Patient Care at its Best
Patients are at the heart of everything we do at Baylor College of Medicine. Our goal is to provide the best possible care. To us, that means offering cutting-edge diagnosis and treatments in a compassionate manner that respects the individual.
Our doctors care for patients ranging from premature infants to senior citizens. Many BCM physicians are national and international experts, and together they offer an incredible array of services, from primary care to highly specialized areas of expertise. Our patients have access to the latest advances in medicine thanks to close collaborations with BCM's leading scientists.
BCM physicians see patients in a variety of locations, including:
Baylor Clinic, a state-of-the-art adult outpatient healthcare facility- Baylor Family Medicine, the private practice for faculty physicians of the Department of Family and Community Medicine
- Medical Office Building, opening its second and third floors in October 2008, will house the Cullen Eye Institute. The first floor Ambulatory Surgery Center is scheduled to open in late 2008 or early 2009.
- Houston Hospital for Specialized Surgery, at 5400 LaBranch St., is an ambulatory surgery center serving BCM physicians and their patients. See HHSS brochure (PDF).
- Ben Taub General Hospital, the largest hospital in the Harris County Hospital District
- The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, one of the VA's largest hospitals, serving Harris County and 27 surrounding counties
- St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, the primary, private adult hospital affiliate of the College
- Texas Children's Hospital, the nation's largest pediatric hospital
- The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, one of the few hospitals in the world capable of providing comprehensive care for the most severely disabled patients
- The Menninger Clinic, dedicated to making a positive difference in the health and lives of adolescents and adults with severe psychiatric and dual disorders
- The Methodist Hospital, one of the nation's largest private, non-profit hospitals
Many of the specialty and subspecialty services at these locations are nationally ranked as sites of premier clinical quality.