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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.mymemorialhealth.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 is headquartered in Lufkin and serves a 14 county
area. The system provides comprehensive health care delivery services through
hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine, a primary care clinic, home
health offices, and other affiliated health care facilities. Memorial’s flagship
hospital, located in Lufkin, was founded in 1949 by local industry leaders. The
hospital is currently licensed for 234 beds. The hospital serves as a
comprehensive medical and surgical facility, and as a regional referral center
for the system’s service area. Centers of excellence within Memorial Health
System of East Texas include HeartFirst, a regional cardiac care center
affiliated with the Methodist-DeBakey Heart Center – Houston, and the Arthur
Temple, Sr., Regional Cancer Center, also known for its excellence, Horace C.
Polk Regional Diabetes Center, W. Temple Weber Resonance Imaging Center, and
Wilson McKewen Rehabilitation Center.
 The
Heart Center at Woodland Heights is among the national’s best for cardiac
services. Woodland Heights Medical Center is recognized as one of the top 5
percent hospitals in the nation for cardiac care. Woodland Heights also is
ranked number two in Texas for Cardiology and cardiac interventional procedures.
With a medical staff of more than 130 physicians, the hospital offers a
comprehensive list of medical and surgical specialties and treatment modalities.
Woodland Heights provides inpatient surgical and critical care services, as well
as women’s health, rehabilitation and skilled nursing services. Outpatient
services include laboratory, advanced diagnostic imaging, including digital CT
and MRI, physical and cardiac rehabilitation services, emergency services, and
ambulatory surgery.
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.
In recognition of 15 years of excellence in cardiac care, the hospital recently
remodeled and enlarged the Heart Center’s cardiac catheterization department and
installed the latest cardiac imaging technology. The catheterization lab, the
first between Tyler and Houston, provides physicians with the high quality,
well-defined cardiac and vascular images critical for accurate diagnosis and for
performing delicate interventional heart procedures.
The expanded department allows heart patients to remain in the cath unit from
admission through recovery and discharge, offering the convenience and
continuity important for heart patients and their families.
Health District:
The Angelina County and Cities Health District (www.acchd.org)
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.mymemorialhealth.org/elliotthouse.htm)
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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)
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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 or (www.burke-center.org).
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Contact Us
Jim Wehmeier - Director of Economic Development
936.633.0221
jwehmeier@citiyoflufkin.com
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