About STAT Care

STAT Care was founded in October 2002 as an Emergency Department Management firm focusing on the critical needs of emergency room patients, staffing, administration and support services. Based in Houston, Texas, STAT Care’s founder has over 20 years of combined management experience in both metropolitan cities and their suburbs.

Physician owned and operated, STAT Care understands the challenges and opportunities inherent in managing a busy emergency department. Patient care is our top priority, handled in a productive, compassionate and cost-effective manner.

STAT Care was founded on the concept that the health and well being of an individual is a joint effort, which includes the patient, the physician, and the medical treatment facility. We strive to create an environment that leaves a lasting positive impression on our patients. Our Emergency Rooms are places that provide superior medical care from experienced physicians with sharp clinical skills, and a caring demeanor.

STAT Care’s leadership team will provide unrivaled support, processes and tools to make your Emergency Department a model for others to follow.


STAT Care Leadership

 
Benjamin Oei, MD FACEP
President & CEO
                               

Dr. Oei is a board-eligible Emergency Medicine physician, practicing full-time since 1990. He is currently the Emergency Department Medical Director at OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas. As the Medical Director for Fort Bend County Emergency Medical Services, Dr. Oei continues to work with paramedics and other County agencies to provide the best pre-hospital care. Being on the Southeast Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, he is a proponent of continuing excellence in regional trauma system development in Fort Bend County. He is a member of the Fort Bend County Bioterrorism Task Force, actively participating and contributing to the regional state of emergency readiness.he successful Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner program started in 1998.

A medical school graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1987, Dr. Oei became Board Certified in Family Practice after completing his residency at Memorial Medical Center in Corpus Christi. Due to extensive Emergency Department experience, he was recruited to work at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in 1990. He served on numerous Quality Improvement and Patient Satisfaction Committees, and volunteered to oversee the Family Practice residents in the Emergency Department. He has also participated in Houston's Baptist University's Health Professions Program, and been a key education speaker for nursing students and area school nurses in trauma care.

Dr. Oei's knowledge of flow analysis, process integration and risk management has helped Polly Ryon Memorial Hospital provide excellent care to the community. With a strong interest in advanced computer system implementation, he is striving to convert current paper Emergency Room documents to Electronic Medical Records for the future.


 
Victor Miranda, MD FACEP
Co-Founder
                               

 

The late Dr. Miranda began practicing in 1984 after graduating from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas in 1981 and completing his residency at John Sealy Hospital in 1984. In 1985, he became Founder, CEO and President of STAT Physicians/STAT Healthcare, which became one of the leading Emergency Medicine management companies in Houston, Texas. Ten years later, while managing thirteen contracts in the Houston area and approximately 120 physicians, STATHealthcare went public. Dr. Miranda was also pivotal in the mergers of STAT Healthcare with AMHealth, a home healthcare and dialysis provider, and American Medical Response, the largest ambulance service provider in the United States.

As a co-founder of STAT Care, Inc., Dr. Miranda’s vision to “change customer's expectations by dramatically improving the way they are cared for” is still practiced every day.

 

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