No matter what the need, no matter what the service, Duncanville offers a plethora of healthcare, facilities and procedures from basic care to state-of-the-art technology.

Duncanville is home from everything from cosmetic surgery, eyecare, alternative medicine, dentistry, pharmaceuticals, dermatology, diagnostics, rehabilitation, home healthcare, counseling and even pet medical services.

Duncanville has it all.

Methodist Charlton Medical Center is the foremost site for healthcare in the area and is only minutes from the City of Champions.

For almost a century, Methodist Health Systems - Charlton and Methodist Medical Center - has been a steward of the good health of the residents of great Dallas.

Charlton, located at 3500 W. Wheatland Road in Dallas has been providing healthcare to Duncanville and the surrounding cities for 25 years.

Services include cancer treatment, general medical and surgical care, intensive care, maternity, cardiology, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, day surgery, emergency care, outpatient services, physical medicine, radiology, sports medicine and women's imaging services.

Charlton also is proud to feature a fully equipped Sports Medicine Center that offers advanced sports medicine treatment and a Family Practice Center that focuses on comprehensive medical care. The hospital opened its new emergency department that will triple the number of treatment rooms previously available. A new Physical Medicine area and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center also is available with a two-lane running track, treadmills, and exercise bikes with TV/VCRs, an aerobics and weight area, an education classroom, showers and locker rooms.

Completed in 2003, a full-service catheterization laboratory provides the only interventional cardiology services in southwest Dallas County. The lab features state-of-the-art imaging equipment that is only available in a few facilities in the United States.

Methodist Medical Center, located at 1441 N. Beckley in Dallas, services as a teaching and referral center for Methodist Health System. In recent years, more than $125 million has been spent on new facilities including an expanded emergency department and trauma center that allows the hospital to provide emergency services to the city's most severely injured trauma patients.

With a staff of 500 physicians, representing more than 60 specialties, Methodist Medical Center is one of the nation's leading teaching and referral centers.

Physicians trained at medical programs in anesthesiology, internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, family practice and sports medicine.

As part of Methodist's ongoing investment in exceptional clinical services and facilities, Methodist Health System has one of only three Level II trauma cents in Dallas; offers multi-organ transplant services; and provides nationally rated high-risk infant care including a Level III neonatal intensive care unit that is a referral center for more than 30 hospitals in north and east Texas.

Methodist Medical Center holds an unwavering commitment to excellence, evidenced by recently earning one of the highest accolades hospitals can receive, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Gold Seal of Approval.

For more information, visit Methodist Medical Systems online at www.methodisthealthsystems.org.

Contact numbers are: Methodist Dallas Medical Center, 214-947-8181; Methodist Charlton Medical Center, 214-947-7777; Physician Referral Service, 214-947-0000; Methodist Family Health Center, Cedar Hill, 972-291-7863; Methodist Family Health Center, central Grand Prairie, 972-262-1425; and Methodist Family Health Center, south Grand Prairie, 972-263-5272.