University Medical Center of El Paso announced today the unveiling and introduction of the most advanced Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) in the world, a specialized vehicle designed to provide rapid response to stroke victims throughout El Paso, during ceremonies at the El Paso County Coliseum.

UMC's unit is the first of its kind in the world - because it has the 16-slice OmniTom scanner. All other MSUs have an 8-slice CereTom or a Siemens scanner. The advanced system on the UMC unit allows physicians to see more images of the brain while producing them faster than previous systems.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Nurses Recognized By The Texas Nurses Foundation and Texas Nurses Association For ‘The Year Of The Nurse’
• El Paso County Hospital District Recognized For Quality Texas Foundation Achievement Award
• UMC Receives Scrub Donation From Scherr Legate Attorneys
• UMC Celebrated Hospital Week for 2021 – Hope And Healing

University Medical Center of El Paso and El Paso Children’s Hospital are urging parents to pre-register their children, ages 12-15, in anticipation of open vaccination with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Parents can go online 24/7 at www.UMCelpaso.org or call from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at (915) 975-8901 to secure their registration.

Parents can also bring their children to the El Paso County Coliseum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday, without an appointment, for walkup vaccination. Parents and children must have a valid form of identification when arriving for vaccination.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Celebrates the 41st Associate Honors Awards for 2020
• UMC 2020 Emerging Leadership Award and Impact Award
• UMC Recognizes High Honoree Associates
• Full List of Recognized UMC Associates

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Board of Managers Members Joy Martinez and Miguel Fernandez Depart After Six Years Of Service And Dedication
• UMC Foundation Receives Generous Donation From Local El Paso Albertsons To Support Hospital Patients, Programs
• CARES Ambassadors Graduate From Spring Class
• UMC Digestive Health Center Performs First Advanced Procedure Reducing Patients Reoccurring Visits
• UMC Provides First-Ever Post-COVID Rehab Program
• Estela Casas To Depart UMC From Role At Foundations

This Week's Headlines:

• CARES Place Atrium Opens For All Associates – In Honor Of Their Dedication And Compassion To Hospital’s Patients
• University Medical Center Associates Win Third Place Overall At National Case Competition
• UMC Announces 2021 Second Quarter STARS Award Winners
• Bank Of America Recognized With Plaques For Donations, Generosity to UMC and EPCH During COVID-19 Pandemic

This Week's Headlines:

• Moment Of Triumph – After 133 Days Patient Wins COVID Battle
• CEO Sends Message To All Staff: Wearing A Mask Continues
• March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month – Q & A Health Check With UMC’s Gastroenterologist Dr. Carmela Morales

This Week's Headlines:

• City & UMC Partner On COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Process
• UMC Records Fewest Seasonal Flu Cases In Years: Mask Wear?
• When It Comes To Healthcare Social Media, El Pasoans Turn To UMC

The City and County of El Paso are preparing to centralize the registration process for the COVID-19 vaccine.

“Through the Communities of Excellence Program, we have continued to strengthen our partnership with University Medical Center. We have conducted Lean Six Sigma training together and have been able to reduce wait times at our testing and vaccine sites because of it,” said City Manager Tommy Gonzalez. “Today’s announcement is yet another example of our collaboration. By working together, we are demonstrating to state and federal officials that we are ramping up our coordination and communication efforts as a community to be able to put more shots in arms quicker and more efficiently.”

“Data collection and understanding of how our vaccination process is unfolding have become exceedingly important to guide the direction and location of our community’s vaccination programs,” said Jacob Cintron, UMC President & CEO.“

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Continues Vaccinating El Pasoans – A Timeline Review
• UMC Celebrates February As American Heart Month

University Medical Center of El Paso announces today that, due to a delay in receiving its second dose of Moderna from the State of Texas, UMC will be making the following changes to next week's schedule:

