Department of Medicine

Scott & White's Department of Medicine continues to expand its services throughout Central Texas and continue to attract and develop unique physicians and services.

The Department is guided by one concept shared by all its members: to do the right thing for the right reason at the right time.

We feel strongly that our job is to focus on patient care, educate patients and caregivers and to develop new knowledge through research.

We are committed to the multi-specialty group practice model since it allows us to focus our resources on the needs of the patient and to do so quickly and efficiently.

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Department Highlights

• Division of General Internal Medicine main goal is the coordination of health care for adults. Members of the Division are predominantly responsible for the educational mission of the Department, including the residency program and medical student rotations.
• Allergy, Asthma and Immunology is one of the four centers in Texas – and the only center in central Texas – equipped to measure exhaled nitric oxide. This non-invasive breathing test is fast emerging as the most sensitive measure and predictor of asthma control.
• Infectious Disease provides care to a large number of patients with infections ranging from HIV to meningitis to malaria. The Division provides physician direction and supervision to the Home IV antibiotic program, the Infection Control program (for hospital-acquired infections) and antibiotic review in conjunction with Pharmacy (a cost-containment activity).
• Hematology-Oncology has brought cutting edge research in cancer treatment, drug development and clinical trials to Central Texas. Its research laboratory creates unique treatments for cancer that are available only at Scott & White.
• Pulmonary-Critical Care is growing with Pulmonary Rehabilitation soon to be added to the roster of services and the Sleep Center expansion. The Division offers state-of-the-art sleep studies that are second to none in North America and a Critical Care service with an outstanding track record in morbidity and mortality statistics.
• Cardiology is a first class team of electrophysiologists, interventional, invasive and non-invasive cardiologists. The Division has consistently been recognized nationally for its excellent outcomes in cardiac care including the Thomson 100 Top Cardiology Hospitals designation, the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines Annual Performance Achievement Award and the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award.
• Gastroenterology has developed techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of gastroenterological and non-gastroenterological diseases. The division also boasts an Esophageal Diseases Clinic and Laboratory and a Hepatology Clinic that specializes in patients with Hepatitis C. Specialties include non-invasive M2A capsule videography of the small bowel and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
• Dermatology performs Mohs surgery for patients with difficult skin malignancies. The residency program in Dermatology is rated among the best in the United States and is expanding.
• Nephrology-Hypertension was named as a Center of Excellence for dialysis care in 2005-2006. Outcomes are consistently in the 96-99th percentiles nationally in all measured areas. This Division won the highly prized Exemplary Practice Award of the Renal Physicians Association for 2007 and among the first centers to offer daily home hemodialysis training and care in Texas.

Department-Sponsored Programs

The Tem-Bel Health and Wellness Coalition, a group devoted to the development of community resources and programs designed to combat obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and to positively impact the health and welfare of our children and their families. This group has received over $400,000 in extramural funding and has developed school-based vegetable gardens, school-based exercise facilities for families and is piloting an iPod™-based physical activity study in middle school children.

The Department is home to several outstanding educational programs including excellent Internal Medicine educational programs for the Texas A&M College of Medicine.

The department also hosts competitive fellowships in Cardiology, Invasive Cardiology, Pulmonary Critical Care, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, and Hematology-Oncology.

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