Memorial Hermann to Expand Into Cypress Area

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Jun 12, 2014, 07:00 ET

HOUSTON, June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Memorial Hermann Health System today announced the purchase of a 32-acre site for development of a hospital campus. The site is located on the northeast side of US Highway 290, south of Mason Road, northwest of Mueschke Road, and southeast of the Grand Parkway.

"We intend to develop a medical center with substantial inpatient and outpatient capabilities needed by the rapidly growing Cypress area communities," said Dan Wolterman, Memorial Hermann president and CEO. "This will allow us to provide the superior care that the greater Houston community has come to expect from Memorial Hermann – a major medical facility with the size and scope of services that are consistent with our market leader position in the community."

The site is the last significant piece of developable frontage land, not already subdivided by a developer, along US Highway 290 and inside the future Grand Parkway. The site currently has convenient access, which will be further improved with the upcoming widening/construction of US Highway 290.

With 12 hospitals spanning the greater Houston area, Memorial Hermann provides exceptional care in pediatrics, heart, neuroscience, orthopedics, women's health, specialty surgery, and organ transplantation. The system's flagship hospital, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, is home to one of only two certified Level I trauma centers in the greater Houston area, providing 24-hour emergency and trauma care to more than 40,000 patients a year. In addition, Memorial Hermann Life Flight® air ambulance service operates a fleet of six helicopters, providing emergency rescue and air transport services to a multi-county area.

About Memorial Hermann
An integrated health system, Memorial Hermann is known for world-class clinical expertise, patient-centered care, leading edge technology, and innovation. The system, with its exceptional medical staff and more than 20,000 employees, serves to advance health in Southeast Texas and the Greater Houston community. Memorial Hermann's 12 hospitals include three hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, including the Texas Trauma Institute – a level I trauma center which houses the Life Flight® air ambulance – a hospital for children and a rehabilitation hospital, eight suburban hospitals, and a second rehabilitation hospital in Katy. The system also operates three Heart & Vascular Institutes, the Mischer Neuroscience Institute, three Ironman Sports Medicine Institute locations, cancer centers, imaging and surgery centers, sports medicine and rehabilitation centers, outpatient laboratories, a chemical dependency treatment center, a home health agency, a retirement community and a nursing home. As an Accountable Care Organization, the system also offers employers health solutions and health benefit plans through Memorial Hermann Health Insurance Company.