• Only those individuals with an appointment for second dose Moderna between Feb. 14 and 18 will be rescheduled for an appointment at a later date. UMC is directly contacting those affected by this change. Once we have confirmation as to when the second dose of Moderna will arrive, we will be contacting each of those individuals to schedule their appointment.
  • NOTE: CDC guidelines currently allow for a second dose to be administered within six weeks after the initial dose.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC – A Hospital Leading The COVID-19 Vaccination In El Paso
• UMC Christmas Project Brings Joy To El Paso Families
• Remembering The Life OF Evangelina Fauntroy

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, and sometime during this day, 106 years ago, the hospital known today by the borderland as University Medical Center of El Paso, was born. Through the last century, UMC has healed many millions (yes, millions) of El Pasoans, and continues to provide an ever evolving and improving high standard of care.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Celebrates 2021 With The Hospital’s Newest Baby – Lucas
• UMC Associates Receive Early Christmas Surprise Of Treats
• Tips for Improving Your Mental and Physical Wellness In 2021

This Week's Headlines:

• ‘Light At The End Of The Tunnel’ UMC COVID-19 Vaccinations On
• UMC Partner El Paso Health Donates 2,500 Masks
• UMC Announces 2020 4th Quarter STARS Award Winners
• We Will Defeat COVID-19 Household By Household, Family By Family’ – By El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego

After numerous reports emerged on social media claiming one of the five nurses receiving a vaccination on Tuesday did not receive a full dose of vaccine, we want to remove any doubt raised that he was not fully vaccinated and further strengthen confidence in the vaccination process. The nurse in question today was vaccinated again (see attached picture taken today).

University Medical Center of El Paso anticipates the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday morning (tentatively 8:30 a.m.), bringing nurses, physicians and many others who are exposed daily to COVID-19 long-sought protection to continue caring for El Paso.

Of the more than 2,900 doses expected to arrive, UMC has asked its partners at El Paso Children’s Hospital, Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, the Medical Examiner’s Office, affiliated community physicians, and emergency medical technicians, to provide names of frontline healthcare staff to be vaccinated at UMC. These healthcare workers will be vaccinated throughout the next week at UMC.

University Medical Center of El Paso is making preparations for the vaccination of its frontline healthcare staff to take place after the anticipated receipt of more than 2,900 doses of a vaccine targeting the COVID-19 virus. Of the more than 2,900 doses expected to arrive, UMC has asked its partners at El Paso Children’s Hospital, Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, the Medical Examiner’s Office, affiliated community physicians, and emergency medical technicians, to provide names of frontline healthcare staff to be vaccinated at UMC.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Receives Certificate Of Recognition From TexasAIM
• What You Need To Know About COVID-19 Vaccines
• UMC Foundation Receives $152,000 For Respiratory Equipment

Extension of prior Catastrophe Notice

After a travel nurse, visiting UMC for 2.5 weeks, recently shared her perspective on social media, Texas Health and Human Services arrived at UMC unannounced, to investigate if the reports were accurate. In all areas of concern, the survey/inspection found all items unsubstantiated.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC President & CEO Jacob Cintron Sends Special Thanksgiving Message To All District Associates
• UMC Garners Recognition For Excellence In Surgical Care, Quality
• Veterans Of UMC Are Recognized On Veterans Day

University Medical Center of El Paso has garnered the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program’s recognition as a meritoriously performing hospital, one of only 88 in the nation to receive this recognition. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) announced recently (October 2020) that UMC is a meritoriously performing ACS NSQIP hospital. UMC is the largest public hospital on the US / Mexico border and is the only such hospital along the border to receive this recognition.

In the last 30 days the County of El Paso has been under a COVID-19 Siege. On 10-27-20 the positivity rate 7 day rolling average was at 17.25% and as of November 7,2020 it is 25.11%. This is a nearly 554% increase in positivity rate since September. All of our employees have been working under tremendous circumstances- please see world news reports.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Prepares El Paso With Drive-Through Flu Vaccinations
• EndoFLIP Technology For UMC's GI Department
• UMC CARES Ambassadors Graduate From Inagural Class
• UMC Recognized As AHA Member For 50 Years

