Northwest Texas Healthcare System

A Leader in Heart, Emergency and Children's Care for the Texas Panhandle

Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo, Texas has been providing high quality, comprehensive acute care and outpatient services to the 500,000+ residents of the Texas Panhandle and surrounding region since 1924. A designated tertiary care academic institution, NWTHS provides patients with advanced technological innovations for diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions. The hospital also empowers physicians with the technological and organizational infrastructure to excel in their specialties, from advanced diagnostic imaging capabilities to programs that encourage continuing professional education. 

NWTHS is known in Texas and throughout the regional for cardiovascular, stroke, emergency, and children’s services. Our Heart Hospital is the only dedicated specialty heart hospital in the Panhandle, and an accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, an institute of the American College of Cardiology.  As the Trauma Center for the 26-county Texas Panhandle, and certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center, the hospital treats over 64,000 patients in its Emergency Department each year. 

Northwest Children’s Hospital is the Panhandle’s primary healthcare provider for children, with nearly all Pediatric subspecialties available through the hospital and its network. Women’s and maternity services, surgical services including the da Vinci Robotic system, primary care, and inpatient behavioral health care combine with other key specialties to make Northwest the healthcare system of choice in the region.

NWTHS is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the largest hospital and healthcare management companies in the nation. For information visit www.uhsinc.com