Healthgrades released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for outpatient joint replacements, including seven in Texas.
The rankings recognize hospitals that deliver superior patient outcomes in outpatient knee and hip replacements.
Read more on the publication's ranking methodology here.
Here are the leaders of the Texas hospitals and health systems that were included in the rankings:
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Hillcrest (Waco)
- Chris Lancaster, president
- Umad Ahmad, MD, chief medical officer
- Lajuana Jones, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer
- Brad Crye, COO
- Matt Rohrer, vice president of clinic operations
Citizens Medical Center (Victoria)
- Mike Olson, CEO
- Duane Woods, CFO
- Daniel Cano, MD, chief medical officer
- Cherie Brzozowski, COO
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
- John Corbeil, CEO
- Ahmad Maarouf, MD, chief medical officer
- Joel North, COO
- Virgil Winslow, CFO
- Darren DeSimone, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
- Marc Boom, MD, president and CEO of Houston Methodist
- Michael Garcia, CEO of Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
- Marc Boom, MD, president and CEO of Houston Methodist
- David Bernard, CEO of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital (Houston)
- David Callender, MD, president and CEO of Memorial Hermann
- Erin Asprec, executive vice president, chief operating officer of Memorial Hermann
- Alec King, executive vice president, chief financial officer of Memorial Hermann
- Jamie McCarthy, MD, executive vice president, chief physician executive of Memorial Hermann
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
- Fraser Hay, president
- Laura Massey, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer
- Stephen Hadzima, MD, chief quality and medical officer