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Galveston County Healthcare

Greater Houston is home to the world’s best healthcare. Hospitals in Galveston County include:

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

  • Oldest medical school in Texas

  • Established in 1891

  • 1 in 6 Texas physicians has trained at this school

  • 11,000 employees

  • 3,000 students

  • Level I Trauma Center

  • Lead trauma center for a nine-county region

UTMB Hospitals in Galveston County:

John Sealy Hospital

  • General care teaching hospital

  • 12 stories

  • 414 beds

Jennie Sealy Hospital

  • Hospital serving geriatric patents

UTMB Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital

  • 50 inpatient beds

  • 12 PICU beds

  • 30 newborn beds

  • 42 high acuity beds

  • 6 stories

Rebecca Sealy Hospital

  • Regional psychiatric hospital for mental health

  • Inpatient programs for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  • Day surgery services

Shriners Burn Hospital for Children

  • Care and treatment of acute burns

  • Plastic reconstructive or restorative surgery as a result of “healed” burns

  • Treatment for scarring and deformity of the face

  • 30 beds

UTMB Criminal Justice Hospital

Prison hospital 172 inpatient beds

Academic Health Center

Schools of:

  • Medicine

  • Nursing

  • Health Professions

  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Home to Galveston National Laboratory

Research areas:

  • Institute for Human Infections and Immunity

  • Institute for the Medical Humanities

  • Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine

  • Sealy Center for Structural Biology

  • Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases

  • Center for Addiction Research

  • Educational Cancer Center

  • Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health

  • Institute for Translational Sciences

  • Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology

  • Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine

  • World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases

  • Stark Diabetes Center

  • Center for Biomedical Engineering

  • Center for Environmental Toxicology

  • Sealy Center on Aging

  • George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

  • Sealy Center for Vaccine Development

The University of Texas Medical Branch League City Campus

  • Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum unit with specialty care for moms and newborns

  • Emergency Department with 10 rooms and complete diagnostics lab

  • 20 medical/surgery patient rooms

  • 4 endoscopy suites

  • 10 operating rooms

  • 2 cardiac cauterization labs

  • Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic

  • Outpatient specialty care and surgical services

The University of Texas Medical Branch Women’s Healthcare – League City

  • Primary care

  • Prenatal care

  • Reconstructive surgery

Mainland Medical Center

  • 223-bed acute care facility

  • 725 medical staff

  • 200 physicians

  • Emergency Services with comprehensive onsite diagnostic and imaging

  • Heart and Vascular services, including general cardiology, heart surgery and chest pain evaluation and treatment

  • Women’s services, from maternity care, with labor and delivery suites and NICU, to Breast Care Center

  • General and minimally invasive surgery, including appendectomy, hernia, tonsillectomy, and more

  • Orthopedic surgery, including hip, knee, and other joint replacement procedures

  • Senior mental health treatment

Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital

  • 178 acute-care beds

  • 500 physicians on staff

  • 800 employees

  • Services include:

  • Breast Care Center

  • Childbirth and Women’s Services Center

  • Concussion Center

  • Emergency Services

  • Heart and Vascular Services

  • Joint Replacement Center

  • Neurology Services

  • Occupational, hand, pediatric, physical and aquatic therapies

  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

  • Outpatient Imaging

  • Primary Care

  • Spine Program

  • Weight Management

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

  • 2,000 medical staff

  • 900 doctors

  • Recently underwent a $92 million renovation and expansion

  • Renovation of both patient towers

  • Expansion of the Women and Children’s Center.

  • Breast Diagnostic Center

  • Heart and Vascular Hospital

  • Level III Emergency Room

  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Center

  • Cutting-edge facilities

  • Support minimally invasive and robotic surgeries

Memorial Hermann Health System: Convenient Care Center

  • 24-hour Emergency Room

  • Onsite imaging and lab services

  • Breast Cancer Center

  • Physical Therapy

  • Multi-specialty Care Center

  • Access to Memorial Hermann Group physicians