Medical Care With one of the nation’s leading heart transplant teams, one of the country’s most complete medical research centers and one of the medical profession’s most respected eye institutes, area residents’ access to health care is among the best.
The Children’s Hospital with Oklahoma’s highest level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), comprehensive cancer care including a Gamma Knife Center for treating brain tumors that can’t be treated by conventional methods, a Bone Marrow Transplant Center and Oklahoma’s largest Radiation Therapy Center, OU’s Stephenson
Cancer Center. Other exceptional services include Oklahoma’s only Level One Trauma Center and three new Medi Flight air ambulances, including
Oklahoma City is also home to one of the first proton therapy centers in America. These facilities are on the cutting edge of battling cancer. Oklahoma City residents can find quality health care at 35 hospitals, with most providing specialty services in areas
one dedicated to babies. Additional
special services include high-risk and alternative pregnancy care in the Women’s & Newborn
such as: oncology and hematology; orthopedics; burn
Pavilion, and a full range of heart care
services including an internationally renowned electrophysiology laboratory for treating heart arrhythmias. SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Opened in 1898 by two sisters from the order of the Sisters of St. Francis, St. Anthony was Oklahoma City’s first hospital. Located in Midtown, St. Anthony has a long- standing and ongoing commitment to excellence and quality. As the recipient of two very prestigious awards, St. Anthony’s excellence in quality shines. In 1998 and again in 2004, St. Anthony was awarded the Oklahoma Quality Award. In 2002, SSM Health St. Anthony was honored as the first health care system in the nation to receive the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige Award. INTEGRIS Health INTEGRIS Health is the state’s largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation and one of the state’s largest private employers, with hospitals, rehabilitation centers,
treatment; hearing and vision care; neonatal care; infertility; spinal disorder care; sports medicine; and after-
The INTEGRIS Health campus is off Northwest Expressway.
hours urgent care. The state’s only Level 1 Trauma Center with MediFlight service is based in Oklahoma City, the perfect location for regional service. And the Oklahoma City area’s thriving biosciences industry adds to the quality of health care, with organizations and businesses dedicated to the discovery, development and distribution of advanced technology to improve treatments and health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, OU Medical Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation worked on tests and are continuing to develop a vaccine. OU Medical Center OU Medical Center, including The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center, is Oklahoma’s largest and most comprehensive hospital. It is located in the heart of Oklahoma City, just minutes from Bricktown and the State Capitol. The hospital’s distinctive services include
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