At Texas Health Joint Replacement Surgery Center we put Clinical First™. We are proud to offer quality care, specialized equipment, and advanced technology in a safe, family-friendly environment. Our clinical professionals strive to be among the best providers in the healthcare industry.
Management Team
Dr. Robert Schmidt, Medical Director
Dr. Schmidt is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in total hip and total knee replacement surgery, arthroscopic surgery of the knee, and complex reconstruction of the hip and knee. He founded Texas Hip and Knee Center in 1989.
Dr. Schmidt graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville. After an internship in general surgery at UCLA, he completed his residency training in orthopedic surgery at the University of Virginia. He subsequently was a recipient of the esteemed Otto E. Aufranc Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Mass. During that time, he also served as a clinical instructor in orthopedic surgery at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.
Dr. Schmidt has performed over 10,000 hip and knee surgeries. His current research interests include knee component design, ligament balancing in knee replacement surgery, and the treatment of hip and knee prosthetic infection.
Melissa Bright
Melissa has been with SCA Health since 2017 and currently serves as the Director of Nursing with Texas Health Joint Replacement Surgery Center (THJRC). Prior to THJRC, she served as the Director of Nursing with Texas Health Surgery Center Park Hill, a multispecialty ASC. Prior to SCA Health Melissa served as the Clinical Exercise Specialist with The Heart Center of North Texas. Melissa received her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Texas Woman’s University and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Texas at Arlington.
Mission
To care for patients, serve physicians, and improve healthcare in America.
Our Values
| Clinical Quality | We are committed to outstanding patient care and clinical outcomes. |
| Integrity | We do what is right, no matter how difficult, without exception. We say what we mean, and we do what we say. |
| Service Excellence | We seek to exceed the expectations of patients, physicians and each other in everything we do. |
| Teamwork | We work together, helping and supporting one another to make our Centers, Departments and all of SCA Health successful. |
| Accountability | We take complete, personal responsibility for our actions and commitments. |
| Continuous Improvement | We seek to relentlessly improve our performance in every area – clinical, operational, and financial – constantly pushing ourselves to new heights. |