As Oklahoma City’s premier provider of comprehensive medical services, from primary care and health screenings to high-tech surgical procedures and specialty care, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center received the Consumer Choice Award from National Research Corp., recognizing it as one of the nation’s top five hospitals for the fifth consecutive year. Services within the medical center campus and throughout the broader community continued to expand. 

As part of its continued commitment to the Oklahoma City community, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center (IBMC) founded the state’s first elementary charter school sponsored by a corporate entity. Western Village Academy opened in 2000, transforming a struggling urban elementary school into a renovated facility where tutors and volunteers supported students. More than 300 INTEGRIS volunteers now serve as mentors, and enrollment doubled during the school’s first decade.

In 2001, IBMC welcomed a new president and CEO, C. Bruce Lawrence. He oversaw construction of a new 1,100-space parking structure to accommodate the ever-increasing number of patients and visitors on the IBMC campus. The new garage replaced the aging two-level structure on the east side of the campus.

The Oklahoma City Hispanic community also was increasing during this time, a fact that did not go unnoticed by Lawrence and others. To address this demographic change, IBMC launched a Hispanic Initiative in 2003 to use education, resources and health-related services to provide medical treatment without language, cultural or financial barriers.

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