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St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of Texas Heart® Institute, Receives Re-Accreditation from Society of Chest Pain Centers   (April 25, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s), home of Texas Heart® Institute (THI), has received a full three-year re-accreditation as a Chest Pain Center with PCI from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC).   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of Texas Heart® Institute, First in Houston to Use New FDA-Approved Stent for Diabetics with Heart Disease    (April 9, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, home of Texas Heart® Institute (THI), is the first hospital in Houston to use a new heart stent that is the first and only one approved by the FDA for treating patients with coronary heart disease (CAD) and diabetes.   READ MORE

Physician Receives Grant from Center for Space Medicine to Study the Effects of Prolonged Gravity Loss on Sense of Smell   (April 9, 2012)
Eric M. Bershad, MD, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), recently received a grant to study the effects of body position and elevated intracranial pressure (high pressure in the brain) in humans with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH).   READ MORE

“Houston Has Heart” Benefits Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital   (April 9, 2012)
Fine dining in Houston benefits Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's April 15-30.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of the Texas Heart Institute®, Only Hospital in Houston Recognized by the American Heart Association as an Accredited Heart Attack Receiving Center    (March 29, 2012)
 St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s), home of the Texas Heart Institute® (THI), received accreditation as a Mission: Lifeline® Heart Attack Receiving Center from the American Heart Association and Society of Chest Pain Centers, becoming the only hospital in Houston to earn this recognition.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Opens New Oncology Medical Clinic Under Direction of Luis H. Camacho, MD    (March 23, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s) recently opened its new Oncology Medical Clinic to provide evaluation and treatment of medical oncology and blood disorders.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Stroke Team Leads the Way in Stroke Care Receiving Highest Honors from American Stroke Association   (March 20, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital’s (St. Luke’s) Stroke and Neurocritical Care Team received the highest honors at the American Heart Association’s 2012 International Stroke Conference.   READ MORE

Cancer Center at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Awarded Accreditation by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons   (March 16, 2012)
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) granted the Cancer Center at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s) a three-year Accreditation with Commendation for 2011 through 2014. The accreditation program sets national quality-of-care standards for cancer programs and reviews the programs to ensure compliance.   READ MORE

Hari R.Mallidi, MD, and Ramachandra R. Sista, MD, Lead Lung and Heart-LungTransplant Programs at Texas Heart® Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital   (March 12, 2012)
Texas Heart® Institute (THI) and St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s) named noted cardio-thoracic surgeon, Hari R.Mallidi, MD, from Stanford University Medical School.   READ MORE

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of Texas Heart® Institute, Gets New Look at Heart Imaging With Perkins Healthcare Integrated Video Imaging System   (February 23, 2012)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s), home of the Texas Heart® Institute (THI), has selected Perkins Healthcare Technologies to provide video integration on its new Bi Plane GE Cardiac Catheterization lab.   READ MORE