INTEGRIS Health broke ground for a $200 million heart and ICU expansion project at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center.
The new state-of-the art facility is being built in response to a dire need for intensive care in Oklahoma. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Oklahoma.
In fact, more Oklahomans die of cardiovascular disease than any other state in the nation. That may be our current reality, but it does not have to be our destiny.
“This new Heart and ICU Hospital at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center will not only give the community access to the best, leading-edge therapies available anywhere in the world but also will provide the most advanced setting for talented nurses and physicians to care for Oklahomans in their greatest times of need,” said Timothy Pehrson, INTEGRIS Health president and chief executive officer.
INTEGRIS Health has long been the leader in cardiac and critical care medicine. We were the first in the state, and in some instances the country, to offer a variety of advanced procedures and technologies.
Take a look at this impressive list of a few of INTEGRIS’‘firsts’ throughout the years:
• 1963 — First open-heart surgery in Oklahoma
• 1975 — First adult burn care center in the state
• 1985 — First human-to-human heart transplant performed in Oklahoma
• 1987 — First heartlung transplant in Oklahoma
• 1987 — First implanted left ventricular assist device in Oklahoma
• 1995 — The nation’s first in-situ split liver transplant
• 2007 — First in the state to implement the TandemHeart
• 2010 — First in Oklahoma and second in the nation to implant a Total Artificial Heart
• 2014 — First in nation to implant HeartMate III Left Ventricular Assist Device
• 2014 — First specialized program in state solely devoted to offering ECMO to adults
• 2015 — First in the state to implant the Nanostim™ leadless pacemaker
• 2015 — First in Oklahoma to offer Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Implant
• 2016 — INTEGRIS Heart Hospital implants first-of-its-kind naturally dissolving heart stent
• 2016 — First in Oklahoma to Implant EDWAR INTUITY Elite Heart Valve
The current heart and ICU expansion project is just one more example of the same relentless pioneering spirit.
“INTEGRIS Health has invested in the future of cardiac care for the state of Oklahoma and the region with the commitment to build this state of the art facility,” said Jeffrey Sparling, M.D., the director of Noble Cardiovascular Laboratories at INTEGRIS Heart Hospital. “It is the physical equivalent of the type of care that INTEGRIS Health cardiologists, intensivists and surgeons have always provided, which is cutting-edge and unavailable any place else in Oklahoma.”
At INTEGRIS Health, Oklahomans already have access to the best, leading-edge therapies available anywhere in the world. INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center is the only center in Oklahoma to offer a full spectrum of advanced cardiac care support to include ECMO, LVAD, total artificial heart and transplantation. We are the only health care system in the state which can offer Oklahomans all of these options.
The expansion is intended to continue to attract and retain the most talented physicians and surgeons in the country and enable us to provide the latest and greatest technologies to countless Oklahomans.
“This new facility will be a wonderful enhancement to our ability to provide the highest level cardiovascular care for our fellow Oklahomans both now and for years to come,” Dr. Douglas Horstmanshof said, the co-director of INTEGRIS Advanced Cardiac Care at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center.
The expansion will consist of a new 209,000 square foot building which will include 64 ICU beds, multiple cardiac catherization labs, cardiovascular operating rooms, hybrid operating rooms, electrophysiology heart labs, and convenient cardiac diagnostic testing areas.
The new space is designed with the patient in mind, making navigating the hospital and clinics as easy as it has been in one convenient location.
INTEGRIS Health is partnering with the community on this endeavor, kicking off a capital campaign.
“We are committed in partnering with communities to help improve the health of Oklahomans,” Skip Leonard, vice president of the INTEGRIS Health Foundation said. “This world-class heart and ICU expansion will give extraordinary care and provide all Oklahomans with the very best in patient outcomes.”
The INTEGRIS Health Heart and ICU hospital expansion is expected to be complete in 2024. People can visit integrisok.com/ heartexpansion to learn more about the project, or watch our purpose video here.