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Our goal is to ensure CHRISTUS Santa Rosa-Medical Center continues to be a safe place to receive care. We are following new visitor guidelines and want you to be aware of these important changes. 

The US Preventive Services Task Force issued new guidance on Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for the early detection of prostate cancer, which may help thousands of men each year. The updated guidance contradicts previous recommendations against screening, and reflects new conclusions on PSA testing. In a report on May 8, 2018, the Task Force discussed the life-saving impacts of screening for early detection of PSA.

An organ recipient is celebrating the anniversary of the kidney transplant that saved his life! Jay Williams, a retired San Antonio firefighter, spoke of the generosity of his family friend who donated a kidney, giving him the gift of life.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center (CSRH – MC) is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Ian Thompson, III as its Associate Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Thompson comes from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Urology, where he has had a...

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center (CSRH – MC) and its doctors, nurses, leadership, and Associates are honoring the hundreds of thousands of donors and recipients whose lives have been forever affected by organ, eye, and tissue donations. Today, CSRH – MC and the CHRISTUS Transplant Institute...

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center celebrated 30 years of service to our patients with a blessing and unveiling of its Heritage Wall. The display honors more than 145 years of extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, which began with a humble journey of three nuns on a...

As part of a national initiative, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center (CSRH – MC) and its doctors, nurses, leadership, and Associates are honoring the hundreds of thousands of donors and recipients whose lives have been forever affected by organ, eye, and tissue donations. Today, CSRH – MC...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Aliso Viejo, CA, has conferred a Silver level Beacon Award for Excellence on the Intensive Care Unit at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center. The Beacon Award for Excellence — a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and...

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center (CSRH –MC), in collaboration with UT Medicine Senior Health, has achieved its highest recognition for its service to patients 65 and older. This “exemplar” designation comes through the program Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders, or NICHE. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center is the only hospital within the State of Texas to hold the NICHE “exemplar” designation, and it is the only site of the Acute Care of Elders (ACE) Program that has been in effect since 2010.