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he Methodist Hospital ranked among the country’s top hospitals in 11 specialties in U.S.News & World Report’s 2011 “Best Hospitals” issue, ranking in more specialties than any other hospital in Texas.
The hospital also ranked No. 1 in the Houston area in the magazine’s “Best Metro Area Hospitals” list. San Jacinto Methodist Hospital ranked No. 9 and Methodist Willowbrook Hospital ranked No. 17 in the Houston metropolitan area. Q
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ethodist Sugar Land Hospital receives The Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Certification. The certification recognizes Methodist Sugar Land’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations. This achievement is the best indicator to the community that the quality of care provided by a hospital is effectively managed to meet the unique and specialized needs of stroke patients with the best possible outcomes. Q
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an Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cancer Center earns Commission on Cancer Accreditation. This re-accreditation by The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer reflects San Jacinto Methodist’s high level of compliance with the standards that represent the full scope of a cancer program. Q
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$R %UGENE # ,AI joined the Methodist Neurological Institute as the Robert W. Hervey Distinguished Endowed Chair for Parkinson’s Disease Research and Treatment. (E IS ALSO A PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF THE .EURODEGENERATIVE $ISEASE #LINIC ,AI IS A CLINICIAN SCIENTIST WHO HAS SPECIAL INTERESTS IN THE CAUSES AND TREATMENTS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES SUCH AS 0ARKINSON S DISEASE !LZHEIMER S DISEASE AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS AND OTHER RELATED DISORDERS Q
$R 2OBERT ' 'ROSSMAN, chairman of neurosurgery and co-director of the Methodist Neurological Institute, received the Rick Hansen Difference Maker Award for his outstanding contributions in the field of spinal cord injury (SCI) research. 'ROSSMAN IS KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO ADVANCING THE TREATMENT OF HEAD AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES 0ARKINSON S DISEASE DYSTONIA AND EPILEPSY (E IS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR THE #HRISTOPHER $ANA 2EEVE &OUNDATION S .ORTH !MERICAN #LINICAL 4RIALS .ETWORK A NETWORK OF HOSPITALS IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND #ANADA FOCUSED ON TRANSLATING 3#) research into treatments for patients Q
