Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas was the first hospital in the metroplex to install what is known as BrainSuite, a state-of-the-art, fully-integrated MRI and operating room for brain surgery. This allows the opportunity to not only get real-time imaging information during surgery, but also provides the ability to perform an immediate postoperative MRI prior to leaving the operating room.

Both the "real-time" stereotactic imaging and the intraoperative MRI technologies have been around for several years; however, the BrainSuite combines both of these capabilities. This gives the surgeon an opportunity to evaluate the extent of tumor resection prior to completion of surgery. It can also be instrumental when operating on deep or critical brain structures, where visualization can be limited.

Although not necessary for all cranial procedures, the BrainSuite is yet another technological advancement that can improve outcomes, and is only available at a few hospitals. The BrainSuite at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas is named after Nancy Hamon, whose generous donation helped make this possible.