ACCOLADES

The 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.

Methodist 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.

San 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. joined the Methodist Neurological Institute as the Robert W. Hervey Distinguished Endowed Chair for Parkinson’s Disease Research and Treatment.

, 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.

research into treatments for patients

, neurosurgeon at the Methodist Neurological Institute, was the first physician to implant a next-generation device for deep brain stimulation therapy.

, physician and former NASA astronaut, has been named chief medical officer and chief technology officer of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute.

the powerhouse husband/wife team of cancer geneticists, have been named to key roles at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute.

The Methodist Cancer Center recently opened a triple negative breast cancer clinic, the first of its kind in the nation. The clinic provides patients with access to services including genetic counseling, psychosocial support, nutritional counseling, lymphedema management and even massage therapy. Usually breast cancer is diagnosed based on three common receptors known to help the cancer develop. The cells in triple negative breast cancer do not express any of these receptors, making them generally unresponsive to standard treatments.