Health and Wellness

The crown jewel of health care, education and research in Houston is the Texas Medical Center (TMC), considered the world’s largest medical center. It was first developed in 1945 with a dream to create a medical center where people from all walks of life could have access to the best health care anywhere, regardless of their race, age or financial position. Today that dream is fully realized and one can find people from every social circumstance and from many of the world's nations seeking treatment at one of the center's 49 renowned institutions. Inside this section, you’ll find descriptions of TMC facilities and institutions as well as those located outside the TMC. There's also a locator map of all Houston-area hospitals.

Benefiting the entire region, many TMC institutions are making the Texas Medical Center quality of care convenient to even more people by placing clinics, offices and other facilities in neighborhoods throughout Houston and the surrounding communities, and even in other parts of Texas and the world.

In addition to the TMC’s economic impact, which is estimated at more than $6 billion in the regional expenditures of goods and services, TMC brings to the city... more »

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