Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is proud to announce the addition of Charles Toulson, M.D., orthopedic surgeon and medical director of the Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano Joint Replacement Center, and Jennifer Zimmer, M.D., FACP, internal medicine physician and medical director of medical education at Baylor Plano, to the Hospital Board of Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
Dr. Toulson brings years of experience in the area of joint replacement and has authored many scientific articles related to orthopaedic surgery and hematology. He is the recipient of many honors, including the Knee Society Grant Award and the Distinguished Medical Scholar Award of the University of North Carolina. Dr. Toulson attended medical school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and graduated with honors. He went on to perform his General Surgery Internship and Orthopedic Surgery Residency at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He then proceeded to the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York where he performed a fellowship in Hip and Knee Reconstruction.
Dr. Zimmer practices internal medicine at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano and has focused her career on quality improvement in health care. She obtained her medical degree at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Dr. Zimmer was an intern in medicine at Beth Israel Hospital and resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School in Boston. After completing her residency, she joined the teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School until relocating to Texas in 2004. Dr. Zimmer also received a graduate certificate in Advanced Leadership for Physicians from Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business and serves on a number of quality and service excellence committees across Baylor Health Care System. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Fellow in the American College of Physicians.
"We believe that Dr. Toulson's and Dr. Zimmer's fervent commitment to quality and patient-centered care will bring additional insight and ideas that will further enhance our ability to offer advanced treatment options to our patients," said Jerri Garison, president, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women's services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano, Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, and the Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano Elizabeth Jekot, M.D., Breast Imaging Center. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System. Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano ranks fourth on U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Best Hospitals metro area ranking for the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Baylor Plano is also a 2010 recipient of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence and houses an Accredited Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commissions on Cancer. Baylor Plano is the only hospital in Collin County and one of six in Texas to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For more information, or a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano.
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