New arrivals to San Antonio can find some of the best health care in the world at their fingertips. This international and historic city is home to the finest diagnoses and treatments for the complete spectrum of human disease and frailty. For example, San Antonio can boast of:
- An original jumping off point coordinated by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Health Science Center, studying thousands of women ages 50 to 79 to help reduce coronary heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer and bone fractures among postmenopausal women;
- Two of the largest men’s health/prostate studies in the world led by Dr. Ian Thompson;
- The research team that invented the first stent to hold open clogged arteries, now used in millions of patients;
- Two of the largest children’s hospitals dedicated to saving lives: CHRISTUS Santa Rosa’s Children’s Hospital and Methodist Children’s Hospital.
- The two largest military hospitals in the world – Brooke Army Medical Center at Ft. Sam Houston and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland
- The largest liver transplant program in Texas, conducted by surgeons at University Hospital and the UT Health Science Center;
- Children’s Cancer Research Center in the South Texas Medical Center;
- The first use of radioactive seed implants to treat breast cancer in the nation performed at Methodist Hospital;
- The Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging team, a part of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, brings together research for longevity and aging studies;
- Innovative orthopedic joint replacement program at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center.
San Antonio has an ample “supply” of physicians, dentists and allied health personnel thanks to military and civilian patient care and health education programs at colleges and universities throughout the city, hospital based certificate programs and others; and the schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, graduate biomedical sciences, and allied health under the umbrella of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
In the private healthcare setting, the Texas Transplant Institute, located at the Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital is the largest kidney transplant service in Texas. The first Medicare approved heart transplants were also performed in this nationally respected institution.
Major Facilities
The health care and biomedical industry in San Antonio employs many, many thousands of people. The sprawling South Texas Medical Center in northwest San Antonio includes the publicly funded University Hospital and its Level One Trauma Center and branches of the city’s three major hospitals, Methodist Healthcare, Baptist Health System and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care. Also in the Medical Center are the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, the Cancer Therapy and Research Center, San Antonio Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital, Clarity Child Guidance Center, and many other clinics, offices and agencies.
Nursing care facilities and home health services are plentiful and many include state-of-the-art care for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
The Military Presence
The South Texas Veterans Health Care System offers full service inpatient care at the Audie L. Murphy Hospital and outpatient care in numerous programs;
BAMC (Brooke Army) at Ft. Sam Houston is probably best known for its burn unit;
Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base – Lackland Air Force Base.
Finding Your Doctor or Dentist
There is no need to travel away from San Antonio for the latest health care of any kind. From gene therapy to correct genetic deficiencies, state-of-the-art prosthetic limbs with fingers that can move on thought command to organ transplantation, studies re-growing replacement teeth, arteries and other body parts, San Antonio is at the forefront of the human health care “industry.”
San Antonio Metro Area Hospitals for Immediate Care
| Baptist Health System – (866) 309-2873 | ||
| Baptist Medical Center | 111 Dallas St., San Antonio, TX 78205 | 210-297-7000 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Converse | 6491 Woodlake Pkwy., San Antonio, TX 78244 | 210-622-8220 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Hausman | 8320 N. 1604 N., San Antonio, TX 78249 | 210-800-2040 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Kelly | 806 Cupples Rd., San Antonio, TX 78249 | 210-572-8415 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Overlook | 25615 US-281, San Antonio, TX 78258 | 210-572-2911 |
| Baptist neighborhood Hospital – Rigsby | 2111 SE Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78220 | 210-390-8240 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Schertz | 16977 I-35, Schertz, TX 78154 | 210-572-8400 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Shavano Park | 4103 North Loop 1604 W., San Antonio, TX 78249 | 210-572-8415 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Thousand Oaks | 16088 San Pedro Ave., San Antonio, TX 78232 | 210-402-4092 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Westover Hills | 10811 Town Center Dr., San Antonio, TX 78251 | 210-572-0911 |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital – Zarzamora | 7719 IH 35 S, San Antonio, TX 78224 | 210-572-2955 |
| North Central Baptist Hospital | 520 Madison Oak Dr., San Antonio, TX 78258 | 210-297-4000 |
| Northeast Baptist Hospital | 8811 Village Dr, San Antonio, TX 78217 | 210-297-2000 |
| Resolute Baptist Hospital | 555 Creekside Crossing, New Braunfels, TX 78130 | 210-297-5000 |
| St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital | 7930 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229 | 210-297-5000 |
| Westover Hills Baptist Hospital | 3011 W Loop 1604 N., San Antonio, TX 78251 | 726-266-8100 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Health Care – (469} 282-2000 | ||
| Christus Children’s Hospital | 333 N Santa Rosa St, San Antonio, TX 78207 | 210-704-2011 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Emergency Center – Alon | 11503 NW Military Hwy., San Antonio, TX 78230 | 210-853-1500 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Emergency Center Creekside | 244 Creekside Crossing, New Braunfels, TX 78130 | 830-608-5600 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Hospital – Alamo Heights | 403 Treeline Park, San Antonio, TX 78209 | 210-294-8000 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Hospital – New Braunfels | 600 N Union Ave, New Braunfels, TX 78130 | 830-606-9111 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills | 11212 Hwy 151, San Antonio, TX 78251 | 210-703-8000 |
| Methodist Healthcare – (214) 947-8181 | ||
| Methodist Hospital | 7700 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229 | 210-575-4000 |
| Methodist Hospital Landmark | 5510 Presidio Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78249 | 210-583-7200 |
| Methodist Hospital Metropolitan | 1310 McCullough Ave., San Antonio, TX 78212 | 210-757-2200 |
| Methodist Hospital Northeast | 12412 Judson Rd., Live Oak, TX 78233 | 210-757-7000 |
| Methodist Hospital Specialty &Transplant | 8026 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229 | 210-575-8110 |
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak | 1139 E Sonterra Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78258 | 210-638-2000 |
| Methodist Hospital Texsan | 6700 W. IH 10, San Antonio, TX 78201 | 210-736-6700 |
| Methodist Hospital Westover Hills | 5106 W Loop 1604 N, San Antonio, TX 78251 | 210-243-2000 |
| Mission Trail Baptist Hospital | 3333 Research Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78235 | 210-297-3000 |
| Other Area Hospitals | ||
| Guadalupe Regional Medical Center (GRMC) | 1215 E Court St, Seguin, TX 78155 | 830-379-2411 |
| University Hospital | 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229 | 210-358-4000 |
| Federal & State Hospitals | ||
| Audie L Murphy Veterans’ Hospital | 7400 Merton Minter, San Antonio, TX 78229 | 210-617-5300 |
| Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) | 3551 Roger Brooke Dr, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234 | 210-916-7500 |
| Wilford Hall Medical Center | 1100 Wilford Hall Loop, Lackland Air Force Base, TX 7823 | 210-292-4277 |
