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Solis Mammography, the nation’s largest independent provider of specialized breast health services, is now operating out of Valley Regional Medical Center, expanding screening and diagnostic breast imaging services to Brownsville and the lower Rio Grande Valley region. Patients in the Brownsville and lower Rio Grande Valley communities may now experience the latest in innovative technology, including the integration of AI software with 3D mammography for greater accuracy and earlier-stage cancer detection.…

Area Hospital Named a Best Place to Work in Healthcare

July 10, 2025

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Valley Regional Medical Center has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. “Being recognized as a 2025 Best Place to Work in Healthcare is a powerful testament to how these organizations value their people,” said Dan Peres, president of Modern Healthcare. “In a time of constant change and challenge, this year’s winners have shown a deep commitment to creating environments where…

VRMC Recognized For Stroke Care

July 28, 2022

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Valley Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines – Stroke quality achievement award. The award recognizes Valley Regional Medical Center’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. These treatment plans ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Get With The Guidelines puts the expertise of the AHA and American Stroke Association…

VRMC Receives 2022 Women’s Choice Award

June 16, 2022

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Valley Regional Medical Center has been named one of America’s Best Mammogram Imaging Centers by the Women’s Choice Award. According to the American Cancer Society, about one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. “As a breast cancer survivor, I learned the hard way that where you choose to have your mammogram…

Valley Regional In Top Five Percent of U.S. Hospitals

March 29, 2022

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Valley Regional Medical Center is the recipient of a 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades. The distinction places Valley Regional Medical Center among the top five percent of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated. Valley Regional Medical Center colleagues protect the safety of their patients with daily safety huddles. It also consistently has real-time systems in place that use data and analytics to identify and manage risks. This includes…

Irizarry Named Valley Regional Medical Center CEO

February 20, 2022

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David Irizarry is the new chief executive officer of Valley Regional Medical Center, replacing Art Garza, who transferred to Del Sol Medical Center in January 2022. Irizarry will assume his new role March 14. Irizarry began his healthcare career in 2002 with HCA Healthcare. He served as a volunteer at Rio Grande Regional Hospital for 10 years and most recently as chief operating officer of Rio Grande Regional Hospital. Under…

A Reminder About Heart Health

February 14, 2022

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During February’s American Heart Month, the medical experts at Valley Regional Medical Center are encouraging members of the South Texas community to take practical steps to get their heart health back on track. Knowing what you need to do to have better heart health – like eating right and exercising – is easy, but implementing it in your own life can seem daunting. “The key to having a healthy heart…

Getting Stuff Done To Help Those In Need

June 1, 2020

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A nonprofit executive like Traci Wickett has connections everywhere in a community. The president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Southern Cameron County heard from Brownsville’s Good Neighbor Settlement House about growing needs they were seeing as furloughs and unemployment set in with the outbreak of COVID-19. The demand for served meals and emergency pantry items doubled in less than one week in early April. “Unemployment sent…

Food Bank of the RGV Receives $20K Donation

April 26, 2020

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The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley is the recipient of $20,000 in grants from the HCA Healthcare Foundation. The food bank will use the funds in its Coronavirus Resource Readiness and Response Campaign. HCA Healthcare Foundation is a a tax exempt trust and the philanthropic arm of HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Locally, Valley Regional Medical Center and Rio Grande Regional Hospital are affiliates…

Area Hospitals Seek PPE Donations

March 31, 2020

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In their effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, two Brownsville-area hospitals are reaching out to the business community for assistance in obtaining personal protective equipment. Both Valley Baptist Medical Center and Valley Regional Medical Center are low in supplies. The hospitals are looking to purchase or borrow and replace PPE equipment. This includes face shields, gloves, masks and other types of PPE. They are looking for all types of PPE,…