The newly announced expansion has been anticipated since the beginning, according to Dell Seton President Adam Messer. As the region’s only adult Level I trauma center, Dell Seton has had 454,362 emergency room visits and 61,304 surgeries since opening, according to Ascension. This is the first major addition to the hospital since its doors opened in May 2017, when it replaced the former University Medical Center Brackenridge. “We look forward to providing even more capabilities and infrastructure to expand access to high-quality, individualized care for all in Central Texas,” Andy Davis, president and CEO of Ascension Texas, said in a statement. Wound and burn care, oncology and abdominal transplant facilities will be added, and Dell Seton’s neurology services will see a boost with the addition of a neurocritical care unit for patients with neurological diseases requiring complex care. The upgrades will bring more space to the intensive care unit and add six new operating rooms as well as more on-call suites and clinical and outpatient space. Additionally, the portion of the hospital facing Red River Street will get a new floor. Four new floors will be added to the top of the teaching hospital’s patient tower. The expansion will add 150 beds and more than 160,000 square feet to Dell Seton. Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin is set to get a major expansion to the tune of $280 million, the facility’s parent hospital system Ascension Seton announced Monday.
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