St. Luke’s Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New Patient Care Tower II

(Nov. 12, 2008) – St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the official opening of the new Patient Care Tower II on the hospital campus at 17200 St. Luke’s Way. Read more.

Free seminar on weight loss surgery Oct. 21 at St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital

(Oct. 13, 2008) – A free informational seminar about weight loss surgery will be held on Tuesday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital in the Lakeview Conference Room A. Read more.

Groundbreaking recently held for new St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital

(Sept. 22, 2008) – An official groundbreaking ceremony took place on Sept. 9 at the future site of the new St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital. Read more.

Free Prostate Cancer Screenings Postponed

(Sept. 11, 2008) – Free prostate cancer screenings originally scheduled for Saturday, September 13 at St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital will be rescheduled. Read more.

Maternal-Fetal Medicine program debuts in The Woodlands at St. Luke’s

(Sept. 2, 2008) – A Maternal-Fetal Medicine program has recently debuted at St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital along with the recent addition of Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist Stacy L. Strehlow, M.D., to the hospital staff. Read more.

Peg Reiter, PhD, RN, of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital selected for Management Program for Nurse Executives

(July 6, 2008) – Margaret ‘Peg’ Reiter, PhD, RN, of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital has been accepted to the prestigious 2008 Johnson & Johnson – Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives. Read more.

St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital is first in area to perform a nephrectomy with the da Vinci^® robotics surgical system

(June 20, 2008) – St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital Hospital has become the first hospital in the South Montgomery/North Harris County area to perform a partial nephrectomy (partial kidney removal) using the robotics-assisted da Vinci^® Surgical System, developed by Intuitive Surgical. Read more.

St. Luke's names Dr. Wayne McAfee as “Physician of the Year”

(April 28, 2008) – Wayne McAfee, MD, has recently been named as “Physician of the Year” by St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital. Read more.

St. Luke’s opens a new Community Emergency Center at Vintage

(April 7, 2008) –St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital recently opened a new Community Emergency Center in the Vintage community of the Houston/Tomball area. Read more.

Pediatric blankets donated to St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital in honor of Child Life Month

(March 27, 2008) – When eight-year-old Savannah Martin had surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital, she was comforted by a blanket that a Child Life Specialist handed her.  She was so inspired by the effect of the simple gesture that she vowed to her mother that she would make blankets to donate for other children. Read more.

SLTWH Nurse Margaret Reiter Chosen as Fellow in Prestigious Management Program for Nurse Executives

(March 10, 2008) – Margaret ‘Peg’ Reiter, PhD, RN, assistant vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer, St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital, has been accepted to the 2008 Johnson & Johnson – Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nursing Executives. Read more.

St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospitalperforms da Vinci^® surgery

(February 22, 2008) – St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital has recently marked its first surgery using the da Vinci^® Surgical System. Read more.

St. Luke’s dedicates a Bible in the foundation of the new patient tower

(November 28, 2007) – A special ceremony was recently held to dedicate a Bible within the foundation of the new patient tower construction site at St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital. Read more.

St. Luke’s offers innovative flexibility and re-entry training for careers in nursing

(November 26, 2007) – Having been out of nursing for over ten years, the thought of re-entering the field was daunting for Mettie Hesse.  “For the last decade, I worked with a church’s children’s program, but I found I missed nursing and wanted to get back in,” explained Hesse, “but it was intimidating and I was not confident about where or how to start.” Read more.

St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital Performs 100th Open Heart Surgery

(November 21, 2007) –St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital recently reached a major milestone as the 100th open heart surgery was performed. Read more.

(November 14, 2007) – New technology allows mothers to bond with their newborn virtually in cases when the baby is transferred to Texas Children’s Hospital for advanced neonatal treatment. Read more.

St. Luke’s opens Community Emergency Center in The Woodlands’ Indian Springs Shopping Center

(October 31, 2007) – St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital recently opened its new Community Emergency Center in The Woodlands. Read more.

St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital Hospital CEO Debra Sukin named to “Up and Comers List” by Modern Healthcare

(September 24, 2007) – Debra Sukin, Chief Executive Officer of  St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital, is listed as one of the nation’s “Up and Comers in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine. Read more.

(September 24, 2007) – St. Luke's Episcopal Health System and Texas Children’s Hospital today announced the completion of a joint purchase of 22 acres of land in The Woodlands. Read more.

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