HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center will be enhancing and expanding its operating rooms, clinical areas, nursing units and public spaces in a comprehensive project set to begin by the end of the year, according to an Oct. 14 announcement from the hospital.

Improvements at the nearly 400,000-square-foot specialty care hospital include an additional cardiovascular operating room, enhancement of robotic operating rooms, operating suites and pre/post-surgery areas; an upgrade and expansion of digestive disease care areas; and the renovation and expansion of nursing units, surgery waiting rooms and the hospital’s front entrance.

“This new project provides the advanced infrastructure needed to provide the highest level of subspecialty care in a modern, safe environment, mirroring the aspirations of the physician leaders who founded this hospital 45 years ago,” said Dr. Randall Stenoien, the medical center’s chief of staff, in the announcement.

Heitkamp Swift Architects and general contractor DPR Construction will lead the project’s construction team.

The announcement comes as HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center nears completion of new cardiac catheterization labs, enhanced operating rooms and the continued development of its robotic program. 713-527-5000. www.hcahoustonhealthcare.com