The Heart Hospital Plano

E4H designed this 164,000 SF addition for Baylor Scott & White – The Heart Hospital Plano, which offers world-class cardiovascular care to the North Texas community.

The new six-floor North Tower Expansion allows for improved operational efficiency and increased patient load. The first floor features a renovated and expanded lobby, coffee shop, and the Heart Rock Café—a restaurant caliber dining area. The education suite is comprised of a 190-seat auditorium with state-of-the-art conferencing capabilities. A bio-skills classroom allows physicians and residents to practice innovative surgery techniques. The cardiopulmonary rehabilitation unit was relocated from the original building and now features an indoor track and specialized consultation and care areas for physical therapy patients.

The second floor includes four operating rooms with an expanded central core, blood bank, central sterile processing department, and an expanded post-anesthesia recovery unit. The physicians’ lounge—complete with conference rooms and a residents’ suite—helps retain the top physicians in the field by making it a premier place to work. The third floor houses 28 private patient rooms in an inpatient unit. The fourth floor is currently shelled for a future 28-room expansion to match the floor below. On the fifth floor, the Baylor Research Institute conducts long-term research into procedures and medications.