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New hospitals, services give residents options for healthcare
  
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By Luciano Battistini
Times Reporter
While driving from Houston into the Katy area, residents may have become aware of new construction and recently built facilities surrounding the Interstate 10 West stretch from Barker Cypress to Grand Parkway.
As the Katy area continues its rapid growth, hospitals are either adding space to their facilities or building new campuses in the area.
“The greater Katy area is expected to grow almost 20 percent over the next five years, and the medical needs of the community will grow with it,” Katy Mayor Don Elder Jr. said.
Katy area residents are already playing a big part in the decision-making of hospital officials, and long trips into the Houston medical center for specialty care may soon be a thing of the past.
“West Houston is predicted to become the geographic center of the region with much of the population shifting to this area," said Michelle Riley-Brown, Texas Children’s Hospital director responsible for West Campus planning and development.
"With this shift, the pediatric population is anticipated to grow 51 percent between 2000 and 2015. These factors led to our decision to continue our community expansion program here.”
Texas Children's Hospital
In Spring 2008, Texas Children’s Hospital broke ground on its first hospital outside of the Texas Medical Center, the Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus.
To be located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, the site was selected after much research and analysis.
“We spent many months studying the demographics and population growth projections for the greater Houston areas for the next decades,” Riley-Brown said.
“Currently, 30 percent of our discharges from Texas Children’s Hospital live in zip codes in the West Houston zone.”
Approximately 400,000 children who live in the broad region from Katy to Bryan-College Station, an area are expected to experience dramatic growth in the near future.
“The West Campus is a natural extension of our community strategy that has been growing over the past 10 to 15 years,” Riley-Brown said.
The fully completed Texas Children Hospital West Campus will be approximately 536,000 square feet located on 55 acres.
By late 2009, the 180,000-square-foot ambulatory building will be in operation.
Housed in this facility will be medical offices, subspecialty clinics, outpatient services, advanced imaging and day surgery.
Methodist Hospital
Children are not the only ones getting attention from the hospital community.
Construction is well underway for the Methodist Hospital System’s west Houston hospital next to the site where the new Texas Children Hospital is being built.
This new facility will be a 192-bed hospital with a state-of-the-art imaging center.
“Methodist has served the broader Houston community for almost 90 years,” said Ron Girotto, president and CEO of the Methodist Hospital System.
“And now we have the opportunity to bring our long history of leading medicine and excellent patient care to the residents of west Houston.”
The new community hospital, which will be the fourth in the Methodist System, will offer the rapidly growing westside communities 14 operating rooms, a breast center, radiation therapy and labor and delivery services, among other features.
The Methodist Imaging Center will house the latest in technology, including a 64- slice CT scanner, PET CT and two MRIs, including an open machine. This facility will provide patients with precise imaging, accurate diagnoses, and a personalized service.
The hospital will also include several centers of excellence from the Texas Medical Center, including cancer, heart services and orthopedics.
An emergency department, with the capacity to treat more than 30,000 patients annually, and imaging capabilities, will also be a part of the hospital.
“The Methodist Hospital System’s plan to build these facilities will certainly help serve the needs of our residents, and we look forward to welcoming Methodist into our community,” Elder said.
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Health System
St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System is also joining Katy’s competitive health care market.
It is developing a business plan to build a 90-bed community hospital on nearly 30 acres of land located at the southwest corner of the Grand Parkway and Kingsland Boulevard, just south of I-10.
St. Luke plans to develop the campus in phases as it grows. The new building will also feature medical offices to support the new hospital’s facilities, as well as a senior care facility and a wellness development center.
Christus St. Catherine
Hospital
With new hospitals being constructed in the city of Katy and other new hospitals in operation, no longer will residents have to be transported to Houston to receive cardiovascular surgical services, or other medical services that may not have been available until recently.
“We have the only full service Heart Program in Katy,” said Christa Clifton, director of marketing and public relations for Christus St. Catherine Hospital.
