Medical City Fort Worth expands services with $37M renovation

Medical City Healthcare officials said their latest expansion aims to improve access to advanced medical care in the fast-growing Fort Worth area.

Medical City Fort Worth celebrated the completion of a new $37 million expansion that includes a state-of-the-art catheterization laboratory and four new operating rooms. The new spaces allow hospital staff to better provide cardiovascular, surgical and critical care to patients, officials said at an Oct. 6 ribbon cutting.

Alongside modern spaces for medical procedures, the expansion allows the 378-bed hospital to better serve the growing population of Tarrant and Parker counties, said John Hoover, CEO for Medical City Fort Worth. 

“It’s a testament to be able to keep up with the growth rate and drive high-quality improvement to human life on a day-to-day basis,” Hoover said.

John Hoover, CEO of Medical City Fort Worth, shares details related to the new spaces at the hospital on Oct. 6, 2025. (Ismael M. Belkoura | Fort Worth Report)

The project, announced in October 2024, started earlier this year. Medical City Fort Worth provides emergency services, heart and vascular care, kidney transplants and orthopedic care, among others.

Additional expansion in the near future includes the construction of a $51 million parking garage set to break ground in 2026, Hoover said. 

Medical City Fort Worth was named one of the 250 best hospitals in the country for 2023 by Healthgrades.

Fort Worth is not the only city in North Texas reaping the rewards of Medical City’s investment. The system is investing $1.7 billion regionally over five years to improve and expand facilities across the region.

That includes a $144 million project in Arlington for a new patient tower and other upgrades and a new $50 million mental health center in the Alliance area. Other system projects are planned in Plano and Lewisville.

Dr. Reza Khalafi, director of cardiothoracic surgery at Medical City Fort Worth, said the recent hospital improvements allow doctors to better serve patients.

“Our volumes are going up every year, and every year we’re gonna need more and more spaces to get going with our patients,” Khalafi said.

The new catheterization lab opened at Medical City Fort Worth on Oct. 6, 2025. (Ismael M. Belkoura | Fort Worth Report)

Mayor Mattie Parker stressed to those at the ribbon cutting that North Texas will soon have a larger population than the metro region of Chicago.

“We have to have health care support from every single provider here in North Texas,” Parker said. 

Medical City’s growth coincides with other large investments in Fort Worth’s medical district. JPS Health Network, UT Southwestern, Baylor Scott & White Health, Cook Children’s Health Care System and Texas Health Resources are all financing enhancements to facilities in the Medical District.

Ismael M. Belkoura is the health reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at ismael.belkoura@fortworthreport.org. 

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