Our Services
Medical and Surgical Services
St. Joseph Medical Center has a proud tradition of providing quality patient care using advanced medical technologies.
St. Joseph Medical Center provides a wide range of Medical and Surgical care for our patients. Below you can find a brief summary of the many different kinds of medical and surgical services offered at St. Joseph Medical Center.
Cancer Care
The Stehlin Cancer Research Laboratory at St. Joseph Medical Center is world-renowned for providing care and support for cancer patients and their families. We have highly skilled nurses assisting our physicians in the treatment of cancer. We hope you will count on us when you need any of the following services:
- Blood and blood product transfusions
- Bone marrow transplants
- Chemotherapy
- Hospice care at the end of life
- Hypothermia
- Radiation therapy
- Surgery
Cardiology
St. Joseph Medical Center was the first hospital in downtown Houston to care for the hearts of the community. We are proud to say we have provided this city with the first center for cardiovascular diseases and the first cardiac intensive care unit.
We know that every second counts when you suspect you are having a heart attack. Our convenient downtown location has saved many lives of the thousands of men and women living, working or visiting in downtown, uptown, midtown and neartown. Our interventional procedures include:
- Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators
- Bypass surgery
- Coronary balloon angioplasty
- Coronary stent placement
- Defibrillator implantation
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
- Electrophysiologic investigation
- Open heart surgery
- Peripheral angioplasty
- Permanent pacemakers
- Rotoblater and atherectomies
Currently, SJMC provides patients and their families with:
- Top-of-the-line diagnostic and surgical technologies
- 36-beds dedicated to cardiovascular care
- Cardiovascular surgical suites
- A full continuum of rehabilitative care
We provide outpatient services and diagnostics in the following areas:
- Cardiac catheterization
- Echocardiography – both transthoracic (non-invasive) and transesophageal (invasive)
- Electrocardiogram (EKG and ECG)
- Nuclear cardiology
- Pacemaker and defibrillator checkup
- Treadmill testing
- 24-hour Holter Monitoring
To make an appointment with one of our physicians, or to find a new physician for your care, please click on Find a Physician link in the right sidebar or call 713-757-7575 for more information.
Intensive Care / Critical Care
When you are critically ill, you expect and will receive focused, monitored treatment and care from the professionals at St. Joseph Medical Center.
Critical post-surgical patients and those with substantial multiple diagnoses are cared for in our 24-bed Critical Care Unit. The Intermediate Care Unit has 36-beds for patients who are able to leave the CCU, but still need careful monitoring for their critical conditions.
Medical and Surgical Inpatient Units
St. Joseph Medical Center is proud to offer the community three unit, and a total of 101 beds for medical and surgical inpatient stays. These units also serve as the step-down units for post surgical cases.
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
The practice of plastic surgery includes restoring and reshaping the human form using both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures.
Cosmetic Surgery
The art of cosmetic surgery is all about reshaping a normal body structure to address a patient’s concerns about self-esteem or appearance. Our board-certified cosmetic surgical staff can assist patients with:
- Breast augmentation, reduction and lift (mastopexy)
- Brow lift
- Eyelid surgery (bleparolasty)
- Face lift (rhytidectomy)
- Liposuction
- Nose surgery (rhinoplasty)
- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
Reconstructive Surgery
Restoring function for a patient, whether due to developmental abnormalities, congenital defect, trauma, injury, tumor, or disease, is what reconstructive surgery is all about.
At St. Joseph Medical Center, we are highly trained to address your needs and work with your health insurance company to make sure you get the necessary procedures you need.
Some of these procedures include:
- Surgery of the breast, including biopsy, mastectomy and reconstruction
- Treatment for conditions of the hand including rheumatoid arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome
- Corrections to the face including cleft lip and palate deformity, and facial fractures as well as injury and disease
- Reconstructive graphs for skin growths, disease and trauma, and removal of skin cancers
- Complex wound healing and burn treatment
To find a physician to assist you with cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, or to schedule an appointment with a surgeon, please click on Find a Physician link in the right sidebar or phone us at 713-757-7575.
Orthopedics
The orthopedic staff at St. Joseph Medical Center specializes in sports injuries, spinal disorders, arthritis surgeries and pediatrics. As orthopedics focuses on disorders, diseases and injury of bones, joints and muscles, our physicians are equipped to treat sprains, dislocations and broken bones as well. They assist patients daily in dealing with decisions about joint replacement and chronic back pain.
When you meet with your physician, he or she may want to see any tests that were completed by another physician, and may ask for more. Typically blood work and x-rays are a part of making a proper diagnosis. Additional CT scans and MRI's can provide more details views of the injured areas.
Your orthopedist will recommend the best treatments for you, keeping in mind that their goal is your complete recovery. Your recovery may include a combination of the following:
- Counseling
- Casts
- Medication
- Physical therapy
- Rehabilitative therapy
- Splints
- Surgery
To find an orthopedic specialist, please call 713-757-7575 or click on Find a Physician link in the right sidebar.
Surgical Services
The St. Joseph Pavilion serves as the entrance to not only our Intensive Care Unit, but to our Surgical Services as well. Nearly 15,000 surgeries and endoscopic procedures are performed in this state-of-the-art facility annually. We are proud to provide our community with:
- 16-fully equipped operating rooms
- 1 cysto room
- 20-bed post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)
- 24-bed day surgery unit
- 3 endoscopy suites
We have certified professionals who provide surgical services in the following areas:
- Cardiovascular
- Oncology
- Orthopedics
- Opthalmology
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Urology
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