1. Home
  2. Services
  3. Trauma

Trauma

Through an unfailing commitment to excellence and continual improvement, CHI St. Joseph Health has earned the only Level II Trauma status in the Brazos Valley. This accreditation is awarded by the American College of Surgeons. 

CHI St. Joseph Health has always been the region’s leader in delivering the highest-level emergency and trauma care, having received the first verification as a Trauma Center designation as an accredited Chest Pain Center and the first as a Primary Stroke Center in the region.

With our new advanced Emergency & Trauma Center, our physicians, surgeons and highly experienced emergency and trauma teams are more equipped than ever to provide you with the best patient experience, faster response and expert care that can make the critical difference in an emergency. Modern facilities and new systems streamline every aspect of treatment. You can feel confident you are in the hands of a trauma team that is the most experienced and highly trained in the region.

As the highest-level Trauma Center in a nine-county area, our new, advanced Emergency & Trauma Center makes us better equipped than ever to provide the expert care you need. Our trauma team is the most experienced in the region and backed 24/7 by trauma surgeons and specialists in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, facial and plastic surgery, anesthesiology, radiology, critical care and more. It’s a level of care that can make the critical difference.

Rapid assessment, total care.

In the Emergency Room, the response team quickly assesses the need for additional trauma specialists.

The CHI St. Joseph Trauma Team includes trauma surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, plastic surgeons, neurosurgeons, ear nose and throat specialists, thoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, radiologists, and other trauma physicians. The Trauma Team also includes nurses, techs, imaging, RT...

And with the latest technology in diagnostic equipment, our emergency room physicians make fast and accurate diagnoses. Once a trauma patient leaves the emergency room and is admitted to our Level II Trauma Center, the Trauma team plans and coordinates every aspect of care until it’s time for the patient to leave the facility.

Treating all traumatic injuries, including:
  • Brain and spine injuries
  • Severe skeletal injuries
  • Multiple injuries (blunt and penetrating)
Emergency general surgery:
  • Abdominal devastations
  • Post-operative complications
  • Severe soft tissue infections
Critical Care:
  • Complex ventilator management
  • Sepsis

Trauma Medical Director


Vincent U. Ohaju, D.O.

CHI St. Joseph Health Trauma Program – Fully Prepared And Close To Home

CHI St. Joseph Health is the most advanced– and only Level II Trauma Center–between Houston, Temple, Austin and San Antonio.

  • Our Trauma Center is ready when you need us, covering over 9 counties.
  • Our emergency and trauma team is the most experienced in the region and backed 24/7  by trauma surgeons and specialists in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, facial and plastic surgery, anesthesiology, radiology, critical care and more. It’s a level of care that can make the critical difference.
  • We work as a team with EMS agencies across the Brazos Valley to share best practices and ensure patients receive the most advanced trauma care possible.
  • CHI St. Joseph Health is the primary 911 Service Provider for Burleson County, Grimes County, and Madison County.
  • CHI St. Joseph Health’s trauma program is one of only a handful in the nation that operates both a ground and air ambulance service.
  • CHI St. Joseph Health AirMedical is housed at our hospital in Bryan. This means AirMedical crew members gain hospital experience in trauma care while rounding with trauma surgeons. The result is seamless coordination of care.

Our Physicians