“We have the only hospital-based Sleep Center in Katy and our Sports Medicine Center employs the only two Certified Hand Therapists in the area.”
The Christus St. Catherine Hospital on South Fry Road has recently completed a $50 million expansion. The hospital has more than 400 physicians and 664 employees of which 244 are nurses.
The expansion has yielded a new women’s imaging center, a second catheterization lab and the only positron emission tomography in Katy.
It has recently added two additional floors on our new tower that are already shelled. This nonprofit hospital is also the only hospital-based Sleep Center in Katy.
“We have M. D. Anderson Radiation Treatment Center on our campus,” Clifton said. “Our Sports Medicine Center provides an extensive Hand Therapy Program and AquaCisers, water treadmills that treat many conditions including arthritis, orthopedic problems, joint replacement, back pain, sports injuries and some neurological insults.”
Memorial Hermann
Katy Hospital
A bit further west, the Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital is fully functional.
At a $100 million construction cost, the 127-room, 310,000-square-foot facility, which opened nearly a year ago, features the latest medical technology.
“Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital provides a comprehensive range of services to the Katy community with physicians covering 38 specialties, including orthopedics and sports medicine, general surgery, urology, digestive health, cardiovascular disease, neurosciences, internal medicine and family practice, children’s and women’s services, imaging, and emergency care,” Paul O’Sullivan, chief operating officer at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, said.
The facility also has four operating tables and a cystoscopy room, and it employs 790 workers including physicians.
“Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital was the first hospital in Katy and has been serving the community for more than 27 years, first at our original Pin Oak location, and now at our new location at I-10 and Grand Parkway,” O’Sullivan said.
“Over that time, we have developed deep roots in the Katy community and have grown with the community.
"We are deeply committed to providing the best possible clinical outcomes and an exceptional patient care experience to all those in the Katy community who count on Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital to be there for them in their time of need now and in the future.”
Recently, the Texas Department of State Health Services designated Katy Hospital as the only Level IV trauma facility in the Katy area.
Specialty services include orthopedic surgery, heart and vascular diagnosis and treatment, cancer services, women’s health and advanced diagnostic imaging.
Life Flight is also able to land at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital.
As the Katy area continues its rapid growth, hospitals are either adding space to their facilities or building new campuses in the area.
“The greater Katy area is expected to grow almost 20 percent over the next five years, and the medical needs of the community will grow with it,” Katy Mayor Don Elder Jr. said.
Katy area residents are already playing a big part in the decision-making of hospital officials, and long trips into the Houston medical center for specialty care may soon be a thing of the past.
“West Houston is predicted to become the geographic center of the region with much of the population shifting to this area," said Michelle Riley-Brown, Texas Children’s Hospital director responsible for West Campus planning and development.
"With this shift, the pediatric population is anticipated to grow 51 percent between 2000 and 2015. These factors led to our decision to continue our community expansion program here.”
Texas Children's Hospital
In Spring 2008, Texas Children’s Hospital broke ground on its first hospital outside of the Texas Medical Center, the Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus.
To be located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, the site was selected after much research and analysis.
“We spent many months studying the demographics and population growth projections for the greater Houston areas for the next decades,” Riley-Brown said.
“Currently, 30 percent of our discharges from Texas Children’s Hospital live in zip codes in the West Houston zone.”
Approximately 400,000 children who live in the broad region from Katy to Bryan-College Station, an area are expected to experience dramatic growth in the near future.
“The West Campus is a natural extension of our community strategy that has been growing over the past 10 to 15 years,” Riley-Brown said.
The fully completed Texas Children Hospital West Campus will be approximately 536,000 square feet located on 55 acres.
By late 2009, the 180,000-square-foot ambulatory building will be in operation.
Housed in this facility will be medical offices, subspecialty clinics, outpatient services, advanced imaging and day surgery.
Methodist Hospital
Children are not the only ones getting attention from the hospital community.
Construction is well underway for the Methodist Hospital System’s west Houston hospital next to the site where the new Texas Children Hospital is being built.
