Texas Medical

Center

An Overview

Arthur (Tim) Garson, Jr., MD, MPH

Director, Health Policy Institute

Texas Medical Center

• The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is the world’s largest

medical complex

• Today, TMC comprises 56 member institutions, including:

- 21 renowned hospitals

- 13 support organizations

- 8 academic and research institutions

- 6 nursing programs

- 3 public health organizations

- 3 medical schools

- 3 universities

- 2 pharmacy schools

- 1 dental school

TMC embers

TMC Facts & Figures

The TMC receives 7.2 Million Visits Per Year, which is

Those visitors are served by over

106,000 employees (more than Exxon Apple or Google)TMC Exxon Apple Google

106K

88K76K

53K

Including:Patients are treated in one of

7,000 beds-if they were all stacked, they would measure 1.65 miles, or 7 Empire State Buildings

171,000 Annual Surgeries

25,000 Babies Delivered Annually

Most heart surgeries in the world

Researchers

5,700

Faculty17,500

Nurses15,000

Physicians5,000

Mission

To promote:

Health Education Research

Strategic Plan Directives: 5 Institutes

Regenerative MedicineGenomics

InnovationHealth Policy Clinical Research

Health Policy Institute

1. Become THE resource for health policy and analytics for Texas and a known trusted resource for the US

2. Use innovative programs to stimulate collaboration across the 56 member institutions

3. Support ground-breaking practical research to support health policy

4. Educate the next generation of health leaders in health policy as well as educate the public

5. Become an example for employers and use outcomes as a basis for evidence-based policy

Innovation Institute Vision

Discoveries

Solutions

1. Cultivate Talent

2. Provide Services &

Infrastructure

3. Secure Sustainable

Funding

4. Engage Industry Partners

5. Leverage TMC Assets

6. Develop Entrepreneurial

Culture

Become the global leader

in life sciences

innovation &

commercialization

Innovation Institute: TMC|X

• The TMC|X provides a gateway to the facilities,

resources and network of the world’s largest

medical center

• TMC|X resources for startups include

• Unprecedented clinical access

• An all-star network of advisors

• Newly renovated office space

• From ideation to commercialization, we work

closely with life science and digital health

startups to transform scientific innovations into

tangible tools that save lives, manage disease,

and improve quality of life

TMC BIODESIGN

MEDICAL DEVICE

CARDIOVASCULAR

MEDICINE

DIGITAL HEALTH

EMERGENCY

MEDICINE

Innovation Institute: Biodesign

• From problem to product in one

year, biodesign brings together

highly talented individuals with

diverse skillsets to create digital

health and medical device

solutions.

• Biodesign Process

• Identify unmet needs

• Invent an early-stage prototype

• Implement the solution

• Innovation Fellows are supported

with the leading experts and

resources of the Texas Medical

Center.

Innovation Institute: Biodesign

• Competitive application cycle:

• 507 applications submitted (1.6%

acceptance rate)

• ~ 75% applicants were outside of

Houston

• 8 Fellows chosen with backgrounds in:

• Medicine

• Biomedical and Mechanical

Engineering

• Design

• VC, investment banking, and

entrepreneurship

• Software Development

• Health Policy

• Research

Baylor College of

Medicine

Translational Research

Campus

Current Site

Baylor College of

Medicine

Translational Research

Campus

Current Site

Translational Research Campus

Criteria

SHARED RESEARCH SPACE GREEN SPACE BIKE & PEDESTRIAN SPACE

MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL SPACE RETAIL & RESTAURANT/BAR SPACE HOTEL & CONFERENCE SPACE

Baylor College of

Medicine

TMC3

Campus

Translational Research

Campus