University Medical Center of El Paso has EXTENDED its special "drivethrough" flu vaccination event, due to overwhelming demand for vaccinations. El Pasoans can be vaccinated from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9 at the El Paso County Coliseum for children and adults (ages 4 and up). El Pasoans can remain in their cars and safely vaccinated for this year’s flu season. Most insurance will cover the cost of each vaccination, however for anyone wanting self-pay or uninsured, the cost is only $10.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Acquires Border Pediatrics To Strengthen Pediatric Care Throughout Borderland Region
• UMC & Yamaha Team Up For Successful ATV Safety Course
• UMC Announces 2020 4th Quarter STARS Award Winners
• UMC Prepares El Paso With Drive-Through Flu Vaccinations
• Wildflower: The Miracle Story Of UMC Patient Jaclyn Pellicotte

October and breast cancer awareness are here again and University Medical Center of El Paso urges women to take a few minutes to schedule a wellness mammogram today by calling (915) 200-2662. Don't delay this simple and important annual exam. Mammograms are covered under most insurance plans. During October, for uninsured or self-pay patients, 3D screenings and readings are only $50.

University Medical Center of El Paso is conducting a special "drive through" flu vaccination event for all, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 6 and 7 at the El Paso County Coliseum for children and adults (ages 4 and up). El Pasoans can remain in their cars and safely vaccinated for this year’s flu season. Most insurance will cover the cost of each vaccination, however for anyone wanting self-pay or uninsured, the cost is only $10.

University Medical Center of El Paso has acquired both locations of Border Pediatrics, a longtime provider of high quality pediatric care in El Paso. Border Pediatrics will continue its care and remain located at 4500 N. Mesa in west El Paso, and 10211 Alameda in El Paso’s lower valley. This new UMC presence provides El Pasoans more options for enhanced pediatric care. Dr. Ruben R. Roncallo and his medical staff are now UMC Associates and will continue to see patients at both locations, now known as UMC Border Pediatrics.

University Medical Center of El Paso in conjunction with Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative and ATV Safety Institute, invites all youth riders (ages 12 - 15) to take the ATV RiderCourse, Saturday, Sept. 26, at San Felipe Park near Cattleman’s Steakhouse. FREE Helmet and Goggles to all participants!

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC, Bravo, UMC Foundation Bring New Monitor To UMC, For UMC Associates, News, Updates
• Texas Gov. Appoints Dr. Alan Tyroch to Trauma Advisory Council
• Steve DeGroat, Selected as UTEP Distinguished Alumni for 2020
• UMC Patients Share Gratitude of Care They Received

University Medical Center of El Paso, Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac and UMC Foundation jointly announce the unveiling of a large-screen video system, made possible through a $10,000 donation by Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac President, Raymond Palacios.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Reflects on a Year Since Aug. 3rd
• UMC, EPCH Open 'CARES Place'
• UMC Receives Stroke Quality Achievement Award
• Emergency Department Commits to 'Mission To Zero'

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC' Neurosurgery Team Ushers in Brain Tumor Board
• 2nd Quarter Daisy Award Winners
• CARES From the Heart to Emphasize Values, Performance
• ICU Staff Receives 'Thank You' From Friends of Patient
• 2019 Leadership Award Winners

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Hires New Chief Nursing Officer
• UMC Becomes Only Hospital in El Paso to Adopt Whole Blood
• 40th Annual Associate Service Awards 

University Medical Center of El Paso has a new “top nurse” today as it announces the hiring of Amyra (Amy) Daher asits new Chief Nursing Officer. Amy most recently was the Assistant Chief Nursing Officer to UMC’s Interim Chief Nursing Officer Roxanne Weisendanger, who will become the new Chief Nursing Officer at El Paso Children’s Hospital.

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Opens Antibody Testing to All Associates
• UMC's OR Team Participates in National Time-Out Day
• 'Pit Crew' Works Fast, Efficient to Ready 3rd Floor
• UMC West Clinic's Rehab Team Helps Violence Victims 

University Medical Center of El Paso is the recipient of 25,000 surgical masks, through Actor Matthew McConaughey and his wife, model Camila McConaughey, on behalf of Lincoln. The McConaugheys are on a road trip delivering more than 125,000 face masks to select hospitals across Texas. UMC’s masks arrived Monday, via United Parcel Service.

