Methodist Charlton Medical Center

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Guided by the founding principles of life, learning, and compassion, Methodist Health System (Methodist) provides quality, integrated care to improve and save the lives of individuals and families throughout North Texas. Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Methodist Charlton Medical Center, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Methodist Midlothian Health Center, and Methodist Family Health Centers are part of the nonprofit Methodist Health System, which is affiliated by covenant with the North Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. Additional information is available at www.MethodistHealthSystem.org.

Our Mission:

To improve and save lives through compassionate quality health care.

Our Vision for the Future:

To be the trusted provider of integrated quality health care in North Texas.

Our Values:

Methodist Health System values reflect our historic commitment to Christian concepts of life and learning:

S – Servant Heart: Compassionately putting others first

H – Hospitality: Offering a welcoming and caring environment

I – Innovation: Courageous creativity and commitment to quality

N – Noble: Unwavering honesty and integrity

E – Enthusiasm: Celebration of individual and team accomplishment

S – Skillful: Dedicated to learning and excellence

 

Methodist Charlton Medical Center (Methodist Charlton)

3500 West Wheatland Road, Dallas, Texas 75237, 214-947-7777

Methodist Charlton Medical Center is a 309-bed general acute care and teaching hospital that serves the communities of southwest Dallas County. Methodist Charlton, which saw major expansion in 2009, provides a variety of clinical services including cancer treatment, cardiology, emergency care, gastroenterology, general surgery, intensive care, neurology, nephrology, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pulmonology, and radiology.

  • Methodist Charlton Medical Center – Clinical Highlights
  • Full-service, general acute care community hospital.
  • Full-service interventional cardiology services include cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, and implantable defibrillators.
  • The Methodist Charlton Cancer Program offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic services, surgery, and treatment, including leading-edge radiation therapy services in affiliation with Texas Oncology, PA.
  • Comprehensive diagnostic radiology, including ultrasounds, CT scans, MRI, PET/CT and nuclear medicine scans, digital mammography, as well as interventional radiology.
  • Designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR), one of only five such Centers in Dallas, for earning accreditation in all of the ACR's voluntary breast imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program.
  • Designated Advanced Primary Stroke Center by American Stroke Association.
  • Texas Ten Step facility for breastfeeding care and support.
  • One of only four family medicine residency programs in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, with dual accreditation to train both allopathic and osteopathic physicians.
  • Methodist Charlton received the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry®–GWTG™
  • Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2012, one of only 73 hospitals nationwide to do so.
  • Methodist Charlton earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for its Orthopedic Joint Replacement Program (hip and knee) by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety

Methodist Charlton Annual Statistics

  • 269 beds (all private rooms)
  • 264 physicians
  • 18 medical residents trained each year
  • 72,218 emergency department visits
  • 1,826 babies born
  • 14,687 discharges (including newborns)
  • 159,425 outpatient visits annually (including emergency room visits)
  • 1,745 employees
  • 495 active volunteers
  • 1,305,402 square feet, including professional office buildings
  • 11 labor-delivery-recovery suites