Hays, Caldwell, Bastrop County Residents Won’t Need to Travel for Back Problems
KYLE, Texas – Dr. Vincent Wang, an expert in treating back and spine problems, has joined Seton Medical Center Hays and the Seton Brain and Spine Institute and becomes the only full-time spine surgeon dedicated to Hays County and neighboring Caldwell and Bastrop counties.
“Dr. Wang is a compassionate, well-trained, highly-skilled physician,” Dr. Fausto Meza, Seton Medical Hays vice president of medical affairs, said. “He is a great addition to our team of highly-qualified physicians and is going to provide a much-needed presence in Hays County. Prior to his arrival, patients needing spine surgery would often have to travel to Austin or San Antonio. Now with Dr. Wang on board, they’ll be able to stay in their community.”
Wang will treat the full range of back and spine problems, including back and neck pain related to disc problems, degenerative spine disease and spine tumors. He will provide minimally invasive spine surgeries, which use techniques with less impact on the body compared to open surgery.
“We hope to successfully develop a multidisciplinary spine program in Hays County that provides patients with convenient locations and access to quality health care services,” Wang said.
Prior to joining Seton Hays, Wang practiced at the Texas Spine and Neurosurgery Center in Sugar Land, Texas. He completed his residency at the University of California San Francisco, and earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in Developmental Biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
About Seton Healthcare Family
Seton Healthcare Family, a member of Ascension, is a faith-based non-profit health care system founded in 1902 by the Daughters of Charity. Called to be a sign of God’s unconditional love for all, Seton strives to expand access to high-quality, low-cost, person-centered care and services.
Seton operates more than 100 clinical locations, including four teaching hospitals that will be training and research sites for Dell Medical School at The University of Texas starting in 2016. Seton also operates Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, which serves children in 46 counties. Seton conducts research in the prevention and treatment of stroke, traumatic injury, epilepsy, cardiovascular disease, chronic condition management and pediatric medicine.
Seton collaborates with employers, commercial insurance companies, community physicians, nonprofit agencies and government entities to create clinically integrated systems of care with providers throughout its 10,000-square-mile service area. Partners in providing health care include the Austin Independent School District; the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians; and Central Health. An example of innovative health care delivery is Seton’s and Central Health’s Community Care Collaborative, a unique and ambitious integrated delivery system for Travis County residents living at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
Seton employs almost 12,800 and is a major contributor to the Central Texas economy. Over the past decade, Seton has donated $2.9 billion in care and $2 billion in community benefit with help from generous donors and volunteers.
Seton is a member of Ascension Health, the health care delivery subsidiary of Ascension. For more information, please visit www.seton.net.
About Ascension
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based health care organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In fiscal year 2015, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Approximately 160,000 associates and 36,000 aligned providers serve in 2,000 sites of care – including 137 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to healthcare delivery, Ascension subsidiaries provide a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
