St. Joseph Health Partners with HealthPoint to Open Rockdale Clinic

Bryan, TX, November 25, 2019— St. Joseph Health, with the support of the Rockdale Hospital District, has partnered with HealthPoint to open a HealthPoint clinic in Rockdale, TX. The clinic, which opened on November 4, 2019, provides primary care services to the Rockdale community. Located at 1701 Pecos Avenue, the Rockdale HealthPoint clinic has traditional office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Currently, the facility only offers primary care services; however, the needs of the community will continually be assessed to determine if other services should be offered. The Rockdale community has been without a medical facility since January 2019, when Little River closed under Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Karla Woods, Advanced Practitioner, who originally worked in the Little River clinic in Rockdale, has returned to the community and is currently seeing patients. Additionally, physicians Miguel De la Torre, MD, Family Practice, and Jeanet Tannous, MD, Pediatrics, have been employed and are practicing in the newly established HealthPoint Rockdale clinic. Kristen Gainer, Advanced Practitioner, will also be returning to serve the community in 2020. She is currently at the HealthPoint Caldwell clinic. “CHI St. Joseph Health is proud of our strong history of commitment to communities like Rockdale. We understand the need for stable healthcare in every community, and we are excited to be able to provide that security to the Rockdale community,” said Theron Park, president and CEO of St. Joseph Health. About HealthPoint HealthPoint is a regional not for profit, working in partnership with CHI serving the greater Brazos Valley neighborhoods and providing access to services and support programs, including medical, pharmacy services, mental health and dentistry. About St. Joseph Health St. Joseph Health is comprised of five hospitals across the Brazos Valley, including Regional Hospital in Bryan-College Station and St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital (formerly College Station Medical Center). St. Joseph Health is home to a Level II Major Trauma Center, the highest in the region. St. Joseph Health is an academic and clinical partner of Texas A&M Health Science Center. Together, the St. Joseph and Texas A&M Health Network includes over 100 employed primary care physicians, specialists and advanced practice clinicians. As an active member of the Brazos Valley, St. Joseph Health is a leader in providing compassionate care as well as addressing the overall health of the community. It is part of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) which recently joined with Dignity Health to form CommonSpirit Health, a new nonprofit national health system committed to advancing the health of all people and dedicated to serving the common good. Learn more about St. Joseph Health at CHIStJoseph.org. [For more information, please contact Communications Manager Tracy Bates at 713-962-9347 or [email protected].]