Your practice in Brenham operates under the CHI St. Joseph Health banner, a not-for-profit healthcare network headquartered in Bryan/College Station, Texas, that has served the Brazos Valley since 1936. In that year, the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio purchased the original Bryan Hospital, a 35-bed facility, and renamed it St. Joseph Hospital in response to a request from a local physician who recognized the community's growing need for organized healthcare.
What began as a small faith-based hospital nearly nine decades ago has grown into an integrated health system spanning 61 locations across nine counties, with 611 licensed beds, more than 100 employed providers, and more than 20 ambulatory clinics offering primary care, express care, imaging, diagnostics, and a freestanding emergency room. You will practice within a system that has deep roots in the communities it serves and a track record of steady investment in growth, facilities, and clinical capability.
CHI St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital in Bryan serves as the anchor facility for the entire system. It is the Brazos Valley's only Level II Trauma Center, staffed 24/7 by trauma surgeons and specialists in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery, anesthesiology, radiology, and critical care.
The hospital holds the distinction of being the first Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center in the region and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. It is the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region, with a dedicated cardiac catheterization laboratory and cardiac surgical suite that has been in operation since 1987.
U.S. News & World Report rates CHI St. Joseph Regional Health Center as high performing in six adult procedures and conditions, with 85% of patients willing to recommend the hospital to others. For your patients in Brenham who need specialized care beyond what primary care provides, the referral pathway to these services is direct and within the same system.
CHI St. Joseph Health maintains a formal academic partnership with the Texas A&M Health Science Center, one of the state's major health sciences universities located minutes away in College Station. Most of the St. Joseph physician and emergency department staff have clinical faculty appointments available through Texas A&M.
Texas A&M's campus brings approximately 70,000 students to the Bryan/College Station area, contributing to the region's educational infrastructure, economic vitality, and cultural offerings. For your practice in Brenham, this affiliation provides optional lecturing opportunities ($100/hour) and student precepting stipends while connecting you to a broader academic community.
CHI St. Joseph Health operates as part of CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the United States. CommonSpirit was formed in 2019 through the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
The system operates across 24 states with approximately 140 hospitals, more than 2,300 care sites, 160,000 employees, and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers. CommonSpirit reported revenues of $40 billion for its 2025 fiscal year and contributes more than $5 billion annually in charity care, community benefits, and unreimbursed government programs.
What this means for your practice: you will have access to CommonSpirit's benefits infrastructure, malpractice coverage with lifetime tail, CME funding, and career mobility across 24 states, while practicing in a local clinic where leadership knows your name.
Your day-to-day practice takes place at CHI St. Joseph Health Primary Care Brenham, located at 110 Highway 290 West in Brenham, Texas. The clinic is a modern facility offering family medicine, internal medicine, primary care, and chronic disease management.
On-site ancillary services include physical therapy, X-ray, and laboratory. The facility has capacity for up to four providers and is currently staffed by one physician assistant following the upcoming departure of Kelly McDonald, MD.
You will practice in a clinic small enough to know every patient and staff member by name, backed by a local health system with nearly 90 years of community trust and a national organization with the resources to support your career for as long as you choose to stay.
