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Welcome to Valley Baptist Health System

Welcome to the award-winning and nationally recognized Valley Baptist Health System.  Serving South Texas for nearly 100-years as a faith-based regional health system, Valley Baptist Medical Center – Brownsville, Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen and Valley Baptist Micro-Hospital – Weslaco, are supported by Free Standing Emergency Centers, the FIRST Comprehensive Stroke Center in the Valley, comprehensive stroke rehabilitation services, a specialized children’s unit with a dedicated pediatric emergency unit, a specialty women’s center, geriatric behavioral health clinic, breast center, heart and vascular clinic, community reference laboratories, family care clinics, fitness center, healthy women’s centers, imaging centers, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers, neurology center, family practice residency clinic, a physician network, and the Valley Baptist School of Vocational Nursing.

From celebrating the birth of your newborn babies to restoring health or treating you in an emergency, we know that care is more than medicine.  Valley Baptist is focused on helping our community achieve health for life through compassionate service inspired by faith, prompted by kindness and, an experience based on excellence.

The Valley Baptist network of care features 866-beds and includes more than 500 physicians, which are supported by 3,500 clinical and non-clinical staff members.  And, it extends many of its services beyond its facilities and into local communities, offering free medical screenings, supporting groups and numerous educational opportunities.   

Valley Baptist – Built on a Community of Care and safety.  We are honored to have the opportunity to serve you.

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In the Rio Grande Valley, we celebrate history, heritage, and culture with our family, friends and neighbors. For 100 years, Valley Baptist Health System has been celebrating alongside you. Our staff, who are our family, friends and neighbors are honored to help our community achieve health for life. Valley Baptist Health System #WeAreYou.

To learn more, please visit ValleyBaptist.net/You

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Caring, nurturing and helping heal friends, loved ones and neighbors is our passion, and we’re honored to have the opportunity to serve you.

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Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen is one of first in Texas to use Surpass Streamline Flow Diverter to Treat Aneurysms

Feb 7, 2019

Harlingen, TX – Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen is one of the first in Texas to treat a patient for a cerebral aneurysm, using the Surpass Streamline Flow Diverter device.

illuminated brain“We are excited to have successfully implanted one of the first Surpass flow diverters in Texas, right here in the Rio Grande Valley,” said Dr. Ameer E. Hassan, DO, FAHA, FSVIN, Head of the Neuroscience Department, Director of Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology and Director of Clinical Neuroscience Research at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen.

Valley Baptist-Harlingen is advancing the way patients with large and unruptured aneurysms are treated by using the latest stent to reliably keep the artery open and close the blood flow to the aneurysm.

“We are committed to advancing the treatment for patients suffering from intracranial aneurysms,” said Hassan. “Due to the location of these aneurysms, they can pose a challenge to access and treatment. The Surpass provides a less invasive form of intervention to treat these patients.”

The Surpass Streamline Flow Diverter was FDA approved in 2018 and is the second flow diverting stent to gain FDA approval in the United States. Surpass Streamline Flow Diverter is a small cobalt chromium braided stent that is used to direct blood flow within an intracranial artery away from a weakened blood vessel sac or aneurysm.

Brain aneurysms form when the walls of the arteries in the brain become thin and weak, causing the artery to balloon out and fill with blood. Risk factors include high blood pressure left untreated, history of aneurysms in a first-degree family member, cigarette smoking or age can often be a factor.

“Aneurysms left untreated can lead to serious health problems such as cerebral hemorrhage, stroke, brain damage, coma and even death,” said Hassan. “This is a serious health condition that should receive immediate treatment.”

According to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, an estimated 6 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm of which approximately 25,000 are treated with endovascular or surgical treatments each year.

Dr. Hassan recently chaired the 11th Annual Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Program in San Diego, California, focused on advancing the care and treatment for stroke, subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage patients. The three-day conference gathered neuro specialists from around the world to share best practices and breakthroughs in treatment and research.

“Every day, we are making advancements and finding new ways to treat patients with neurological conditions,” said Hassan.

Valley Baptist continues to make advances in stroke research and education through The Stroke Research and Education Foundation. The Stroke Research and Education Foundation provides stroke education and programs to Cameron County stroke survivors, caregivers and the healthcare community. The Valley Baptist Neuroscience Institute continues to expand treatment services for neurological conditions.