The Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital: conversations with the editor

Mark T. Parris, Michael L. Taylor, Kevin R. Wheelan, MD, Gregory J. Pearl, MD, and William C. Roberts, MD

From Baylor University Medical Center (Parris) and the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital (Thomas, Wheelan, Pearl, Roberts), Dallas, Texas.

Corresponding author: William C. Roberts, MD, Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75246.

The Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital opens in April 2002 to help meet the increasing cardiovascular prevention and treatment needs of patients in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. This specialty hospital on the Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) campus will offer cardiology and vascular procedures, treatment, and care through inpatient and outpatient services in a centralized location. For more information on the hospital, Dr. Roberts interviewed Tim Parris, president of BUMC; Michael Taylor, president of the Heart and Vascular Hospital; Kevin Wheelan, MD, cochief of cardiology at BUMC; and Gregory Pearl, MD, chief of vascular surgery at BUMC. The interviews cover topics such as how this facility model compares with that of MedCath; the hospital-physician partnership and the advantages of such a partnership; the procedures that can be done in the hospital; and the relation of this hospital to BUMC. (BUMC Proceedings 2002;15:185-194)