With outstanding medical facilities and personnel, Lufkin and Angelina County have become the regional health care hub of Central East Texas.  Boasting two major hospitals, a Veterans Administration outpatient clinic, various specialized treatment facilities, a hospitality house, assisted living centers, and several nursing homes, Lufkin has the reputation for excellent health care and cutting edge medical technology.

   

 

Hospitals:

 

Memorial Health System of East Texas (www.memorialhealth.org) and Woodland Heights Medical Center (www.woodlandheights.net), both award-winning facilities, offer services in Angelina County, as well as surrounding counties.

 

Memorial Health System of East Texas  As the largest health care system in the deep East Texas area, Memorial Health System of East Texas is a private, not-for-profit hospital that provides care to more than a quarter of a million patients each year. Since its inception in 1949, Memorial Health System has paved the way for quality, innovative health care in East Texas. In fact, Memorial consistently ranks among the nation’s best for exceptional health care and patient satisfaction.



Memorial Health System of East Texas is comprised of four hospitals—Memorial Medical Center—Lufkin, Memorial Medical Center—Livingston, Memorial Medical Center—San Augustine, and Memorial Specialty Hospital, the only rural long-term acute care facility within the area. In 2009 Memorial opened the Cardiovascular & Stroke Center of East Texas, Lufkin's first dedicated heart and stroke care facility. From the latest in medical technology to the Center’s highly trained professional staff of surgeons, physician specialists, nurses and technicians, the Cardiovascular & Stroke Center is designed to keep patients close to home for some of the most complicated medical procedures. Additionally, the Center partners with the Methodist Hospital of Houston to offer an advanced level of stroke care. The newly renovated Arthur Temple, Sr. Regional Cancer Center has earned a three-year seal of approval with commendation from the Commission on Cancer and the hospital also is known for providing the area’s only comprehensive diabetes center—The Horace C. Polk Regional Diabetes Center. Other centers of excellence include the Temple Imaging Center that offers some of the most advanced procedures in the area, including PET/CT scanning for cancer and Alzheimer’s, 64 Slice CT scanning, Open Bore MRI, 4D Ultrasound, and digital mammography. Other specialty areas include Orthopedic care, Women’s Services, Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation, Homecare, Wound and Hyperbaric Therapy, Kidney & Diabetes Treatment, Sleep Disorders Treatment, and Express Lab. Memorial Health System of East Texas—founded and funded by the people it serves.


Woodland Heights Medical System  Established in 1918, Woodland Heights Medical Center was Lufkin’s first hospital. Now, more than nine decades later, Woodland Heights is recognized throughout the Texas Forest Country as a provider of high quality, innovative health care services.

The Heart Center at Woodland Heights was the first to bring cardiac catheterization and open-heart surgery to Lufkin. Services provided by the Heart Center include catheterizations, open-heart surgery, vascular graft procedures, pacemaker installation, invasive cardiology procedures, including angioplasty, and stent placement.

Additionally, Woodland Heights offers state-of-the-art orthopedic care. In 2008, Woodland Heights obtained the Hana™ Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Table – the only surgical table designed exclusively for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, which reduces the detachment of muscles and improves recovery time. Accommodating a wide range of clinical specialties, such as neurology, physical medicine/rehabilitation, vascular surgery and obstetrics and gynecology, Woodland Heights also offers a full range of outpatient diagnostic services including advanced imaging, laboratory, outpatient surgery and emergency services. Through its Rehabilitation Center, Woodland Heights offers cardiac rehabilitation, stroke recovery and physical and occupational rehabilitation.

Combining modern facilities, leading technology, an exceptional staff and a commitment to the communities it serves, Woodland Heights Medical Center offers East Texans quality health care close to home.
 

Health District:

 

The Angelina County and Cities Health District was organized by community leaders in 1967 to protect and promote public health in Angelina County.  Located at 503 Hill Street in Lufkin, the Health District offers full service public health programs through the Texas Department of Health.  For information call (936) 632-1139.  Services provided include:

WIC Nutrition Program

Immunization and flu shots

STD/TB testing and treatment

HIV testing and counseling

Primary Care Clinic

Prenatal and children’s health services

Social Services

Environmental and consumer health

On-site wastewater licensing

  

Veterans Administration Clinic:

 

The VA Outpatient Clinic provides board-certified primary care, surgical and psychiatric nursing care, radiology testing, pharmacy, benefits counseling and veterans’ claims assistance.  For more information, call (936) 637-1342.

