Texas Medical Center
Texas Medical Center | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood | |
Aerial view of the Texas Medical Center's main campus looking south from Hermann Park. Brays Bayou is visible at the top of the image. | |
| Coordinates: 29°42′22″N 95°24′32″W / 29.7061789°N 95.408837°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Harris |
| City | Houston |
| Institution created | 1945 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-profit corporation |
| • Body | Texas Medical Center Corporation |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.8 km2 (4.93 sq mi) |
| • TMC campus | 5.4 km2 (2.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 20,866 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| Figures for the combined Medical Center / Astrodome super neighborhood. | |
| ZIP Code | 77030 |
| Area code(s) | 281, 346, 713, 832 |
| Website | tmc |
The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is a neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. It is immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288.
Over 60 medical institutions, largely concentrated in a triangular area between Brays Bayou, Rice University, and Hermann Park, are members of the Texas Medical Center Corporation—a non-profit umbrella organization—which constitutes the largest medical center and life science destination in the world. As the world's largest medical center, it is also nicknamed as the "Medical Mini-City". The TMC has the world's highest density of clinical facilities for patient care, basic biomedical sciences, and translational research. The neighborhood is 2.1-square-mile (5.4 km2).
The Texas Medical Center employs over 106,000 people, hosts 10 million patient encounters annually, and has a gross domestic product of US$25 billion. Over the decades, the TMC has expanded south of Brays Bayou toward NRG Park and the organization has developed plans for a new "innovation campus" south of the river. The 4.93-square-mile (12.8 km2) Medical Center / Astrodome area, highly populated with medical workers, is home to over 20,000 people.
The TMC is served by the METRORail Red Line, a north-south light rail route which connects the district to Downtown Houston and NRG Park.