Science in Service of Medicine

Our academic teams worked resolutely throughout the pandemic, contributing to the system-wide COVID-19 response with rapid outcomes studies and clinical trials as well as continuing to make landmark discoveries in each of our Centers of Excellence. This book shares some of the stories that embody our mission to meet the most demanding challenges faced by patients and their physicians.

In 2020, our academic community further cemented their position at the center of a global collaborative network that moves medical research from concept to cure and educates healthcare professionals in the latest medical breakthroughs. This year, we partnered with Rice University to launch the Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces, which brings together scientists, clinicians, engineers and surgeons to solve clinical problems with neurorobotics. 2020 also saw the establishment of the Weill Cornell Graduate School doctoral program in Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology at Houston Methodist that builds upon the long-standing academic affiliation between the two academic medical institutions.

None of this work would be possible without the dedication and support of our visionary Houston Methodist Academic Institute board members, generous donors and brilliant faculty. Our work together has established Houston Methodist as a leading academic medical center, and I am honored to be a part of this journey to the future of medicine.