CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline is the largest and foremost acute care medical facility in the region, with a full range of diagnostic and surgical specialty services in cardiac, cancer and stroke care. It is the leading emergency facility in the area and the only Level II Trauma Center in the Coastal Bend, staffed with physicians and nurses specially trained in emergency services. The Pavilion and the Critical Care Center house a state-of-the-art emergency department, ICU, cardiac cath lab and surgical suites. CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline is an accredited Chest Pain Center, has an accredited Joint Commission Stroke Team, and is a teaching facility in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System Health and Science Center College of Medicine.