1949 – Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital Opens in Downtown Kerrville.

1969 – By its 20th anniversary, the hospital had displaced the gas station to make room for expanded X-ray, laboratory, and other ancillary services; undergone a $1 million construction project to expand the sixth floor nursing unit, and added a seventh floor, increasing bed capacity to 86.

1985 – The Surgical Annex opens, expanding surgical services and increasing patient beds to 148. This is the first project completed in a long-range, $6 million expansion plan, half of which is supported by the Peterson Foundation with the other half contributed by the community.

1990 – Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital separates from the Hal and Charlie Peterson Foundation to become an independent, nonprofit, 148-bed community hospital supported solely through patient revenues and private donations.

1998 – Breaking ground on the 35-acre Peterson Regional Ambulatory Care Center, a 52,000-square foot facility offering outpatient imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, infusion therapy, endoscopy, and same-day surgical services.

2000 – Medical air transport service is initiated to fly critically ill or injured patients to medical facilities in San Antonio or Austin.

2008 – The grand opening of Peterson Regional Medical Center. The new hospital is the first building on the new campus and provides an open environment, beautiful Hill Country views, and 124 spacious private patient rooms.

2011 – Peterson Regional Medical Center becomes the only Hill Country healthcare facility to offer robotic medical technology with the da Vinci Surgical System —doubling the hospital’s procedures performed in the first year.

2012 – The three-story Cailloux Professional Building is built between Peterson Regional Medical Center and the Ambulatory Care Center to become home to Peterson Medical Associates.

2016 – The organization unveils new identity as “Peterson Health” with new taglines and advertising.

2017 – Peterson Health is named a Top 20 Rural Community Hospital by the National Rural Health Association, the only hospital to receive the recognition in Texas!

2020 – Peterson Health receives the Governor’s Award for Quality by the Quality Texas Foundation —state recognition of our organization’s commitment to a journey of excellence and accountability.

2021 – Peterson Health Foundation’s Today. Tomorrow. Always. Campaign raises $20 million to build the new Amanda and J. David Williams Surgery Center and fund renovations to the Pevehouse Ambulatory Care Center.

2022 – A groundbreaking Ceremony is held for the Amanda and J. David Williams Surgery Center, a primary outpatient surgery center that will expand capacity of surgical suites by 25% and procedure rooms by 50%.

2023 – Peterson Health is named one of the Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare for the third consecutive year, a testament to our commitment to cultivating a nurturing environment and culture.

2023 – Named one of 15 Top Rural Hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, and the ONLY independent healthcare organization in Texas!

2024 – Celebrating 75 years of exceptional, compassionate, patient- centered care in the Texas Hill Country!