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The hospital started as Camp Gordon Station Hospital in 1941, caring for World War II casualties and dependents. It was closed in 1946, but reopened as Camp Gordon became the more permanent Fort Gordon during the Cold War. The hospital's current building, opened for patients in 1976, replaced sprawling wooden buildings from the World War II era.
Texas Health was formed in 1997, with the assets of Fort Worth-based Harris Methodist Health System and Dallas-based Presbyterian Healthcare Resources. Later that year, Arlington Memorial Hospital joined the Texas Health system.
Surveys as of early 1972 showed that prior to the opening of the hospital, Dallas had six hospital beds per 1000 people, while eight cities of comparable size averaged just over 9.1 beds per 1000 people. [1] The 14-story, 367-bed hospital had 78 physicians on the medical staff and enough staff to care for an 85 percent occupancy rate.
In 2024, the hospital was ranked the following in specific specialties in the United States by ‘’Newsweek’’: [5] 32nd in Neurological; 34th in Cancer; 37th in Cardiac; In 2024 the hospital was also ranked as the top hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by U.S. News & World Report. [6]
After a multi-year process, Fort Eisenhower is now officially the name of the local military installation and Fort Gordon has been retired.
Dallas Methodist Hospital began caring for patients on December 24, 1927, and officially opened as a 100-bed institution on January 27, 1928. A three-story student nurse's residence was built near the hospital in 1951, and the Martin and Charlotte Weiss Educational Building, which provided classroom space for nursing education and a large auditorium for community programming, opened in 1966.