This Week's Headlines:

• Actor Matthew McConaughey, Wife Camila, Headline Donation of 25,000 Surgical Masks for UMC
• UMC Opens ‘Clean Cube’ for COVID-19 Screening; 1st in U.S.
• STARS Winners Still Shine Amongst Pandemic Limitations
• Weekly Wellness – Tips for Improving Your Mental and Physical Wellness

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Gets Second ‘A’ In Spring 2020 Hospital Safety Ratings
• UMC Opens New Outpatient Surgical Center, Ready For Care
• Nurses and Hospital Weeks 2020 Recognize Hard Work, Dedication
• UMC, EPCH And TTP El Paso Urge Recovered El Pasoans To Donate Convalescent Plasma To Fight COVID-19
• Access To Healthcare, Provider Connection Now A Phone Call Away

University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) and Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso (TTP El Paso) urge any individuals who have fully recovered from novel coronavirus (COVID 19) to donate convalescent plasma as a key weapon in the fight against the virus.

University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) is now among the safest hospitals in the nation, according to the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade system. UMC had previously been awarded an “A” in Spring 2019, becoming the only public hospital in Texas to achieve an “A” rating.

This Week's Headlines:

• In an effort to protect patients, physicians, staff and our community as novel corona virus (COVID-19) continues to spread within our community, University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso Children's Hospital, The Hospitals of Providence, and Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare have implemented a no-visitor policy in all hospitals, beginning immediately.

This Week's Headlines:

• County, UMC Welcome New Northeast Emergency Department
• UMC's HealthStart 2020 a Success, Breaks Record for Runners
• Coffee with the CEO Q&A
• January's Lunch and Learn
• Preceptors Recognition

This Week's Headlines:

• 4th Quarter DAISY Award Winners
• Dr. Alan Tyroch Speaks to Select Committee about Mass Violence Prevention
• 2019 Leadership Program Graduates
• Health Start 2020

The third annual health event to officially kick off a year of fitness and Better Health in the Borderland, takes place 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at UMC West, located at 6600 N. Desert Boulevard in west El Paso.

This Week's Headlines:

• Holiday Card from Jacob Cintron, President & CEO
• Ugly Sweater Contests Winners

This Week's Headlines:

• 4th Quarter STARS Award Winners
• Stars of Hope Delivered to UMC's First Responders
• Estela Casas to Lead UMC and EPCH's Foundation
• 2019 Innovation Award by El Paso Chamber of Commerce

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC's Fitness Center Makes a "Strong" Comeback
• V.I.Pink UMC Foundation Event
• Coffee with CEO Q & A
• Recognition of Departments
• Customer Service Celebration

Estela Casas, beloved news anchor for the border city of El Paso, joins University Medical Center and El Paso Children's hospital to come the Executive Director of the UMC and EPCH Foundation.

Women throughout El Paso are invited to the 2019 MammoGlam Event, Saturday, Oct. 19, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to get an advanced 3-D diagnostic mammogram. Self-pay or uninsured mammogram screenings will cost no more than $50. The event takes place at UMC West Clinic, located at 6600 N. Desert Blvd.

This Week's Headlines:

• Power of Pink Kickoff
• International Interpreters and Translators Day
• Messages of Support from Hopsital Nationwide
• UMC Director selected as "Friend of UTEP"

University Medical Center of El Paso will host El Paso’s official welcome of Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Power of Pink, an annual event to raise awareness of breast cancer and the importance of getting a mammogram.

This Week's Headlines:

• Summer 2019 Associate Picnic
• Third Quarter STAR Award Winners
• Third Quarter DAISY Award Winners

University Medical Center of El Paso and El Paso Children’s Hospital provided an update on the patients treated at each hospital as a result of the mass casualty shooting at an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 3.

