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Facilities
The nine-story Medical School building is connected to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. The building bridges Ross Sterling Avenue to form one continuous structure with the hospital’s Cullen, Jones, Robertson, and Hermann pavilions. A sky bridge provides a link with The University of Texas Health Science Center Professional Building, where the faculty conduct their clinical practices, and adjacent garages.
The Medical School building contains offices, teaching and research laboratories, classrooms, lecture halls, study areas, animal facilities, educational and biomedical communications support areas, student lounges, a recreational center, and administrative suites. In early 2005, the John Freeman Building (the original Medical School building), was demolished to make room for a new six-story 208,500 gross square-foot research building. The top two floors will be devoted to a state-of-the-art vivarium, and the first four floors will be dedicated to research. This new building will be connected to the Medical School building at several levels.
Affiliated Hospitals
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, a partner in the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, is the primary teaching hospital of the UT Medical School in the Texas Medical Center (TMC). Founded in 1925, this large metropolitan hospital, licensed for 815 beds, has a long-standing record of distinction in postgraduate teaching. It offers a broad range of inpatient services with special units for coronary and intensive care, newborn intensive care, treatment of burns, kidney disease and transplantation, advanced diagnostic facilities, a clinical research center, and emergency services. The hospital serves as the center of inpatient clinical activity for the Medical School’s full-time faculty who work closely with part-time faculty and volunteer physicians. The hospital, which has been completely renovated, includes Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, the Texas Kidney Institute, the President Bush Center for Cardiovascular Health, and the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Medical Surgical Center. Medical students develop much of their inpatient clinical experience in this outstanding facility.
In 1997, Hermann Hospital merged with the Memorial Healthcare System to become the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, the largest not-for-profit hospital system in Houston. The Memorial Hermann Healthcare System has 3,155 licensed beds in 9 acute care hospitals three long-term acute hospitals, and a retirement/nursing center.
The Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) General Hospital, owned and operated by the Harris County Hospital District, is the second primary teaching facility for the Medical School. This 332-bed hospital opened in 1989 and is a full-service general hospital with easy access for the indigent patients it serves. Health-care services for the hospital district are provided by Affiliated Medical Services, a nonprofit organization composed of UT faculty, which staffs LBJ, and Baylor College of Medicine, which staffs Ben Taub General Hospital.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, located in the Texas Medical Center, is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost centers for cancer care, research, education, and prevention. Since its opening in 1944, M. D. Anderson has treated more than 700,000 persons with cancer and allied diseases in its inpatient and outpatient services. The institution also houses a large clinical and basic science research program devoted to the investigation of the biology of cancer and includes active units in biochemistry, biological response modifiers, biophysics, molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, cell biology, and cancer prevention. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center participates in a wide range of training programs involving more than 4,100 students annually in the sciences and health professions. In addition, inpatient facilities were completed in 1976 and an expanded ambulatory care center was dedicated in 1987 Three new buildings have recently opened: the Cancer Prevention Building, the Ambulatory Clinic Building, and the Basic Sciences Research Building. The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has 512 beds and will treat more than 74,000 people this year.
The UT Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC), which opened in 1986, is a 222-bed public acute care psychiatric hospital that delivers a comprehensive program of psychiatric and clinical social services to more than 5,000 patients annually. The center plays an important role as a teaching facility for medical and nursing schools across Texas and Louisiana. Operated by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the facility is jointly supported by the State of Texas and Harris County under the auspices of the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, respectively. The Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences provides the administrative leadership and medical services for the center.
CHRISTUS St. Joseph Hospital is a 792-bed general hospital four miles north of the Medical School in downtown Houston. This hospital is the site of several programs for student rotations, overseen by UT faculty, including surgery, neurology, and obstetrics and gynecology.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital is a 946- bed community teaching hospital and tertiary referral center located nearby in the Texas Medical Center. Student rotations from the Medical School take place in neurology and internal medicine. St. Luke’s is also home to the Texas Heart Institute, where The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has several ongoing research and educational collaborations.
Outpatient Clinical Facilities
Ambulatory care is provided at the UT-Houston Physician Offices, located primarily in The University of Texas Health Science Center Professional Building across the street as well as at several satellite locations; six community health centers operated by the Harris County Hospital District; seven WIC (Women, Infants and Children) clinics; plus several other clinical outreach programs located throughout the greater Houston community
The UT Mental Sciences Institute (MSI), which is part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is located in the TMC and is dedicated to education and clinical care in psychiatry. MSI also serves as a facility for clinical research activities.
Library Resources
The Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center (HAM‑TMC) Library serves as the accredited library for most Texas Medical Center institutions and is the primary library resource for The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Currently, the library contains 76,500 square feet of space and holds over 362,220 volumes, including books and journal volumes. Additionally, the library has subscriptions to over 100 electronic databases and over 4,400 electronic journals. Over 50 public access computers are available to library users. These computers have Internet access, as well as software products for word processing, spreadsheets, database development, and preparation of public presentations. The library also offers classes in basic HTML, Endnote, Internet for medical research, navigating full-text journals, OVID, PowerPoint, PubMed, and Reference Manager.
Since 1991, the library has served as the Regional Medical Library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, with responsibility for the library needs of health professionals in the five-state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. So designated by the National Library of Medicine, there are only eight Regional Medical Libraries in the nation.
Learning Resource Center (LRC)
The Learning Resource Center (LRC) supports the teaching and learning functions of the Medical School. The staff works closely with the faculty and the students to promote utilization of innovative teaching and learning strategies in support of the Medical School’s educational programs. The LRC is housed in a state-of-the-art facility with over 10,000 square feet of dedicated space, which includes seating for more than 200 in 150 individualized study carrels and five group study rooms. There are six conference rooms as part of the Medical School’s Problem Based Learning curriculum.
The LRC has over 75 networked computer stations, more than 200 Internet connections, and wireless networking capability. A range of audiovisual devices and a collection of over 3,500 instructional media include required and recommended texts, reserve and reference materials, slide sets, videotapes, and computer programs.
The LRC’s circulation desk is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., while the study areas are accessible 24 hours, seven days a week. |
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