 

Specialty Care:

 

Angelina County offers an extension list of specialized physicians to provide the best care.  Specialty care includes: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Cardiovascular, Clinical Allergy, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Hyperbaric Medicine, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurological Surgery, OB/GYN, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Oral Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physiatry, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Podiatry, Pulmonology, Radiology, Rheumatology, Thoracic Surgery, and Urology.

  

Adult Day Care:

 

The Salvation Army Adult Day Care Center in Lufkin provides loving care a step above what senior citizens might get at home alone and is an alternative to a nursing home.  Workers at the 8,000 square foot facility on Shands Drive, off Hill Street, care for adults age 55 and older in Angelina County and the surrounding area.  The center is located in close proximity to Lufkin’s two hospitals.

 

Indoor and outdoor activities provided are musical and theatrical visiting groups, crafts, dominoes, bingo, indoor golf, daily devotions, current events, trivia, exercise, movies, table games and field trips.  A dietician plans breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack menus.  The center has medical supervision that includes a fulltime LVN and an RN consultant.  Visiting beautician provides hair and nail care.  For more information call (936) 634-1234.

 

Hospice in the Pines:

  

Hospice in the Pines is in its 19th year and serves a large 10-county region in East Texas and maintains its offices in two historic homes on South Raguet Street.  Recent expansion provides a new in-patient hospital unit to its extensive program of hands-on help to patients with life-limiting illness.  Hospice in the Pines’ goal is to make a patient comfortable at home, as long as possible, with an option of round the clock short term hospital care, staffed by Hospice, for the final days.  The Inpatient Hospice Unit is located in a five room area in Memorial Health System of East Texas in Lufkin.

 

According to the mission statement of the not-for-profit Hospice organization, the mission of Hospice is to strive in all ways possible to relieve the physical, emotional, and spiritual pain brought on by a life-limited illness.  For more information call (936) 632-1514 or visit www.hospiceinthepines.com.

 

Joe W. Elliott House:

 

The Joe W. Elliott House, established in 1994 as a memorial to Diboll banker Joe W. Elliott, is a hospitality ministry, offering a place for out-of-town patients and their family members to stay while receiving medical treatment in Lufkin.  Operated as a joint venture by Hospice in the Pines and Memorial Health Systems of East Texas, the facility provides inexpensive lodging, laundry and kitchen facilities, and necessities that may have been forgotten by the patient.  Located within walking distance of Memorial Health Systems of East Texas on Gene Sanford Drive, staff includes three full time employees, hospice chaplain, and many dedicated volunteers.  For more information call (936) 631-3400 or visit www.hospiceinthepines.com.

 

Blood Center of East Texas:

 

The Blood Center of East Texas, located in the Frank Avenue Medical Center, is the primary supplier of blood components to eight hospitals including Memorial Health Systems in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine, Lufkin’s Woodland Heights Medical Center, Nacogdoches Medical Center and Memorial Hospitals, Sabine County Hospital in Hemphill and Shelby Regional Medical Center in Center.  For more information call (936) 634-2116 or visit www.giveblood.org.

 

Stewart Regional Blood Center:

 

Stewart Blood Center in its 55th year in East Texas, serving 28 counties, Lufkin’s center is in its third year at its new location on South John Redditt Drive.  Regional centers are located in Lufkin, Tyler, Paris, Mount Pleasant, Marshall and Longview.  The center collects 150 to 200 units of blood a day, to ensure area hospitals and adequate supply.  For more information call (936) 639-1534 or visit www.stewartblood.org.

 

 

Peavy Switch Recovery Center:

  

Peavy Switch Recovery Center serves a 12-county area providing outpatient drug care and a halfway house to patients with drug abuse.  The center administers care with support groups and other therapeutic environments.  For more information call 936-875-4910.