UMC has received 13 patients related to today’s mass casualty shooting in El Paso. Patients are currently being treated by surgeons and specialists at UMC, joined by physicians and staff from Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso and El Paso Children’s Hospital.

This Week's Headlines:

• Top Golf: Associate Golf Event
• Dr. Mendoza-Ladd Selected For Forward Program, Recognized By El Paso Mayor

This Week's Headlines:

• UMC Recognized for Quality Stroke Care
• Communities of Excellence Recognition

University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

The City of El Paso, El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) and University Medical Center (UMC) of El Paso were presented with the inaugural Communities of Excellence Pioneer Level Recognition on Monday, June 24, at the 26th Annual Quality Texas Foundation Conference.

This Week's Headlines:

• Quarterly DAISY and STARS Award Winners
• Dennece Knight Retires from UMC Foundation

• UMC Earns Level 4 Maternal Designation 
• UTEP Honors UMC With Golden Impact Award

University Medical Center of El Paso is the recipient a Level IV designation for its maternal care, the highest possible rating from the Texas Department of State Health Services. UMC is now one of only three hospitals in Texas with the same level of certification. No other hospital in El Paso is as highly rated.

University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) is now among the safest hospitals in the nation, according to the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade system. This marks the first time that UMC achieved an “A” grade through the system.

• UMC Unveils New Mission, Vision Statements For El Paso
• CARES Leaders Meet To Focus On Improvement And Mission
• Associates Recognized: Michael Kennedy and Uziel Meza

• UMC Joins Statewide Program To Reduce Maternal Deaths
• Two UMC Women Show Their Resolve In Annual Mighty Mujer
• Welcome Sugey & LeTreshia To UMC's Fiscal & Resp. Care

Ray Davis, one of El Paso’s most experienced health information leaders, joins University Medical Center of El Paso today as its new Chief Information Officer, overseeing all IT and electronic information services and programs.

• For Some, It's Déjà vu; For East El Paso, It's A Celebration
• Ray Davis Joins UMC As Chief Information Officer
• Center for Diagnostic and Advanced Endoscopy Nurses Again Recognized

• New Era Of Care Underway In Northeast Community
• Three Times A DAISY Celebration Takes Place With Nurses Feb. 28
• Save the Date: Ground Breaking March 15

• UMC's Endoscopy Center Scores Another El Paso First
• Coffee With CEO Brings More Opportunities To Focus On Service
• Northeast Emergency Department Groundbreaking Set for March 1

In yet another milestone for University Medical Center of El Paso, an extraordinarily advanced, successful procedure has been accomplished on a patient suffering complications from stomach cancer. The procedure has only been accompolished twice in Texas: Houson and earlier this week at El Paso's UMC.

• Health Start 2019 A Huge Success For Fitness, UMC
• Former El Paso County Judge Ruben Vogt Joins UMC

• El Paso Health's Frank Dominguez To Head Statewide Association
• Raising Future RNs
• More Than 75 Years of UMC Experience Retire With Two Associates

• UMC Associate Garners National Interpreter Certification
• UTEP, UMC Partner To Support Students With Pharmacy Services
• UMC, El Paso Healthcare Community Step Up For Migrant Screening

University Medical Center recently announced that El Paso’s HealthStart 2019 will take place Feb. 2 at UMC West Clinic, Joins us for a 5k run, a 1-mile walk and dozens of health and fitness vendors from throughout El Paso. 

The University of Texas at El Paso and the University Medical Center of El Paso today announced a new partnership that will bring new and greater access to pharmacy services for thousands of UTEP students.

• New STARS Get The Spotlight During Celebration, Ceremony
• DAISY Winners Show Care For Patients, Bloom For The Quarter
• Wellness Challenge Winners Take Stage With New Hoodies!

Happy Thankgiving To Our UMC Family!

• UMC Garners National Recognition for Surgical Outcomes
• UMC Unveils Stroke Monitoring Unit, Again Raises Standard
• Annual Costume Contest Entertains, Thrills Oct. 31

University Medical Center of El Paso joins 83 other hospitals across the country recently recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) as having achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2017.

