Maura Walsh
President, HCA Gulf Coast Division

More than 12,600 employees and 3,500 affiliated physicians share a unified commitment to the health of our communities. Across geography and medical specialties, the HCA Gulf Coast Division is creating a continuum of services that supports optimal quality care.

President of the Gulf Coast Division of HCA, Maura Walsh, is committed to continuing HCA’s legacy of excellent and compassionate care. Exemplifying a grass roots approach to understanding her communities’ healthcare needs she participates actively as a Board Member within local organizations including: American Heart Association and the Greater Houston Partnership. Maura is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the American Hospital Association Governing Council.

With a major presence in Houston and South Texas, our services have a far reaching impact on the care provided within these communities. Our family of 11 hospitals includes: Bayshore Medical Center/East Houston Regional Medical Center (a campus of Bayshore Medical Center), Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, Conroe Regional Medical Center, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Kingwood Medical Center, Mainland Medical Center, Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Spring Branch Medical Center, Texas Orthopedic Hospital, The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Valley Regional Medical Center and West Houston Medical Center. Care is also enhanced by 7 ambulatory surgery centers, 4 HealthOne Emergency Care Centers and the HealthOne Regional Transfer Center, which coordinates ground and air patient transportation.

HCA Gulf Coast Division is growing to meet the needs of our communities. Recently, West Houston Medical Center broke ground on a project to increase services and add more than 95,000 square feet of new construction and 33,000 square feet of renovations. Kingwood Medical Center is also expanding adding 54,000 square feet, two new floors and 56 private beds with telemetry capabilities in 2010. The Woman’s Hospital of Texas completed the construction of a 92-bed patient tower in 2009 and we continue to grow our 6 open heart surgery programs while facility and technological improvements are ongoing across the system.

The concept of technologically-advanced care delivered with compassion, and created to meet each patient’s individual circumstance, is the cornerstone of our mission to put patients first.