Everything about The Texas Medical Center totally explained
The
Texas Medical Center, with one of the highest densities of clinical facilities for patient care, basic science, and
translational research of any location, is the largest medical district in the world. The center is located in
Houston, Texas,
USA. The center contains 45 medicine-related institutions, which includes 13 hospitals and two specialty institutions, two
medical schools, four
nursing schools, and schools of
dentistry,
public health,
pharmacy, and other health-related careers. All 45 institutions are
not-for-profit. The center is where one of the first, and largest, air ambulance service was created and where a successful inter-institutional transplant program was developed. More heart surgeries are performed at the Texas Medical Center than anywhere else in the world.
The Texas Medical Center receives over five million annual patient visits including over ten thousand international patients. In 2006, the center employed over 73,500 people, including 4,000 physicians and 11,000 registered nurses.
Adjacent to the center are
Rice University,
Hermann Park,
Reliant Park and the
Museum District.
History
Founding and early years
The Texas Medical Center was established in 1945 through the generous philanthropy of businessman Monroe Dunaway Anderson. Anderson believed that a medical center that consisted of many different hospitals, academic and research institutions and support organizations should be built in Houston, next to
Hermann Hospital. Anderson founded the M.D. Anderson Foundation prior to the charter of the medical center with an endowment of $300,000. The fund's first gift was a check of $1,000 to the
Junior League Eye Fund for eyeglasses. Two years after establishing the M.D. Anderson Foundation, Anderson died, leaving $19 million to the organization, the largest charitable fund ever created in Texas. In 1941, the
Texas State Legislature granted funds to the
University of Texas for the purpose of starting a cancer research hospital. The M.D. Anderson Foundation matched the state's gift to the university by supplying funds and land to construct the hospital.
President
Roosevelt approved the purchase of from the Hermann Estate in 1944 for the construction of a 1,000-bed
naval hospital in Houston. The hospital, later renamed the
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, opened in 1946 and became a teaching facility for the
Baylor College of Medicine. Also in 1946, several projects were approved for inclusion in the Texas Medical Center including:
Hermann Hospital,
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital,
The Methodist Hospital, The Shriners Crippled Children's' Hospital (now known as
Shriners Hospitals for Children), and the
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. The
M.D. Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research of the University of Texas began construction in 1953.
Texas Children's Hospital admitted its first patient in 1954.
During the late 1950s, the Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research opened. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston added the Gimbel Research Wing. Texas Woman's University Nursing Program began instruction.
In 1962, the
Texas Heart Institute was chartered and became affiliated with
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and
Texas Children's Hospital.
Ben Taub General Hospital of the Harris County Hospital District opened.
Recent history and developments
In 1993, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center began a $248.6-million expansion project which constructed an inpatient pavilion with 512 beds, two research buildings, an outpatient clinic building, a faculty office building and a patient-family hotel. From 2005 to present, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Building, the Ambulatory Clinical Building, the Cancer Prevention Center and a new research building on the South Campus opened. The for profit
Proton Therapy Center, the largest facility in the
United States where
proton therapy is used to treat cancer, opened in July of 2006.
The
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System is constructing the six-floor, Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute. Also recently completed is the 30-story Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza, which is now the largest medical office building in the Texas Medical Center. At night, it's recognizable by its unique rainbow lantern. The new construction is part of the system's city-wide "Century Project" initiative.
Baylor College of Medicine opened
The Baylor Clinic on June 29, 2005 and is currently in the process of building a state-of-the-art integrated hospital and clinic, to be called The Baylor Hospital, which will open in the fall of 2010.
Texas Medical Center Institutions
Patient care institutions
Educational institutions
Academic and research institutions
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
Houston Community College System — Health Science Programs
The Methodist Healthcare System
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
- Methodist DeBakey Heart Center
- Methodist Neurological Institute
- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Texas A&M University System
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Southern University — College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Texas Woman's University — Institution of Health Sciences, Houston
University of Houston — College of Pharmacy
University of Houston Health Science Center (proposed)
University of Houston System at Texas Medical Center (proposed)
Rice University
The University of Texas System
Secondary schools
Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions — named after Michael E. DeBakey
Support facilities
John P. McGovern Texas Medical Center Commons Building
John P. McGovern Campus Texas Medical Center
City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Harris County Medical Society
Houston Academy of Medicine
The Institute of Religion and Health headed until his death in 2007 by the United Methodist minister John E. Fellers
Joseph A. Jachimczyk Forensic Center - Office of the Medical Examiner of Harris County
John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science
LifeGift Organ Donation Center
Ronald McDonald House of Houston
YMCA Child Care Center in the Texas Medical Center
Facts and Figures
5.5 Million – Approximate patient visits
10,000+ – International patients
6,500 – Beds; 600 bassinets
10,000+ – M.D.s, Ph.D.s and other doctorates
73,600 – Employees
26,000+ – Registered nurses, LVN's, clinical caregivers, technicians, and medical support staff
13,500 – Volunteers
33,150 – Full-time students and more than 75,000 part-time students
1,000 – Acres in the South Main area plus other locations throughout Houston, Texas and internationally
37 Million – Square feet of existing, under construction, or programmed physical plant space
$2 Billion – Approximate cost of buildings under active construction
46,500+ – Parking spaces with 6,000 new parking spaces under construction
Housing
The Texas Medical Center (External Link
) operates the Laurence H. Favrot Tower Apartments; only medical professionals and other staff members of the Texas Medical Center and their dependents may live in the apartments.
Education
Residents of the apartments are zoned to Houston ISD schools:
Roberts Elementary School
Ryan Middle School
Lamar High School
Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, a public magnet school, is located east of the Texas Medical Center.
Infrastructure
The area is served by Metro bus service and the "Red Line" of the METRORail light rail system. Three METRORail stations are located near the center: (TMC Transit Center, Dryden/TMC Station, and Memorial Hermann Hospital/Houston Zoo Station).
Emergency services
Fire services
The Houston Fire Department Station 33 Medical Center is near the Texas Medical Center at 7100 Fannin @ South Braeswood (External Link).
Police services
The Texas Medical Center is within the Houston Police Department's South Central Patrol Division (External Link).
Postal services
The United States Postal Service Medical Center Station is located at 7205 Almeda Road, 77054-9998.
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