Introducing to the Region: World-Class Technology

You don't have to travel out of the area to find the latest technology and treatments. Here's just a few examples of Southeast Missouri Hospital bringing World-Class Technology to the region.

Southeast introduces new way to treat cancer

Southeast Missouri Hospital introduces a revolutionary new cancer treatment option to the region. We are the first in Missouri to offer this high-tech treatment, and only one of 50 in the world. Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery, enables physicians to treat tumros of the brain, head, neck, spine, liver, lung and prostate without harming surrounding healthy tissue.

World-class Linear Accelerator

The new Varian linear accelerator is the same world-class technology found at internationally-renowned cancer centers such as M.D. Anderson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts General, and the University of Chicago.

Laboratory’s new liquid pap screening offers cutting-edge technology

A new screening process now available at Southeast’s Clinical Laboratory helps assure women that their Pap tests are getting clearer screenings that provide clearer diagnoses. Southeast’s Lab is one of only about 100 U.S. labs to offer physicians and women this cutting edge technology.

Southeast Missouri Hospital offers Prostate brachytherapy

Men with prostate cancer now have a new treatment option other than external beam radiation or surgery – prostate brachytherapy.

PET among most technologically advanced in nation

The PET scanner at Southeast Missouri Hospital is among the most technologically advanced in the nation, providing physicians with images that are unsurpassed by any other PET unit in the region.

We operate on hearts without missing a beat

All four heart surgeons at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Heart Center - Drs. J. Darryl Ramsey, Randy G. Brown, and William R.M. Ogle - are trained in and regularly perform "beating heart" bypasses.

Southeast goes 'filmless' with Digital Imaging

Southeast has gone "filmless" and offers one of the first digital imaging and archiving systems in the area. The new system offers rapid diagnosis and gives physicians some unique 3-D viewing capabilities they never had before.

Regional Cancer Center offers hereditary cancer risk assessment

Now at Southeast Missouri Hospital’s Regional Cancer Center, individuals with a strong cancer history can receive cancer risk assessment and counseling, education and, if appropriate, genetic testing at the region’s first Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment clinic.