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September 2 2017
In A Houston Emergency Room, It Was A Week Like No Other
St. Joseph Medical Center is downtown Houston's only hospital, located just down the street from the convention center where thousands of evacuees have been staying since Harvey hit. As of Friday, some doctors and nurses have been on the clock for almost a full week. NPR (National Public Radio) Rachel Osier Lindley/KERA...
More Harvey evacuees are heading to North Texas. Nearly 2,000 people were staying in Dallas shelters as of Friday afternoon. Most of them are at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown. Many of the newest evacuees are coming from Beaumont. Other Harvey evacuees are staying in Fort Worth and Irving. KERA News Gus Conteras...
August 31 2017
Some hospitals hang on as others close amid Harvey's floods
One of the hospitals that has become self-contained is St. Joseph's Medical Center in downtown Houston, which has remained open for the duration of the storm. CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/30/health/harvey-houston-hospitals/index.html) By Jen Christensen...
August 31 2017
Stryker’s 2017 Annual Review
Stryker’s 2017 Annual Review As Hurricane Harvey barreled toward Houston, St. Joseph Medical Center prepared for the worst. The staff’s stamina would be severely tested over the next five days, as historic amounts of rain pummeled the area, sending scores of desperate people to the hospital....
July 22 2017
What Men Need to Know About Low T
by John Bertini Jr., M.D., FACS Testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS), now commonly referred to as low testosterone or "low T," is a condition seen in aging men. Current estimates are that six to 12 percent of men 40 years and older experience adverse effects due to testosterone deficiency—and many of them go undiagnosed. There are several symptoms characterized by low testosterone including fa...
Dr. William Sherman wasn’t due back at St. Joseph’s Hospital until 6 a.m., then still more than 12 hours away. The surgeon had worked a shift from 6 a.m. Friday until 9 or 10 o’clock Saturday morning, then slept until about 4 p.m. Houston Chronicle...
HOUSTON (June 16, 2017) – St. Joseph Medical Center welcomes Heidi Wolf, MSNA, BA, RN, as Chief Nursing Officer. Wolf joins the hospital from The Medical Center of Southeast Texas where she served as its Chief Nursing Officer since 2007 and was instrumental in establishing and maintaining hospital operations during Hurricane Ike, which directly hit the Port Arthur area. Wolf began her nursing car...
May 26 2017
Understanding Prostate Health
by Robert J. Cornell, M.D. One in six men will develop prostate cancer Fifty percent of men over the age of 50 suffer from an enlarged prostate called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH. The prostate continues to grow throughout a man’s lifetime and studies show that by the age of 85, most men will have BPH. Only about 30 percent of them will find the symptoms bothersome. While it cannot be prev...
HOUSTON -- Niki Carayannopoulos, D.O., a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has joined the staff of St. Joseph Medical Center and practices at Houston Institute for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics. Orthopedic surgery involves treating the musculoskeletal system, which includes degenerative conditions, trauma, sports injury, tumors and congenital issues. She is a specialist in ...
Each year more than 300,000 seniors are hospitalized for hip fractures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Women experience 75 percent of these fractures and many of them have osteoporosis, a disease that weakens bones so they are more likely to break. Learn more about this serious injury at a free breakfast seminar titled “Don’t Let Your Hip Slip: A Discussion on the Pr...
Join members of the Senior Advantage Program at St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights on Wednesday, April 12, from 2-3:30 p.m. for Bingo and light refreshments. The fun takes place in the basement-level cafeteria of the hospital at 1917 Ashland Street. Seating is limited and reservations can be made by calling 713-969-5376 by April 10. Held the second Wednesday of each month, senior Bingo is f...
Dr. Jon-Cecil Walkes presents “Tune Up Your Heart: Maintaining the Engine of Life” HOUSTON (Feb. 3, 2016) – The Women of Wellness (WOW) Program of St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) will celebrate the American Heart Association’s Heart Health Month with a health fair, partner expo and luncheon on Friday, Feb. 17. WOW is a health and social program to empower women as healthcare consumers by providin...
February 8 2017
Heart Health Tips at Free Senior Breakfast 2/22
February is American Heart Month and a great time to review ways to maintain a healthy heart, especially for seniors. Join Geriatrician Suleman Lalani, M.D., C.M.D. as he discusses “Matters of the Heart.” This free breakfast seminar is Wed., Feb. 22 from 8-9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights. The event is part of the Senior Advantage Program and will be held in the basement-leve...
The Women of Wellness (WOW) Program at St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) will celebrate the American Heart Association’s Heart Health Month with a health fair, partner expo and luncheon on Friday, Feb. 17. WOW is a health and social program to empower women as healthcare consumers by providing educational information and hosting fun, inspiring events that celebrate women’s roles in their own welln...
January 3 2017
St. Joseph Medical Center Welcomes First Baby of 2017
The Perez family welcomed a baby boy as the first infant born in 2017 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston’s first hospital. Ulises Perez Jr. made his appearance at 2:19 a.m. weighing in at eight pounds, four ounces after 28 hours of labor. This is the second child for parents Ulises and Jacqueline Perez who said the baby’s sister Avaya is pretty excited about her baby brother, but she will have ...
December 12 2016
Heart Health: What You Need to Know About Coronary Artery Disease
by Jon-Cecil Walkes, M.D. The American Heart Association estimates that more than 16 million Americans suffer from coronary artery disease. It is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S. Coronary artery disease (CAD), or coronary heart disease, is a common term for the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that could lead to heart attack. These fatty deposits may develop in ch...
St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) will host a Workplace Wellness Luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 15, for employers interested in starting or enhancing their organization’s wellness program. Human resources, health, wellness and safety professionals should attend this free event to network, gain wellness resources and learn how SJMC can partner with their organization in the coming year. The U.S. Chambe...
October 14 2016
Don’t Delay: Begin Annual Mammograms at Age 40
By Daisha Hayden, M.D. It is a fact that breast cancer incidence increases substantially around age 40 and the incidence rate for ages 40-44 is twice that for ages 35-39. One in six breast cancers occur in women ages 40-49. The message is simple: since regular mammography screening began in the U.S. in the 1980s, the breast cancer death rate has plummeted 35 percent. Yet with so much contradicting...
Five leading physicians specializing in women’s breast health will participate in a panel discussion on the latest information about prevention of and therapies for breast cancer at the Women of Wellness (WOW) “Pink Power” Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 7, hosted by St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC.) WOW is a health and social program to empower women as healthcare consumers by providing educational inf...
St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) announced that it is live in Greater Houston Healthconnect’s (Healthconnect) regional health information exchange, which enables physicians at SJMC’s two hospital campuses, downtown and in the Heights, to access prior medical records for their patients from other participating organizations in the exchange. SJMC’s membership in the health information exchange unde...
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