Austin's largest medical/surgical acute care center, Seton Medical Center Austin is the only hospital in Central Texas that performs heart transplants. One of four Magnet hospitals in the Seton Family of Hospitals, Seton Medical Center Austin offers comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for both inpatients and outpatients and regional specialty programs including the Seton Heart Specialty Care and Transplant Center, Shivers Cancer Programs and the Marialice Shivers Regional Neonatal Center. Seton Medical Center Austin was also one of the first two hospitals in Texas to receive certification as a Primary Stroke Center.
Seton Medical Center Austin News and Events
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Texas Nurses Association Announces District "Fab Five" Nurses
May 6, 2009All five nurses receiving the prestigious 2009 "Fabulous Five" award from the Texas Nursing Association District 5 work at the Seton Family of Hospitals.
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Unique Heart Helpers
April 22, 2009The Seton Heart Specialty Care and Transplant Center at Seton Medical Center Austin, recently received its Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Destination Therapy certification from The Joint Commission.
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'Graduates' of Seton's Neonatal ICU Gather for Picnic in the Park
April 20, 2009Despite threatening weather, more than 650 staff, volunteers, babies, and family members attended the 34th Marialice Shivers Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion on Saturday April 18th. This special event offered children who were cared for in the NICU, along with their families, a chance to reunite with their NICU doctors and nurses.
Seton is proud to have four hospitals – the only hospitals in Central Texas - that have earned the