Hospital Affiliation
BCM is affiliated with many of the hospitals that make the Texas Medical Center the largest medical center in the world. BCM's affiliations include:
- Texas Children's Hospital
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- The Methodist Hospital
- St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital & The Texas Heart Institute
- Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Ben Taub General Hospital
- Memorial Hermann - The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
- Menninger Clinic
Cooperating Patient Care Institutions:
- Community Health Centers
- Cullen Bayou Place
- DePelchin Children's Center
- Houston Child Guidance Center
- Jewish Family Service Cancer Center
- Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
- Park Plaza Hospital
- Quentin Mease Hospital
- Seven Acres Jewish Geriatric Center
- Houston Shriners Hospital (orthopedic)
- Thomas Street AIDS Clinic
- Woman's Hospital of Texas
Methodist Hospital had been Baylor's primary private teaching hospital for many decades. Baylor and Methodist dissolved some of their connections during a conflict in 2004 for reasons that seem to revolve around a planned ambulatory care center and ownership of the physicians' private practices. Methodist and Baylor retain a number of important affiliations, however, and Baylor medical students and residents continue to rotate through The Methodist Hospital. In the meantime, Baylor has strengthened its ties to other Medical Center hospitals like MD Anderson and St. Luke's, leading, for example, to the recent decision for MD Anderson's chairman of neurosurgery to also be chair at Baylor.
Baylor initiated plans to build its own hospital and clinic after ties with Methodist Hospital were dissolved. The Baylor Clinic is currently in operation and the 600 bed not-for-profit hospital's exteriors are complete but construction is currently suspended on the interiors due to economic concerns. The hospital will be located in Texas Medical Center on the McNair Campus of Baylor College of Medicine near Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Old Spanish Trail. Once the Hospital building is fully complete the Baylor Clinic will move from its current location to the McNair Campus.
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