Baylor College of Medicine, located in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care. Soon to merge with Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine has affiliations with eight teaching hospitals, including the world-renowned Texas Children's Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), Menninger Clinic, The Methodist Hospital and...
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Baylor College of Medicine, located in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care. Soon to merge with Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine has affiliations with eight teaching hospitals, including the world-renowned Texas Children's Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), Menninger Clinic, The Methodist Hospital and Texas Heart Institute. It has been consistently considered the top medical school in the greater Southwest and is in the top-tier of programs in the country, ranked 17th overall in the 2009 U.S. News and World Report top medical schools for primary care and research. Its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is among the top 10 percent of all graduate schools in the United States.
The school was formed in 1900 in Dallas, Texas by a small group of physicians who aimed to improve medical practice in North Texas. Originally called the...
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