Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Dallas or BUMC), part of
Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White Health is a healthcare system based in Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States a ...
, is a
not-for-profit hospital
A non-profit hospital is a hospital that does not make profits for owners of the hospital from the funds collected for patient services. The owners of non-profit hospitals are often a charitable organization or non-profit corporations. Fees for ...
in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
. It has 1,025 licensed beds and is one of the major centers for patient care, medical training and research in North Texas. In 1993, it was named by the ''
U.S. News & World Report'' in its list of "America's Best Hospitals" for the fifteenth consecutive year.
In 2013,
Scott & White merged with Baylor Health Care System to form Baylor Scott & White Health.
History
In 1903, the hospital opened as Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium in a 14-room renovated house with 25 beds. It received its charter from the state government in October 1903 and had financial support from the
Baptist General Convention of Texas
The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) is the oldest surviving Baptist convention in the state of Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist World Alliance. In 2009, the BGCT began to also go by the name ...
. The nursing school was established in 1918. The hospital was renamed Baylor Hospital in 1921 and then Baylor University Hospital in 1936 to emphasize its relationship with the Baptist-affiliated
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...
in
Waco, Texas
Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the ...
. The
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is a medical school and research center in Houston, Texas, within the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical center. BCM is composed of four academic components: the School of Medicine, the Graduate Sc ...
, College of Dentistry and School of Pharmacy were co-located with the hospital. The
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English Reform movement, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during t ...
Maternity Hospital opened in 1937 on the same grounds. Financial difficulties due to the ongoing
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
forced the College of Medicine to move to
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
. The hospital faced an uncertain future since it no longer had the support of an affiliated medical school and its buildings were in need of renovation. Some of the physicians at the hospital who were also professors at the College of Medicine chose to stay with the hospital instead of moving to Houston.
The 1950s signaled a milestone in the development of the hospital. With the construction of the seven-story, 436-bed George W. Truett Memorial Hospital in 1950, Baylor became the fifth-largest general hospital in the country. In 1959, Florence Nightingale Maternity Hospital was replaced with a newly expanded Women's and Children's Hospital, later renamed
Karl and Esther Hoblitzelle Memorial Hospital. At this point "medical center" was accordingly added to the hospital name.
Baylor Health Care System was formally established in 1981 with Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas as its flagship hospital and corporate headquarters.
Specialty centers
Baylor University Medical Center is home to more than 20 specialty centers that are designed to treat a range of medical conditions. Some examples:
* Baylor Scott & White Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
* Heart and Vascular Services
* Baylor Scott & White Neuroscience Center
* Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute
* Digestive Disease Services
* James M. and Dorothy D. Collins Women and Children's Center
* Baylor Scott & White George Truett James Orthopaedic Institute
* Trauma Services
* Darlene G. Cass Women's Imaging Center
Medical School affiliation
The medical center is affiliated with the
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Texas A&M School of Medicine is the medical school at Texas A&M University. The School offers M.D., M.D./Ph.D., M.D./M.P.H, M.D./M.B.A., M.D./M.Eng., and several other M.D./M.S. dual degree programs.
History
Founded as the Texas A&M Colleg ...
.
The hospital has no current affiliation with Baylor College of Medicine nor Baylor University.
References
External links
Baylor University Medical Center DallasBaylor Scott & White Health
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baylor University Medical Center At Dallas
Texas A&M University System
Hospitals in Dallas
Teaching hospitals in Texas
Hospitals established in 1903
1903 establishments in Texas
Trauma centers