South Texas Medical Center
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The South Texas Medical Center (STMC) consists of 900 acres (3.6 km²) of medical-related facilities in northwest San Antonio.
The STMC, which directly serves 38 counties, consists of forty-five medically related institutions; separate medical, dental and nursing schools, five higher educational institutions, twelve hospitals and five specialty institutions. These facilities combined currently total over 4,200 patient beds.
In 2009 the STMC was home to more than $350 million in construction projects. More than $1 billion in new construction projects are currently planned through 2014.
In 2009, 27,884 persons were directly employed at the center, and the combined budget of all entities at the South Texas Medical Center totaled $3.3 Billion.
Central to the medical center is the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
and its teaching hospital: The University Hospital, which is the source of employment for 12,000 people. The Audie Murphy VA Hospital, CTRC
, Brooke Army Medical Center
, Texas Cancer Clinic, the Children's Cancer Research Institute
, Christus Santa Rosa health system
, Texas Neuroscience Institute
, Villa Rosa, St Luke, and 11 Methodist hospitals also have affiliated programs or projects with the UT Health Science Center.
The University of the Incarnate Word
also has a campus located in the eastern part of the South Texas Medical Center, where its optometry
school is located. UIW has affiliated programs with the Christus Santa Rosa health system
.
Northwest Vista College
has a nursing training program at the Medical center, and the University of Texas at San Antonio
has joint programs with UTHSCSA's GSBS and School of Allied Health Sciences.
The Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
is also located in the South Texas Medical Center.
UT Austin's school of pharmacy also has research facilities and staff located in the medical center.
Also situated in the South Texas Medical Center is Health Careers High School, a health professions-based magnet school of Northside ISD that enrolls just under 1,000 students from around Bexar County.
Member institutions with facilities and offices in the center are:
The STMC, which directly serves 38 counties, consists of forty-five medically related institutions; separate medical, dental and nursing schools, five higher educational institutions, twelve hospitals and five specialty institutions. These facilities combined currently total over 4,200 patient beds.
In 2009 the STMC was home to more than $350 million in construction projects. More than $1 billion in new construction projects are currently planned through 2014.
Staff and budget
Research and Development
San Antonio's Biosciences industry employs over 100,000 people. The largest areas of research are conducted by institutes in or around the South Texas Medical Center. These include the oncology division of one of the world's top five biotechnology firms, the world's largest Phase I clinical trials program for new anti-cancer drugs, and the new $200 million Children's Cancer Research Institute. San Antonio also houses the world's largest genomics computing cluster and the state's public bank for stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood.Academics
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is an institute of health science education and research, located in the South Texas Medical Center....
and its teaching hospital: The University Hospital, which is the source of employment for 12,000 people. The Audie Murphy VA Hospital, CTRC
Cancer Therapy & Research Center
Cancer Therapy & Research Center , founded in 1974, is one of three leading academic research and treatment centers designated by the National Cancer Institute in Texas....
, Brooke Army Medical Center
Brooke Army Medical Center
Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio is part of the United States Army Medical Command. It is a University of Texas Health Science Center and USUHS teaching hospital and contains the Army Burn Center....
, Texas Cancer Clinic, the Children's Cancer Research Institute
Children's Cancer Research Institute
The Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute is a research center in San Antonio, Texas.Located in the South Texas Medical Center, the facility was established by the largest single oncology endowment in the history of the U.S....
, Christus Santa Rosa health system
Christus Santa Rosa health system
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System, or CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care , is a health care organization in South Texas. Established in 1869, CSRHC is a part of and is the only faith-based, not-for-profit health care system in San Antonio....
, Texas Neuroscience Institute
Texas Neuroscience Institute
The Texas Neurosciences Institute is a research and neurological clinical center in San Antonio, Texas.Located in the South Texas Medical Center, the center offers more services in the field of neurosciences than any other health care entity in the state of Texas...
, Villa Rosa, St Luke, and 11 Methodist hospitals also have affiliated programs or projects with the UT Health Science Center.
The University of the Incarnate Word
University of the Incarnate Word
The University of the Incarnate Word is a private Catholic university located within the cities of San Antonio and Alamo Heights in Texas, United States....
also has a campus located in the eastern part of the South Texas Medical Center, where its optometry
Optometry
Optometry is a health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. Optometrists, or Doctors of Optometry, are state licensed medical professionals trained to prescribe and fit lenses to improve vision,...
school is located. UIW has affiliated programs with the Christus Santa Rosa health system
Christus Santa Rosa health system
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System, or CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care , is a health care organization in South Texas. Established in 1869, CSRHC is a part of and is the only faith-based, not-for-profit health care system in San Antonio....
.
Northwest Vista College
Northwest Vista College
Northwest Vista College is a public community college within the Alamo Community College District in San Antonio, Texas. It is one of the top community colleges in the United States. Northwest Vista College offers open admission.- History :...
has a nursing training program at the Medical center, and the University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Texas at San Antonio, commonly referred to as UTSA, is a state university in San Antonio, Texas. With an enrollment of more than 30,000 students, it is the third-largest of nine universities and six health institutions in the University of Texas System and the eighth-largest in...
has joint programs with UTHSCSA's GSBS and School of Allied Health Sciences.
The Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions, established 1903, is an accredited professional health science school sponsored by the Baptist Health System...
is also located in the South Texas Medical Center.
UT Austin's school of pharmacy also has research facilities and staff located in the medical center.
Also situated in the South Texas Medical Center is Health Careers High School, a health professions-based magnet school of Northside ISD that enrolls just under 1,000 students from around Bexar County.
Member institutions
See also
- Southwest Research InstituteSouthwest Research InstituteSouthwest Research Institute , headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organizations in the United States...
- UTHSCSA
- Southwest Foundation for Biomedical ResearchSouthwest Foundation for Biomedical ResearchTexas Biomedical Research Institute , located in San Antonio, Texas, is an independent biomedical research institution, specializing in genetics and in virology and immunology...
- Texas Medical CenterTexas Medical CenterThe Texas Medical Center is the largest medical center in the world with one of the highest densities of clinical facilities for patient care, basic science, and translational research...
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is one of the biomedical research institutions of the University of Texas System, incorporating three degree-granting institutions, four affiliated hospitals, including Parkland Memorial, the teaching hospital, and biomedical research...