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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is jointly owned by Baylor College of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health and is part of the CHI St. Luke's Health System. In addition to the current 850-bed hospital, construction is under way on a second bed tower at the new facility on the McNair Campus in the Texas Medical Center. In the coming years, all inpatient services will transition to Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center – McNair Campus.

Healthcare

The medical staff at Baylor St. Luke's includes full-time Baylor faculty members and advanced practice providers, as well as community physicians. Their excellence in patient care has earned the hospital recognition in a number of specialties.

In the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Hospitals" survey, Baylor St. Luke's ranked nationally in five adult specialties: Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Cancer and - for the first time - Geriatrics. It received High Performing ratings in three specialties: Nephrology, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology, as well as in eight procedures and conditions: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease, Colon Cancer Surgery, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Lung Cancer Surgery and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. These rankings are based on critical health elements, including patient survival and safety, hospital reputation, and care-related factors surveyed in nearly 5,000 hospital nationwide.

The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, receiving the award four consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke's also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.

Education

Rotations at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center provide extensive opportunities for medical and health professions students to work with its physician-educators in highly regarded programs. 

The hospital has the largest cardiac catheterization laboratory in the world with more than 10,000 diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed each year. The Transplant Center, one of the largest in the world, has performed more than 1,450 heart transplantations since 1975. Advanced treatment programs are available in orthopedics, oncology, urology, digestive disorders and neurosciences. Baylor trainees also gain experience within the internationally recognized liver transplant team.

Physician assistant students conduct general surgery rotations at Baylor St. Luke's and nurse anesthesia students gain experience in pediatric, neurosurgical, and outpatient anesthesia as well as other specialties at Baylor St. Luke's.

Research

Baylor physicians conduct research at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, including clinical trials to test whether a new drug, new prevention strategy, or new screening test is safe and effective in people. This may provide patients with early access to experimental treatments and other resources. The College's partnership with CommonSpirit Health, which has more than 700 care sites and 142 hospitals in 21 states, provides researchers access to extensive clinical data warehouses.

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine since 1949. Today it is one of the VA's largest hospitals, serving Harris County and 27 surrounding counties.

This state-of-the-art hospital building that features advanced design and technology provides exceptional training opportunities for Baylor College of Medicine students, residents and fellows. Located on a 118-acre campus, the six-story granite building is designed with four exterior sections and four atria that contain patio gardens, wheelchair basketball courts, and a rehabilitation pool.

Veterans from around the country are referred to MEDVAMC for specialized diagnostic care, radiation therapy, surgery, and medical treatment including cardiovascular surgery, ophthalmology, nuclear medicine, and treatment of spinal cord injury and diseases. The majority of physicians at MEDVAMC are Baylor College of Medicine faculty and MEDVAMC serves as a major teaching center for Baylor College of Medicine trainees.

Education

Baylor College of Medicine medical students and residents participate in both inpatient and outpatient care at MEDVAMC. Physician assistant students at Baylor College of Medicine go to the MEDVAMC for rotations in geriatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, surgery and other fields. The education program for nurse anesthesia at the MEDVAMC emphasizes geriatric anesthesia and, in particular, anesthetic care for open-heart, major vascular, thoracic, urologic, neurologic, orthopedic, ENT, eye and plastic procedures as well as anesthesia services outside the operating room.

MEDVAMC has 182 affiliation agreements with institutions of higher learning in 19 states. Each year more than 2,150 students are trained through these agreements. Health care students from fields such as nursing, dietetics, social work, and a wide variety of medical specialties receive training at MEDVAMC. This breadth of programs brings added diversity to Baylor College of Medicine training programs, providing students and trainees the opportunity to interact with individuals with varied perspectives and approaches.

The MEDVAMC conducts on-going resident and medical student orientation sessions. This training is extremely comprehensive, covering topics such as illnesses unique to the veteran population, patient rights and responsibilities, communication skills, conflict resolution, informed consent, supervision and position responsibility, medical record documentation, infection control, computer systems, and information about VA health care.

Research

Research conducted by Baylor faculty at the MEDVAMC, including programs shared between the two institutions like the Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence, ensure veterans access to cutting-edge health care.

National Naval Medical Center

The National Naval Medical Center is located in Bethesda Maryland, as suburb of Washington, D.C. It is one of the nation's largest and most renowned military medical centers, best known for its history of providing care to war heroes and presidents alike for the past 65 years. People come here to heal, to stay healthy, to help others, to teach the next generation, to practice quality medicine, and take part in cutting-edge clinical research.

The National Naval Medical Center is comprised of nearly 4,500 professionals.

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