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Texas Medical Center
The Texas Medical Center is the largest and one of the most famous groups of medical institutions worldwide.
It is located in midtown Houston, Texas, United States. Many famous people have been flown into the Medical Center. Adjacent to the center is Rice University, Hermann Park and the Museum District. The Texas Medical Center includes 13 hospitals, 2 medical schools, and a total of 42 institiutions in all.
The Texas Medical Center has a notable building. The Saint Luke's Medical Tower forms the center's skyline. It was built in 1991.
The SONCC , short for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing and Student Community Center, has been started in 2001 and will be completed in 2004.
The area is served by three light rail stations on the Red Line of the METRORail light rail system.
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Patient Care Institutions
- Harris County Hospital District
- Ben Taub General Hospital
- Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital
- Quentin Mease Community Hospital
- Thirteen Neighborhood Health Centers
- The Hospice at The Texas Medical Center
- Memorial Hermann Hospital
- The Methodist Hospital
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Hospital
- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Houston
- Texas Children's Hospital
- The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR )
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston
Educational Institutions
High Schools
- Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions , named after Michael E. DeBakey
Colleges and Universities
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
- Houston Community College System - Health Science Programs
- Prairie View A&M University - College of Nursing
- Texas A&M University Health Science Center - Institute of Biosciences and Technology
- Texas Heart Institute
- Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
- Texas Woman's University - Institution of Health Sciences, Houston
- University of Houston College of Pharmacy
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Dental Branch
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Harris County Psychiatric Center
- Medical School
- School of Health Information Sciences
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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