Welcome to Texas Health Dallas
For more than a half-century, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We continue to provide quality patient care for heart health, oncology, neurosurgery and women’s health/infant care. Designated as a Level I Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center, the hospital’s experienced team of physicians on the medical staff provides advanced emergency care in a timely manner. Our enduring commitment to the community allows us to offer this same compassionate care outside of the hospital walls, working with local organizations to provide patient education and support.
Parking & Transportation
Parking is available on surface lots and garages throughout the campus of Texas Health Dallas for a flat rate of $2. Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) provides service to Texas Health Dallas with buses and light rail. The Walnut Hill Station is located west of the hospital campus.
Visitor Information
Dining Options
Café Presby | View Menu
Location: First floor of main hospital
Monday through Friday
7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Saturday
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Chick Fil-A Express
Location: First floor of main hospital inside Café Presby
Monday through Friday
7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
French Garden Café
Location: First floor of the Margot Perot building
Monday through Friday
7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Dining Options, cont.
Shinjuku Sushi
Location: First floor of main hospital inside Café Presby
Monday through Friday
7 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Subway
Location: First floor of main hospital inside Café Presby
Monday through Friday
7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
9 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Room Service
Open seven day per week
7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Patients may order food by calling ext. 3663 (214-345-3663).
Chapel
The Chapel
People of all faiths are welcome to use the chapel, located on the first floor of the main hospital. If you need a chaplain, please ask the nurse or call 214-345-6789.
Pharmacy
Texas Health Prescription Shop
Location: Ground floor of main hospital
Monday through Friday
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
Closed
Gift Shop
The Gift Shop
Location: Main Hospital Lobby
Monday through Friday
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday
1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Perot Gift Shop
Location: First floor of the Margot Perot building
Monday through Friday
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.


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Chris York, President
Chris York Chris York, FACHE, serves as president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, having assumed the role in May of 2023. In this role he collaborates with the hospital's executive leadership team to direct and coordinate clinical, service and operational activities. He also works to advance physician engagement and promote effective employee and community relations.
York has more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience, much of it in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. He joined Texas Health from Community Health Systems, where he served as market CEO for Northwest Health System in Springdale, Arkansas. Before joining Community Health Systems, York spent nearly 15 years with Baylor Scott & White Health, most recently serving as president of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Grapevine and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Waxahachie.
He has also held leadership positions at WellStar Health System in Marietta, Georgia; Ballard Health in Johnson City, Tennessee; and Vizient Performance Consulting in Charlotte, North Carolina.
York earned master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was a fellow with the Baylor Scott & White Health/Southern Methodist University Executive Development and Growth Experience and was a healthcare executive fellow with the Advisory Board Co./Harvard University. He has served on a number of community boards and was named the 2019 Erie Chapman Foundation Healthcare CEO of the Year.
York and his wife, neonatologist Jackie York, M.D., have one son, Jack. Outside of work, he has served in various church leadership roles and enjoys mentoring, coaching, fishing and golfing.
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Elizabeth Asturi, Chief Nursing Officer
Elizabeth AsturiElizabeth Asturi, M.S.N., R.N., NE-BC, serves as the chief nursing officer of Texas Health Dallas, joining the leadership team in November 2019. Her service over the previous four years includes stints with increasing levels of responsibility as CNO at Texas Health HEB and Texas Health Allen.
Asturi's position at Texas Health Dallas is a homecoming, as she served there as associate CNO from 2010 through 2015, where she was instrumental in maintaining Magnet® designation, implementing care models and providing direct oversight of Nursing Administration, Critical Care and Emergency Services. She also led the operations of the hospital's Level II Trauma Designation program, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, Heart Failure Clinic, Women's Heart and Wellness Clinic and Valve Clinic, among other responsibilities. Asturi also has a background in clinical nursing and charge nurse roles, and as a clinical education specialist.
Prior to joining Texas Health, Asturi served as director of Critical Care at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls.
She holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and an associate’s degree in nursing from Brookhaven College. Asturi is also board-certified as a nurse executive by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Asturi serves as president for the North Texas Organization of Nurse Executives. She is also a former member of the board of directors for CareFlite. She has been recognized extensively at both the national and regional levels for nursing excellence.
She lives in North Dallas with her husband and two children. They are active members at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano.
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Aurora Estevez, Chief Quality and Medical Officer
Aurora Estevez Aurora Estevez, M.D., M.B.A., FACOG, has been chief quality and medical officer at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas since 2013. She is responsible for advancing clinical excellence and physician leadership and integration, working with a medical staff of more than 1,100 physicians. Estevez has oversight for quality, performance improvement and patient safety, care transitions, physician relations, graduate medical education, medical staff affairs, and ancillary services including lab, pharmacy and radiology.
Prior to joining Texas Health, Estevez served as chief medical officer at NCH Healthcare System in Naples, FL, where she contributed to many system-wide accomplishments including a three star STS ranking in cardiac surgery and affiliation with the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Estevez also previously served as medical affairs officer at two Tenet hospitals in South Florida and was in private practice in Boca Raton, FL, for 15 years.
Estevez is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She holds a BS in Biology from the University of Miami, MD from the University of Kansas, MBA from Yale University and completed her residency at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, FL.

