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Jointly owned by ����������� and CommonSpirit Health, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is the primary private adult teaching hospital for �����������. In addition to the Texas Medical Center facility, an 850-bed hospital that offers a range of specialties, a new facility is now operational on the McNair Campus in the Texas Medical Center. In the 2020 U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Hospitals” survey, Baylor St. Luke’s ranked in the top nationally in four adult specialties and received a High Performing rating in six adult specialties and six procedures or conditions.

Baylor Scott & White Health Temple is the primary teaching hospital for the ����������� Temple Campus. For over 120 years, Baylor Scott & White Health has been a leader in innovative, patient-centered care for individuals and families from across the region, state, country and the world. This 690-bed multispecialty teaching and research hospital has been nationally recognized for both outstanding teaching and clinical care. The hospital is the only Level I trauma center between Dallas and Austin and is ranked as the fifth Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News and World Report.  Baylor Scott & White has been nationally recognized as the third best teaching hospital in the United States and has also received a maximum 5-Star rating for overall quality by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The central clinical facility for this public healthcare system is Ben Taub Hospital, which is contiguous with the Baylor campus and serves as a teaching hospital for Baylor students for all specialties and their subspecialties. Ben Taub includes a Level I Trauma Center, an award-winning cardiac program and a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Medical students may also have rotations at Harris Health’s Thomas Street Health Center, the nation’s first free-standing treatment facility dedicated to the care of patients with HIV/AIDS.

One of the VA’s largest hospitals, MEDVAMC serves as the primary healthcare provider for almost 130,000 veterans in southeast Texas. Veterans from around the country are referred to the MEDVAMC for specialized diagnostic care, radiation therapy, surgery, and medical treatment including cardiovascular surgery gastrointestinal endoscopy, nuclear medicine, ophthalmology, and treatment of spinal cord injury and diseases.

The Central Texas Veterans Affairs ����������� System provides health care services at 11 locations throughout central Texas with the two hospital facilities, Olin E. Teague Medical Center in Temple and the Doris Miller VA Medical Center in Waco. The Central Texas VA ����������� system is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the Veterans Integrated Service Network 17. At Olin E. Teague Veterans Medical Center provides health care services to more than 252,000 veterans in 39 counties, in addition to, advanced research and a robust teaching hospital with more than 125 affiliation agreements for 240 training programs across the country.

The primary pediatric training site for Baylor students is the largest pediatric hospital in the nation. Texas Children’s is ranked in all 10 subspecialties in U.S. News & World Report’s list of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, where it is also ranked the best in Texas and the fourth best pediatric hospital in the nation. The Texas Children’s Women’s Pavilion is a state-of-the-art center for obstetrics and gynecology.

Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s is a comprehensive pediatric hospital designed with children in mind. McLane is staffed and trained by pediatric doctors and surgeons in 40 pediatric specialties. With advanced technology, state of the art equipment and family centered spaces designed especially for children to heal and thrive, the hospital is committed to providing a quality outcome for each child.

Ranked second among the nation’s rehabilitation facilities according to U.S. News & World Report, TIRR focuses on providing care to individuals who have experienced catastrophic injuries or illnesses. TIRR is home to the �����������/University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alliance.

One of the world’s most respected centers devoted exclusively to cancer patient care, research, education, and prevention, MD Anderson has ranked among the nation’s top two cancer hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” survey since the survey’s inception.

Considered one of the top centers for psychiatric care in the world, Menninger ranks in the top five in U.S. News & World Report listing of best psychiatric hospitals.

CHRISTUS Children's is the first freestanding children's hospital in San Antonio. ����������� recruits, employs and oversees physicians there. This affiliation provides our students with additional opportunities outside of Houston.

Through the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Global Health Learning Opportunities, our students have access to approximately 1,400 rotations in 30 countries. Students also have opportunities for rotations through the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital.