Affiliated Healthcare Systems history

The name officially changed to Scott and White Health Plan in 1984.

During the hospital’s celebration of its 65th birthday in 1986, the decision was made to change the institution’s name from Spartanburg General Hospital to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center (SRMC).

1987 Scott & White Memorial Hospital installs the first magnetic resonance imager (MRI) in Central Texas, allowing doctors to detect and diagnose, quickly and painlessly, many diseases and brain and spinal cord disorders.

The 95-bed Regional Heart Center opened in 1988.

1989 Surgeons on the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas perform Dallas' first lung transplant and three years later perform Dallas' first double lung transplant.

April 24, 1990 – The largest space telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope, is launched into orbit via the Space Shuttle Discovery.

1991 Baylor Tom Landry Fitness Center opens at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, offering the community a sports medicine facility that was, at the time, perhaps the only center of its kind in the world.

1993 United States News & World Report "America's Best Hospitals" guide recognizes Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas as one of the best hospitals in the nation — an honor the medical center again receives for 17 consecutive years.

The eight-story Rose and Walter Montgomery Patient Tower opened in 1994.

1995 Surgeons on the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas perform the medical center's first kidney and pancreas transplant.

1996 Baylor Institute for Immunology Research is established at Baylor Research Institute.

1997 Baylor Pediatric Center for Restorative Care is renamed Our Children's House at Baylor.

2000 Joel Allison is named president and CEO of Baylor Health Care System.

2003 Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas celebrates its 100-year anniversary.

2004 Baylor Health Care System forms ODC Therapy Inc., a cancer immunotherapy company.

2006 Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine begin expanding their emergency departments.

Baylor Grapevine's $9.2 million expansion is completed in October 2007.

2010 Baylor Health Care System and the City of Dallas join forces to open the Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute (DHWI), bringing a new model of healthcare to South Dallas, the community with the highest rates of diabetes in the city.

2011 The new Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Dallas opens its doors.

Baylor Health Care System forms a joint venture with Emerus to bring eight freestanding emergency hospitals to North Texas by 2014.

November 2, 2016 – The Chicago Cubs win the World Series, ending their 71-year National League pennant drought, their 108-year World Series championship drought and the Curse of the Billy Goat.