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Our Commitment to
Research and Education
Houston Methodist supports our 775 faculty with a $196.3M annual investment in research and education and a planned investment of $300M over five years for strategic academic initiatives. Investigators also have access to more than $97M in philanthropic funds for research and education and a competitive $22M philanthropic fund to support translation of their most promising technologies.
Strategic academic initiatives
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$
300
M
Over five years
Research, education and products
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$
158.5
M
Research
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$
22
M
Products
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$
37.8
M
Education
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Annual extramural funding
Total $64.1M
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$23.4M
NIH Grant Funding
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$
13.2
M
Philanthropy
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$
11.1
M
Other Grant Funding
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$
16.4
M
Industry Contracts
Translation & Development
to Bring New Technologies & Therapies to Patients
We bring new scientific discoveries to patients as rapidly as possible through the full cycle of a cure from bench research, to prototyping and production, to clinical trials and FDA approval. Houston Methodist has a $22M product development fund to navigate promising technologies through this translational pipeline and facilitate a technology transfer hand off to the market for delivery to patients. We focus on achieving market adoption and compliance with safety, laws and regulations to give patients quicker access to safe and effective therapies.
22,000,000
Product development fund
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150+
Technologies for licensing
29
Products in regulatory pipeline
570
Clinical trials
5
Licenses and options
Houston Methodist has a $30M product development fund to navigate promising technologies through this translational pipeline and facilitate a technology transfer hand off to the market for delivery to patients.
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22,000,000
Product Development Fund
Houston Methodist has a $22M product development fund to navigate promising technologies through this translational pipeline and facilitate a technology transfer hand off to the market for delivery to patients. Product Development Fund
Worldwide
Collaboration & Leadership
Global collaboration sources the best expertise for interdisciplinary research and education. In 2020, Houston Methodist faculty mentored 920 trainees in residence from 48 countries and participated in 6,691 collaborations with peers from 136 countries.
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1,554
Peer-Reviewed Publications
48
Learners from 48 Countries
1,203
Research Projects
48
Collaborating US States
136
Collaborating Countries
Collaborations
Training the
Next Generation
of Caregivers & Innovators
Houston Methodist faculty trained 41,344 learners in 2020. Our modern interdisciplinary GME and educational programs have access to advanced resources like the MITIESM virtual hospital and procedural skills labs that support evidence-based practice.
8,474
Health Care
2,863
Pharmacy
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41,344
Learners
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11,898
Physicians
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494
Research
4,154
Allied Health
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13,461
Nursing
1.38M
Patient Encounters
8,268
Physicians
775
Faculty
2,047
Credentialed Researchers
41,344
Learners
Patient care
2014
2020
Physicians
4,500
8,268
Employees
17,011
26,098
Beds
1,960
2,541
Admissions
82,739
120,356
Outpatient Visits
764,765
1,259,714
Research
2014
2020
Research Expenditures
$126 M
$158.5M
Extramural Funding
$49.2 M
$64.1M
Faculty
525
775
Credentialed Researchers
1,460
2,047
Clinical Protocols
840
1,470
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1,225
1,554
Collaborations
3,362
6,691
Faculty Academic Activities
1,483
5,340
Education
2014
2020
Total Learners
25,152
41,344
Trainees in Residence
1,653
920
GME Programs
42
59
GME Residents & Fellows
245
336
CME Learners
14,719
15,518
MITIESM Learners
6,110
3,186
Research Trainees
399
494
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+30%
+75%
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+37%
+5.4%
Ranked in 11 Specialties:
Cancer Cardiology/Heart Surgery Diabetes & Endocrinology Ear, Nose & Throat Gastroenterology/GI Surgery Geriatrics Gynecology Neurology/Neurosurgery Nephrology Orthopedics Pulmonology/Lung Surgery
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Houston Methodist
Hospitals & Institutes
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Clinical Care
8
Hospitals
6
Centers of Excellence
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Academic Institute
Research Institute and Education Institute
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Affiliated with
Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital
Centers of Excellence
Houston Methodist Cancer Center Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Houston Methodist Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Houston Methodist Neurological Institute Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Departments Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Department of Cardiology Department of Cardiovascular Sciences Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Family Medicine Department of Medicine Department of Nanomedicine
Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology Department of Neurosurgery Department of Nursing Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Ophthalmology Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Orthopedic Surgery Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine Department of Pharmacy Department of Radiation Oncology Department of Radiology Department of Surgery Department of Urology
Centers & Programs Ann Kimball and John W. Johnson Center for Cellular Therapeutics Blanton Eye Institute Center for Bioenergetics Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration Center for Computational Surgery Center for Critical Care Center for Health & Nature Center for Immunotherapy Research Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration Center for Neuroregeneration Center for Outcomes Research Center for Precision Surgery Center for Rapid Device Translation Center for Tissue Engineering Center for Urological Regeneration Houston Methodist Institute for Robotics, Imaging and Navigation Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education (MITIESM) Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center Immunology Center Kenneth R. Peak Brain & Pituitary Treatment Center Lung Center Mathematics in Medicine Program Nantz National Alzheimer Center Regenerative Medicine Program Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation