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Welcome to Woodland
Heights Medical Center
 Thank you for visiting the Woodland Heights Medical Center (WHMC) web site. We
continually work hard to provide healthcare tools and
resources online that will broaden your healthcare knowledge
and assist you in making decisions about your health.
This comprehensive web site is designed to introduce you to
the highly trained Woodland Heights professional staff and
the many services that we deliver to ensure excellent
patient care. Additionally, this site will give you a
glimpse of our hospital facility from patient rooms and
surgery suites, to patient and guest amenities, such as our
dietary and waiting room areas.
It is our philosophy that you should be a partner in your
healthcare decisions, not a spectator. That’s why we give
you access to the most up-to-date medical information
available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Visit our
web site often to keep in touch with WHMC.
Woodland Heights
Celebrates 4th Annual Women in Red Luncheon
 Woodland
Heights reminded women that Red is the Heart of the Matter
during their 4th Annual Women in Red Luncheon. This year’s
event was a monumental success with over 600 women in
attendance. The luncheon, which is designed to heighten
awareness on women’s health issues, specifically heart
disease, was held at the Pitser Garrison Civic Center April
23rd.
During the luncheon, the audience listened as R. Bachireddy,
M.D., spoke on heart disease and the signs and symptoms one
needs to look for. Worldwide, 8.6 million women die from
heart disease each year. 267,000 women die each year from
heart attacks, which is six times as likely to kill women as
breast cancer.
 For the past 20 years, Woodland Heights has received
numerous national awards and recognition for it’s excellence
in cardiac care. The hospital’s Heart Center has performed
over 2,200 open heart surgeries and over 16,000 heart
catherizations since opening its doors in 1987. As we begin
our 90th year of service to East Texas, we will continue to
strive to bring personal and quality care to the residents
of Lufkin and the surrounding areas.
During the luncheon, guests were also treated to a high
energy, motivational message from LaDonna Gatlin. She
encouraged those in attendance to “sing their own song”
while keeping us all laughing and reinforcing the importance
of timeless values such as character, integrity and honesty.
Click here for a video
of the event!
Woodland Heights Adds
Program
 Woodland
Heights Medical Center is happy to announce the launch of
their new affinity program, Healthy Woman, aimed at helping
the women of our community live healthier and happier lives.
This new program is free to the community as a resource
designed to educate women so they are able to make the best
decisions for themselves and their families.
More than ever, women are making the day-to-day decisions
for their families, and we are proud to offer a resource to
make those responsibilities easier and more manageable.
“This program is designed to educate and inform on many
aspects of women’s lives, young and old,” states Jennifer
Stevens, Healthy Woman Coordinator for Woodland Heights.
Read the press release.
Getting Smart About Your
Heart
 Heart
Fair 2008 was held Saturday, February 2, from 9 a.m. to noon
at the Lufkin Mall. According to Jennifer Stevens, Woodland
Heights’ Marketing Representative, there were hundreds of
visitors taking advantage of the free lipid profile testing
offered by Woodland Heights and health information available
by the many vendors. “This Heart Fair is a great way to kick
off American Heart Month and to get the community actively
involved in improving its health. The free testing allowed
participants to learn more about their cholesterol levels,
an important part of heart health,” said Stevens.
February is American Heart Month and a good time to bring
awareness for heart disease, as an estimated 80.7 million
American adults have one or more types of cardiovascular
disease.
The vendors for this year’s fair included physician offices,
home health agencies, nutritional foods, healthcare
institutions, and much more. Also on hand was a Registered
Dietitian offering Body Mass Index calculations and
information on heart healthy nutrition, along with Physical
Therapists testing grip strength and information on
Rehabilitation Services, Wound Healing and Sleep Disorders
Laboratory.
Another First for
Cardiac Care in Texas
 Woodland Heights Medical Center (WHMC) is committed to
bringing the foremost in cardiac technology to our patients.
The hospital is the first in Texas to offer the Innova 2121
IQ All-Digital Cardiovascular Bi-Plane and Interventional
Imaging System. Using this versatile new digital imaging
system, WHMC physicians, now have enhanced capabilities in
the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
“The GE Innova 2121 imaging system is helping Woodland
Heights physicians clearly see the blood vessels and anatomy
of the heart, as well as blood vessels throughout the entire
body- even the smallest, finest vessels all the way to the
fingertips,” said Lance Jones, CEO of WHMC. “This new piece
of equipment is the 8th in the nation and the only one
currently being used in the state of Texas. It is also
expected to play a critical role in helping our physicians
treat a growing number of chronic heart and vascular
conditions including atherosclerosis, a build-up of plaque
that affects blood flow in arteries.”
Read the press release.
Woodland Heights Medical
Center Announces that the Air is Clear
In a cooperative community health
initiative, Woodland Heights Medical Center and Memorial
Health System of East Texas announced that all of their
hospital campuses will be smoke-free beginning today.
The announcement comes following several months of work by a
joint committee that has developed joint policies that the
hospitals will use. “From the start we determined this was a
combined project that was focused on improving the
healthcare environment of our facilities,” said Lance Jones,
CEO of Woodland Heights Medical Center.
November 15 was chosen as the implementation date since it
is the day of the Great American Smoke out. “We believe that
this is the right time to take this important step to create
a healthier environment our patients, employees and guests,”
Jones said.
“We work hard to set the standard to treating people who are
sick, we believe that it is equally important to set the
standard for health and wellness in our community.
The campaign to go smoke- free, known as “Clear the Air”,
will be featured on signs and in information distributed at
both facilities. For any information regarding how you or
someone you love can quit smoking please contact Tara Watson
at 936-637-8687.
Woodland Heights
Receives Award
Woodland Heights Medical Center has
received the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award of
Excellence from TMF Health Quality Institute, the Medicare
Quality Improvement Organization for Texas. TMF established
the award program in partnership with Texas Hospital
Association, Texas Medical Association, Texas Organization
of Rural and Community Hospitals and Texas Osteopathic
Medical Association.
The Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award honors Texas
hospitals that are performing quality initiatives aimed at
improving outcomes in patient care by recognizing those
hospitals that have improved their initial baseline
performance on specific national quality measures.
Read the Press Release.
Dr. Julio Williams conducted Lufkin’s
first Transmyocardial
Laser Revascularization (TMR) heart procedure
 Using
a high-energy, computerized laser, Dr. Julio Williams
conducted Lufkin’s first Transmyocardial Laser
Revascularization (TMR) heart procedure Tuesday at Woodland
Heights Medical Center.
Fifty-six-year-old Archie Williams became the first heart
patient to undergo the new procedure that uses a carbon
dioxide (CO2) heart laser to create channels in the heart to
improve blood flow.
During a three-hour procedure, Dr. Williams, a Lufkin
cardiovascular surgeon, performed the TMR and a triple
bypass on Mr. Williams.
The laser uses a computer to direct laser beams to the
appropriate area of the heart in between heartbeats, when
the ventricle is filled with blood and the heart is
relatively still. This prevents electrical disturbances,
arrhythmias, in the heart.
Dr. Williams created 17 channels in Mr. Williams’ heart that
are an average of one millimeter wide — about the size of
the head of a pin. The channels stopped Mr. Williams’ chest
pain, which until Tuesday, could not be stopped by other
medical procedures, Dr. Williams said.
Read the Press Release.
Woodland Heights Medical
Center Receives ACR Accreditation
 Woodland Heights Medical
Center in Lufkin, Texas has been awarded a three-year term
of accreditation in Breast Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided
Biopsy as the result of a recent survey by the American
College of Radiology.
The ACR, headquartered
in Reston, VA., awards accreditation to facilities for the
achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review
evaluation of the practice. Evaluations are conducted by
board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are
experts in the field. They assess the qualifications of the
personnel and the adequacy of facility equipment. The
surveyors report their findings to the ACR’s Committee on
Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with
a comprehensive report.
The ACR is a national
organization serving more then 32,000
diagnostic-interventional radiologists, radiation
oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists
with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging
and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive
health care services.
Read the Press Release.
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