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About Midwest Regional Medical Center
Midwest Regional Medical Center located in Midwest City on the eastern edge of Oklahoma City is a 255bed acute care facility owned and operated by Health Management Associates Inc HMA With nearly 300 primary care and specialty physicians on the medical staff patients have access to a full spectrum of healthcare expertise including cardiac services pulmonology orthopedics internal medicine OBGYN and urology Additionally Midwest Regional has Oklahomas most experienced roboticassisted surgical team giving our patients greater precision less pain smaller incisions and faster recovery

Our staff takes pride in giving quality care in a friendly quotcommunityquot atmosphere In order to better serve our community we recently added two new floors The 7th amp 8th floors add 66 patient rooms to the medical center The 7th floor is the new home for the Oklahoma Regional Heart Institute the cardiac floor for the hospital and the 8th floor is dedicated to medicalsurgical patients

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History

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History
About Midwest
Midwest Regional Medical Center located in Midwest City on the eastern edge of Oklahoma City provides comprehensive medical care from diagnosis to treatment for a full range of illnesses injuries and disorders With nearly 300 primary care specialty physicians on the medical staff services are provided through hospital divisions such as the Oklahoma Regional Heart Pavilion Midwest Mental Health Midwest RehabSports Medicine Diagnostic Imaging Center and Renaissance Womens Center of Midwest City

Established in 1962
Established in 1962 as a community hospital the now 255bed acute care facility is owned and operated by Health Management Associates Inc HMA In 1999 Midwest Regional was the first metro hospital to meet the requirements to be recognized as a Certified Level III Trauma Center by the Oklahoma State Department of Health The 1400 plus employees served 13600 admitted patients in 2001 and over 46000 emergency room visitors

Midwest Regional takes pride in offering topquality care in a friendly community hospital atmosphere It is our highly skilled physicians nurses and technologists that allow us to offer specialized services that can be found in larger hospitals in the metro area

1962
The City of Midwest City completed construction of Midwest City Memorial Hospital a 70bed hospital that would serve the needs of its community A small group of general practice physicians committed to Midwest City became charter members of the medical staff

1964
The second phase increased the hospital capacity to 110 beds at a cost of 465000

1971
The third phase was completed in May bringing the capacity to 178 beds

1977
The fourth phase added approximately 20000 square feet Five surgery suites were added and the pharmacy laboratory radiology respiratory care and sterile supply were expanded and remodeled

1986
In the fifth phase of construction a fourstory tower was added The Mulinix Tower was named after the hospitals Chief Executive Officer William D Mulinix who served as the hospitals chief administrator from 1962 to 1990

1988
The name of the hospital was changed to Midwest City Regional Hospital in hopes it would reflect its dedication to service the entire Eastern Oklahoma County areas

1993
Two more floors were added to the tower bringing the total bed count to 206

1995
The Renaissance Womens Center became the first offsite womens center constructed in Oklahoma The center features 12 birthing suites two operating suites and OBGYN practices office on the second floor

1996
Midwest Citys City Council agrees to lease the hospital to Health Management Associates Inc for 40 million The City leaders who still make up the Midwest City Memorial Hospital Authority use the interest from the 40 million to award grants to local organizations

1997
Oklahoma Regional Heart Pavilion expands adding a second cath lab and technology and staffing to provide echocardiograpy and intravascular ultrasound

1998
Dr Scott Robertson neurosurgeon joins the medical staff Thirtythree more inpatient beds are added to handle the recovery of surgical patients who undergo procedures on the brain spine and peripheral nerves

Diagnostic Imaging expands by updating mammography equipment installing a new MRI and adding stereotactic breast biopsy technology The medical staff has expanded to nearly 300 active and courtesy physicians

1999
The emergency department was relocated and expanded to 25000 square feet The new ED features 32 private treatment areas and 10 fast track rooms

Included in the new construction is a 5000 square foot Breast Care Center The center offers a special waiting area private mammography suites and a special procedures room

2000
First hospital in the metro area to be recognized as a Level III Trauma Center by the Oklahoma State Department of Health

2001
Oklahoma Regional Heart Pavilion expands to add a third cath lab

2002
The Oklahoma Regional Heart Pavilion expands by adding 20monitored telemetry beds to the 3M unit bringing the total bed count for cardiac patients to 38 Also added to this wing is a new 8bed cardiac catheterization recovery area

2003
The hospital added interactive healthcare facilities to its broad range of services Now quality healthcare is accessible online
The Breast Care Center is the first metro area hospital to offer ImageChecker This new technology offers greatly improved diagnostic capabilities for radiologists working to find abnormalities within the breasts

2005
First hospital in the OKC metro area to have a robotic surgical system giving physicians more precision and dexterity and giving patients less pain less chance for infection and faster recovery

Midwest Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in the Oklahoma City metro area to offer robotic surgical technology to patients with prostate cancer and heart disease The da Vincireg Surgical System incorporates the latest advances in robotics and computer technology and provides physicians with a sophisticated new surgical tool

2006
First hospital in the OKC metro with a 64slice CT imaging system the fastest multislice scanner in the metro area offering the clearest 3D images previously not attainable and changing how physicians diagnose heart disease stroke and chest pains

Two Regional physicians add new firsts to the hightech healthcare of Midwest Regional Medical Center In July Dr James Mays Urologist performed the first robotic Nephrectomy kidney removal in our multistate region and in August heart surgeon Dr Fayyaz Hashmi performed the states first robotic Mitral Valve Repair

2007
Renaissance Womens Center is remodeled with a warm elegant color scheme including new furniture flooring and decor and new flat panel televisions in each of the 12 birthing suites

2009
Abbas Toughanipour MD cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon is the first to perform a roboticassisted lobectomy lung lobe removal procedure in our multistate region