University Medical Center of El Paso’s West Texas Regional Poison Center will be the site of a major medication/pharmaceutical Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Poison Center located directly behind UMC.

• October's Breast Cancer Awareness Events A Success
• Customer Service Week An Annual Hallmark of Care

• October Brings Breast Cancer Awareness To UMC
• UMC's Laboratory Sees New Leadership: Roland Perea 
• Yesterday A Hotel and Arby's, Tomorrow A UMC Central Clinic

University Medical Center of El Paso offers women throughout El Paso the opportunity to get or register for a mammogram during UMC’s Community Mammothon from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the UMC West Clinic, on 6600 North Desert Boulevard (take Exit 8).

• New Year, New Opportunities Abound for FY19
• Medical Staff Leadership Sees New Faces
• A Wellness Check-In and Reminder About Continuing the Journey

• Insipration, Young Minds, Healthcare Bloom In Fabes
• Welcome To Two New Leaders On Our UMC Team
• Farewell To Our Friends, Associates As They Retire

• UMC Offers Community Only MedReturn Drop-Box
• El Paso's Only Certified Baby-Friendly Hospital Celebrates Third Year
• Not a 'Goodbye' but a 'See You Later!'

• UMC Clinics Celebrate 'First Year' With Community
• UMC People In The News
• Congratulations Go To UMC's Volunteers!
• New Quality Management Director: Alice Fennell Takes the Reigns

• Summer Picnic To Bring Families, Fun Together
• Coffee With CEO Gives Associates A Glimpse of What's Ahead
• Summer Health: The Ugly Truth About Indoor Tanning--Don't Do It

El Pasoans are invited to attend a special forum about the many risks and myths about breast cancer and many other gynecologic and oncology issues, at the UMC East Clinic, at 1521 Joe Battle, at 10 and 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23.

• 42 Years Later, David Matta Retires From UMC
• Omar Villa Is UMC's New Chief Legal Officer
• New Leaders Take Helm, Managing Clinics and Radiology

Omar Villa joins University Medical Center of El Paso May 21 as the El Paso County Hospital District's Chief Legal Officer.

University Medical Center of El Paso's West Texas Regional Poison Control has partnered with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to host a medication take-back event on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4325 Alberta.

Regional Healthcare Partnership (RHP) 15, which includes El Paso County and Hudspeth County, is having a Stakeholder Forum April 27 at 9 a.m. at the UMC East Clinic, and later that same day, at 2 p.m. at the UMC West Clinic.

A memorial fund has been set up by UMC Foundation for the family of Jonathan Benko.

University Medical Center of El Paso’s Board of Managers this week has elected Henry Gallardo as the new UMC Board of Managers Chair. The Board’s former Chair, Steve DeGroat, was elected Vice Chair by the Board, and Joy Martinez was elected Board Secretary.

• Hall of Fame: UMC's Sandra Gonzalez Is In!
• It's A Clean Sweep For UMC's Infection Control Team
• UMC's Trauma Department Trains Associates To Stop The Bleed

• Comprehensive Stroke Center Ushers In New Era Of Brain Care
• Associates' Questions Open Discussion At Coffee With The CEO
• New STARS Sparkle AT UMC After Recent Ceremony

The El Paso region and University Medical Center of El Paso made history March 9 with the announcement of Comprehensive Stroke Certification from The Joint Commission. Never before has a hospital in El Paso held Comprehensive Stroke Certification.

• Three New DAISY Award Winners Announced
• Two Familiar Faces Prepare To Depart UMC After Decades
• Notes Of Appreciation Echo In Quality, Service to Patients

• UMC Opens New Women & Teen Center
• UMC Welcomes Craig Alpard To Grow Outpatient Services
• It's February: Do you know your risks for Heart Disease?

• Health Start 2018 Starts Year Right
• Flu & Cold Season Still Here For A Few Weeks

• Dr. Carmela Morales Joins UMC Endoscopy
• UMC's Debbie Chasco Takes Reigns At SHEA
• Associates Meet With Jacob, Have Meaningful Discussion