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 is implanting new destination therapy devices to treat heart failure. Erin August, outreach coordinator at Seton, and Dr. Hoenicke, cardiovascular surgeon with CTVS, discuss the new device and recent patient success stories on KXAN.
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Seton Medical Center Austin News and Events
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Tiny Patient and His Mom Share Their Story on HealthyATX
May 16, 2012HealthyATX, an educational web site associated with the effort to build a new teaching hospital and a medical school in Central Texas, posted a new video May 16 featuring Dr. Tim George, chief of pediatric neurosurgery/ neuroscience at Dell Children's Medical Center, and two other important people - his young patient, Max, and Max's mother, Carissa.
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Seton Drops Scheduling Fee in Eight Emergency Rooms
May 11, 2012
More and more Central Texans with minor emergencies have chosen the comforts of home for as long as possible before heading to a Seton hospital emergency room to seek medical attention. Now, they can do it free of charge.
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Share Your Health Care Stories with HealthyATX
April 24, 2012The Healthy ATX initiative will include web and social media platforms, videos, educational materials and more. In addition to providing basic information about the region and this effort, it serve as a forum where community members can actively participate in the health care conversation by telling their own stories and viewing personal testimonials from others.
Seton is proud to have four hospitals – the only hospitals in Central Texas - that have earned the