It is the only El Paso hospital ever to earn this recognition and only one of a handful of county hospitals across the nation to merit this honor. The 30-bed Emergency Medicine Department was remodeled in 1995. Improvements in progress for the 1999-2000 academic year include a newly installed MRI and a new angiography suite with cardiac catherization capabilities. To ensure that each resident gains an appreciation of the progression of certain specific conditions and treatments, the Family Medicine Department has a daily follow-up clinic for patients. Here residents and staff follow patients they have cared for and are able to see the results of their efforts.
Residents assume a progressively responsible role in patient treatment.
By the time residents reach their senior year, they are able to reinforce their acquired expertise as they help teach and supervise medical students and first-year residents. The Center was founded in 1921 and is the primary hospital serving active duty military personnel and their families in the E Paso area . Residency programs are offered in internal medicine, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, and transitional internship. The facility, through additions of space over the years, now boasts more that one million square feet of floor space for patient care and administrative offices. Approximately 1350 patients were seen on a daily basis in fiscal year 1997.