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2019 Annual Metrics
Our Commitment to
Research and Education
Houston Methodist supports our 706 faculty with a $190M 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 $30M philanthropic fund to support translation of their most promising technologies.
Strategic academic initiatives
$
300
M
Over five years
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$
153
M
Research
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Research, education and products
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$
30
M
Products
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$
37
M
Education
Annual extramural funding
Total $63.3M
NIH Grant Funding
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$
22.9
M
Philanthropy
$
12.9
M
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Other Grant Funding
$
15.6
M
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Industry Contracts
$
11.9
M
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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. We focus on achieving market adoption and compliance with safety, laws and regulations to give patients quicker access to safe and effective therapies.
30,000,000
Product development fund
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129
Technologies for licensing
23
Products in regulatory pipeline
606
Clinical trials
58
Patents, licenses, 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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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.
Product Development Fund
30,000,000
Worldwide
Collaboration & Leadership
Global collaboration sources the best expertise for interdisciplinary research and education. In 2019, Houston Methodist faculty mentored 1,516 trainees in residence from 41 countries and participated in 5,218 collaborations with peers from 74 countries.
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1,268
Peer-Reviewed Publications
41
Learners from 41 Countries
1529
Research Projects
46
Collaborating US States
74
Collaborating Countries
Collaborations
Training the
Next Generation
of Caregivers & Innovators
Houston Methodist faculty trained 32,739 learners in 2019. 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.
14,525
Health Care
298
Pharmacy
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32,739
Learners
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13,833
Physicians
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394
Research
1,365
Allied Health
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2,324
Nursing
1,453,307
Patient Encounters
7,744
Physicians
706
Faculty
1,978
Credentialed Researchers
32,739
Learners
Patient care
2014
2019
Physicians
4,500
7,744
Employees
17,011
25,543
Beds
1,960
2,393
Admissions
82,739
126,038
Outpatient Visits
764,765
1,327,269
Research
2014
2019
Research Expenditures
$126 M
$153M
Extramural Funding
$49.2 M
$63.3M
Faculty
525
706
Credentialed Researchers
1,460
1,978
Clinical Protocols
840
1,345
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1,225
1,268
Collaborations
3,362
5,218
Faculty Academic Activities
1,483
4,855
Education
2014
2019
Total Trainees
25,152
32,739
Trainees in Residence
1,653
1,516
GME Programs
42
54
GME Residents & Fellows
245
336
CME Trainees
14,719
19,283
MITIESM Trainees
6,110
7,995
Research Trainees
399
394
2014
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+73%
+28%
+60%
+29%
+37%
+31%
Ranked in 9 Specialties:
Cancer Cardiology/Heart Surgery Diabetes & Endocrinology Gastroenterology/GI Surgery Geriatrics Neurology/Neurosurgery Nephrology Orthopedics Pulmonology/Lung Surgery
Learn more about our
U.S. News & World Report
national rankings
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
Cancer Center DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders 
Neurological Institute Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 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 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
Programs
Blanton Eye Institute Center for Bioenergetics Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration Center for Computational Surgery Center for Health & Nature Center for Immunotherapy Research Center for Molecular & Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration Center for Neuroregeneration Center for Outcomes Research Center for Rapid Device Translation Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education (MITIESM) Nantz National Alzheimer Center Neurosciences Research Program Mathematics in Medicine Program Regenerative Medicine Program Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
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