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Wednesday, August 03, 2011 Houston (August 3, 2011) - Park Plaza Hospital, part of the Tenet Texas health care network, has announced the appointment of John Tressa as the new chief executive officer of the facility. Tressa will oversee all administrative and executive activ...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
HOUSTON (July 21, 2011) – Park Plaza Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in ultrasound as the result of an extensive review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Ultrasound imaging, also known as sonography uses hig...
Monday, July 11, 2011 Park Plaza Hospital Offers New ER Service Powered by InQuickER
HOUSTON – Tired of spending hours in a stuffy, overcrowded ER waiting room? Park Plaza Hospital has a solution with InQuickER. This is an emergency room service that facilitates patie...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 HOUSTON (April 26, 2011) – Park Plaza Hospital, part of the Tenet Texas health care network, today announced the appointment of John Tressa as the new chief executive officer of the facility. Tressa will oversee all administrative and executive acti...
Monday, March 28, 2011 HOUSTON (March 28, 2011) – Park Plaza Hospital today launched a mobile application to further connect the hospital to community members and increase access to health-related information. The mobile application, powered by WorldLink, is available as ...
Monday, January 03, 2011
HOUSTON – (January 2011) – Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center, part of the Tenet Texas Healthcare network, is pleased to announce the appointment of three new physicians, Dr. Emmanuel Agoh, Dr. Jose Aguirre and Dr. Saul Torres Jr., to its fami...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
HOUSTON – (November 2010) – Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center, part of the Tenet Texas Healthcare network, has announced the appointment of three new physicians to its cardiology, orthopaedic and OB/GYN practices. Interventional cardiologist...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 When a patient presents with persistent knee pain, mechanical symptoms, decreased motion, instability, deformity, or swelling, a visit to an orthopedic surgeon is recommended. The surgeon’s first priority is to establish a diagnosis. Knee problems c...
Monday, October 15, 2007 Fall has arrived and so has flu season. The flu, characterized by fever, chills, a dry cough, muscle aches and extreme fatigue, kills approximately 36,000 people in the United States annually. "The best protection against the flu is to ge...
Monday, October 01, 2007 HOUSTON – (Oct. 1, 2007) – Bariatric surgeons at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center are offering a new procedure that helps gastric bypass patients lose unwanted pounds they have regained ...
Saturday, September 01, 2007 Physicians and staff of Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center celebrated the grand opening of The Bone & Joint Pavilion on Aug. 16 with a champagne toast and reception. The newly dedicated orthopedic unit, specifically designed for the c...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Houston – January 18, 2006 – Tenet’s Texas-Gulf Coast Region announced today that Phillip Sowa was named Chief Executive Officer for Park Plaza Hospital in Houston, effective immediately. Sowa was previously the Chief Executive Officer at Meadowcre...
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 The Park Plaza Orthopedic Treatment Center is helping treat orthopedic pain for a more enjoyable way of life. Now open and located on the 5th floor of the North Tower across from the Park Plaza Rehabilitation Unit, the Park Plaza Orthopedic Treatme...
Thursday, December 08, 2005 Park Plaza Hospital plans to open its new Orthopedic Unit, mid December 2005. The unit will be located on the 5th floor of the North Tower across from the Park Plaza Rehabilitation Unit. The newly refurbished and redecorated unit features all priv...
Thursday, September 01, 2005 HOUSTON, TX - Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center recently announced that The Sleep Center at Park Plaza received Center Accreditation Status from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Opened in June 2002, under the direction of Dr. Robert Fay...
Friday, June 03, 2005 HOUSTON - Park Plaza Hospital recently announced the addition of the Dilon 6800 Gamma Camera offering the diagnostic capability for Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI), effective, June 3, 2005. This technique can be an effective tool in the early...
Saturday, May 01, 2004 Plaza Hospital in Houston, Texas, led by Chief Executive Officer Lex Guinn and his administrative team, has been selected to the company’s 2004 Circle of Excellence. Tenet’s annual Circle of Excellence award recognizes the winning hospitals’ accomp...
Thursday, March 25, 2004 National, Five-Year Study Names Park Plaza Hospital Houston’s Only 100 Top Most Improved Hospital™ HOUSTON- Park Plaza Hospital is the only Texas hospital named one of the nation’s 100 Top Most Improved Hospitals™, according to the recently rele...
Thursday, February 05, 2004 Park Plaza Addresses Myths During Cervical Cancer Awareness Month When it comes to cervical cancer there is both good news and bad news. We’ll start with the bad news. In 2003, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that there will be abo...
Wednesday, January 28, 2004 You’re in a new town. The faces aren’t familiar and neither are the streets. You can’t even find the grocery store let alone a new doctor. Finding a place to buy milk is probably a lot easier than finding a new doctor, but with a little research y...
Friday, January 23, 2004 Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are among the nation’s leading killers for both men and women. More than 61 million Americans have some form of CVD and more than 2,600 Americans die each day of CVD. That’s an average of one death every 33 seconds. On...
Friday, January 23, 2004 Race and Heart Disease: An Equal Opportunity Killer Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of more than 40% of Americans who die each year. These include diseases of the heart, stroke, high b...
Thursday, January 08, 2004 Every 45 seconds, someone in American has a stroke. About 700,000 Americans will have a stroke this year. In fact, stroke is our nation’s number 3 killer and a leading cause of severe, long-term disability. Despite the enormous strides made in stro...
HOUSTON (February 2010) - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has designated Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. Blue Distinctio...
HOUSTON – Park Plaza Hospital & Medical Center recently performed the first trans-umbilical laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure in Houston.
Dr. Sherman Yu, medical director for the hospital's bariatric program was the lead surge...
Premium content from Houston Business Journal by Allison Wollam, ReporterDate: Friday, March 30, 2012, 5:00am CDTRelated: Health Care
John Tressa, CEO of Park Plaza Hospital: ‘From my perspective, this population is often overlooked.’
While many h...
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Thursday, May 30, 2002 In 1975, women were admitted to the Coast GuardAcademy for the first time, Arthur Ashe became Wimbledon’s first black men’s singles champion and Park Plaza Hospital opened its doors to the community. It all started in 1972, when six physicians at H...
Thursday, May 30, 2002 Park Plaza Hospital has been providing advanced cancer care to the community since the hospital was founded 25 years ago. The cancer program at Park Plaza is approved by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. “We have a highly quali...
The Federal Government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rates thousands of the nation’s hospitals, gauging the quality of care on dozens of measures.
How does Park Plaza Hospital stack up?
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There’s simply no denying the dangers of smoking. There is a long list of diseases linked to smoking that include heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer and emphysema. For that reason, Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center, including...
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