Located in Fort Worth’s medical district,
Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth is a
320-bed facility offering comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services. The hospital
serves as a tertiary referral center for Tarrant
County, as well as for other counties within
a 90-mile radius. Specialty areas include a
nationally recognized and dedicated stroke
program; recognition as a “Top 100 Heart
Hospital” with four open-heart surgery operating rooms, four cardiac cath labs, and a
dedicated ICU unit; and extensive orthopedic
and musculoskeletal services.
Texas Harris Methodist Hospital –
Hurst-Euless-Bedford
1600 Hospital Parkway, Bedford 76022
817-685-4000; www.texashealth.org/hmheb
Texas Harris Methodist Hospital –
Hurst-Euless-Bedford (Texas Health
Hurst-Euless-Bedford) is a full-service
facility that has served northeast Tarrant
County since 1973. The hospital has more
than 340 active physicians on its medical
staff and 300 beds – including psychiatric
and behavioral health spaces at Texas
Health Springwood Hospital. Key services
here include behavioral health, cancer,
diabetes, gastrointestinal care, heart and
vascular care, rehabilitation, surgery,
women and infant services, and breast-feeding support.
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital
800 W. Randol Mill Road, Arlington 76012
817-548-6100; www.arlingtonmemorial.org
Texas Health Arlington Memorial
is a 417-bed, full-service acute care
medical center that has served Arlington
and surrounding communities since opening
in 1958. A true community hospital, resi-
dents initially pooled resources to help build
the original 75-bed hospital. Today, the
hospital is home to more than 550 physi-
cians on its medical staff, 1,900 employees,
and 300 volunteers, and recently opened the
new five-story, $76 million Tom Vandergriff
Surgical Tower. The site of the first Cycle III
Chest Pain Center in Texas, the hospital is
known for its heart and vascular treatment,
among other specialties – including stroke,
Joint Commission has also awarded the
hospital its Gold Seal of ApprovalTM for
its Primary Stroke Center. US News & World
Report recognized Texas Health Arlington in
its “Best Hospitals” guide in 2014.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital –
Fort Worth
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth 76104
817-250-2000; www.texashealth.org/hmfw
Another Texas Health large hospital, Texas
Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort
Worth has served greater Tarrant County
since 1930. This 710-bed, full-service
medical center offers specialized care in
oncology, trauma, cardiology and women’s
services, and has more than 800 physicians
on staff. The hospital has been honored with
the Magnet Recognition Program Award for
excellence in nursing services from the
American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC) – the largest nursing credentialing
organization in the U.S. and part of the
American Nurses Association (ANA).
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas 75231
214-345-6789; www.phscare.org
Serving the greater Dallas since 1966 and a
part of the Texas Health Resources hospital
system, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas (Texas Health Dallas) has 898 beds
and more than 1, 200 physicians on staff.
Major specialty areas include cancer, heart
and vascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, and
women and infants services. The hospital
has also been recognized as a US News and
World Report “Best Hospital,” ranking at
No. five in Dallas and 15th in the state, plus,
being recognized in seven high-performing
specialties.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
6200 W. Parker Road, Plano 75093
972-981-8000; www.phscare.org
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
(Texas Health Plano) has served patients
in Plano, North Dallas and Collin County
since 1991. The hospital has 368 beds, 1, 200
employees, and nearly 1,300 physicians
on its medical staff. Specialized services
include behavioral health, cancer, emer-
gency services, heart and vascular care, joint
replacement, orthopedics, pediatrics, scoli-
osis and spinal care, weight loss, and women
and infants services. Texas Health Plano
received the Texas Award for Performance
Excellence (T.A.P.E.) in 2008 – the state’s
highest honor for quality and organizational
performance. Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Plano has also received the Magnet
Recognition Award by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center for excellence in
nursing services.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas 75390
214-645-5555; www.utsouthwestern.edu
Nationally and internationally renowned
as a medical school, teaching hospital
and healthcare facility, UT Southwestern
Medical Center was ranked as the best
hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth in US News
& World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” rankings for 2014. UT Southwestern
services range from preventive care to treatment in a variety of specialties, including
cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, cancer,
heart and lung transplantation, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology,
obstetrics and gynecology, urology, breast
surgery, vascular surgery, pediatrics, and
infectious disease. In the 2012-13 US News &
World Report national report on health care
providers, UT Southwestern ranked nationally in two specialty-care areas.
OTHER LARGE METROPLEX
HOSPITALS AND FACILITIES
Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake
9440 Poppy Drive, Dallas 75218
214-324-6100; doctorshospitaldallas.com
Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake was
founded as a community medical/surgical
hospital in 1959 and has since evolved into
a full-service, 218-bed, acute care facility
with services and specialties that range
from cardiology and open-heart surgery to