the northwest, north Houston residents will
find Tomball Regional Hospital, which ranks in the top two percent
of hospitals throughout the country for treatment of heart attacks.
Special features at the hospital include an outpatient surgery
center, 24-hour emergency room intensive care units, birthing
unit, open-heart surgery, laser surgery, complete radiology department,
diagnostic catheterization laboratory, and magnetic resonance
imaging. 
The Cypress Fairbanks area is home to two comprehensive local hospitals: Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital and Methodist Willowbrook Hospital . The Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital is a full-service facility. Representing most major medical specialties, the hospital also has a Women's Health Center and a cardiac catheterization laboratory. Some of the latest technologies and equipment for laparoscopic and gynecological surgery are available at the Women's Center.
Methodist Willowbrook Hospital recently joined the north Houston community, featuring doctors' offices, diagnostic facilities, inpatient and outpatient treatment areas, emergency and birthing centers, laboratory and pharmacy services – all within a 312,000-square foot complex.
In the northeast portion of the region are institutions devoted to preventative medicine, fitness, rehabilitation and acute care. The Northeast Medical Center Hospital is a technologically-advanced center that offers services in nearly all medical specialties. Kingwood Medical Center is a full-service, acute care hospital and provides high-quality, cost-effective care with a range of inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and specialty services.
North Houston Area Hospitals - North Houston Area Medical Clinics - North Houston Area Assisted Living Centers - North Houston Area Emergency Care Clinics
Texas Medical Center
The
Texas Medical Center in Houston is a renowned medical complex
on 700+-acres and is home to 42 institutions, including 14 hospitals,
two medical schools, and four
nursing schools. These facilities represent the spectrum of non-profit
medical and health education, patient care, research and support.
Everything from heart transplants to
a miracle cure for cancer can be treated at the Texas Medical
Center . The medical expertise is equipped to tackle the toughest
medical problems with state-of-the-art equipment and innovative
procedures. The Texas Medical Center is Houston 's largest employer
with over 49,000 employees.
Seven Houston area hospitals made the 2002 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals in America ” list. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ranked as the nation's top cancer hospital and placed in five specialties: The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research rated the second-best rehabilitation hospital; the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital was seventh in heart care; Texas Children's Hospital placed eighth in pediatrics; The Methodist Hospital ranked in the top 50 for kidney disease; and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ranked in the top 50 for hormone disorders and kidney disease.
The Texas Medical Center Information
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