This new facility will be a 192-bed hospital with a state-of-the-art imaging center.
“Methodist has served the broader Houston community for almost 90 years,” said Ron Girotto, president and CEO of the Methodist Hospital System.
“And now we have the opportunity to bring our long history of leading medicine and excellent patient care to the residents of west Houston.”
The new community hospital, which will be the fourth in the Methodist System, will offer the rapidly growing westside communities 14 operating rooms, a breast center, radiation therapy and labor and delivery services, among other features.
The Methodist Imaging Center will house the latest in technology, including a 64- slice CT scanner, PET CT and two MRIs, including an open machine. This facility will provide patients with precise imaging, accurate diagnoses, and a personalized service.
The hospital will also include several centers of excellence from the Texas Medical Center, including cancer, heart services and orthopedics.
An emergency department, with the capacity to treat more than 30,000 patients annually, and imaging capabilities, will also be a part of the hospital.
“The Methodist Hospital System’s plan to build these facilities will certainly help serve the needs of our residents, and we look forward to welcoming Methodist into our community,” Elder said.
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Health System
St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System is also joining Katy’s competitive health care market.
It is developing a business plan to build a 90-bed community hospital on nearly 30 acres of land located at the southwest corner of the Grand Parkway and Kingsland Boulevard, just south of I-10.
St. Luke plans to develop the campus in phases as it grows. The new building will also feature medical offices to support the new hospital’s facilities, as well as a senior care facility and a wellness development center.
Christus St. Catherine
Hospital
With new hospitals being constructed in the city of Katy and other new hospitals in operation, no longer will residents have to be transported to Houston to receive cardiovascular surgical services, or other medical services that may not have been available until recently.
“We have the only full service Heart Program in Katy,” said Christa Clifton, director of marketing and public relations for Christus St. Catherine Hospital.
“We have the only hospital-based Sleep Center in Katy and our Sports Medicine Center employs the only two Certified Hand Therapists in the area.”
The Christus St. Catherine Hospital on South Fry Road has recently completed a $50 million expansion. The hospital has more than 400 physicians and 664 employees of which 244 are nurses.
The expansion has yielded a new women’s imaging center, a second catheterization lab and the only positron emission tomography in Katy.
It has recently added two additional floors on our new tower that are already shelled. This nonprofit hospital is also the only hospital-based Sleep Center in Katy.
“We have M. D. Anderson Radiation Treatment Center on our campus,” Clifton said. “Our Sports Medicine Center provides an extensive Hand Therapy Program and AquaCisers, water treadmills that treat many conditions including arthritis, orthopedic problems, joint replacement, back pain, sports injuries and some neurological insults.”
Memorial Hermann
Katy Hospital
A bit further west, the Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital is fully functional.
At a $100 million construction cost, the 127-room, 310,000-square-foot facility, which opened nearly a year ago, features the latest medical technology.
“Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital provides a comprehensive range of services to the Katy community with physicians covering 38 specialties, including orthopedics and sports medicine, general surgery, urology, digestive health, cardiovascular disease, neurosciences, internal medicine and family practice, children’s and women’s services, imaging, and emergency care,” Paul O’Sullivan, chief operating officer at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, said.
The facility also has four operating tables and a cystoscopy room, and it employs 790 workers including physicians.
“Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital was the first hospital in Katy and has been serving the community for more than 27 years, first at our original Pin Oak location, and now at our new location at I-10 and Grand Parkway,” O’Sullivan said.
“Over that time, we have developed deep roots in the Katy community and have grown with the community.
"We are deeply committed to providing the best possible clinical outcomes and an exceptional patient care experience to all those in the Katy community who count on Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital to be there for them in their time of need now and in the future.”
Recently, the Texas Department of State Health Services designated Katy Hospital as the only Level IV trauma facility in the Katy area.
Specialty services include orthopedic surgery, heart and vascular diagnosis and treatment, cancer services, women’s health and advanced diagnostic imaging.
Life Flight is also able to land at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital.
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