The University of Texas Health Science Center

Details

Name :

The University of Texas Health Science Center

Address  :

11937 US Highway 271

Town  :

Tyler

State  :

Texas

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

75708 3154

Phone  :

903 877 7777

Web URL  :


Description

Our Mission Vision amp Values
MISSION
To serve East Texas and beyond through excellent patient care and community health comprehensive education and innovative research

VISION
We will be a great institution unified in common purpose to benefit human health and to improve quality of life

VALUES
Excellence
I will work every day to improve UTHSCT and the job that I do

Servant Leadership
We will put the needs of our patients and my coworkers first

Diversity
We will respect and appreciate diversity in ideas people and cultures

Accountability
We will use the resources of UTHSCT wisely


History

History of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
The site where the UT Health Science Center stands today 614 acres located northeast of Tyler Texas is rich in history Activated in 1943 as Camp Fannin a World War II infantrytraining base more than 100000 men were prepared for combat During the height of the war troop capacity was slightly over 18000 soldiers A camp hospital had 1074 beds The camp also served as a prisoner of war camp

The genesis of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler was established in 1947 when the 50th Texas Legislature chartered it as the East Texas Tuberculosis Sanatorium The first tuberculosis patients were admitted in 1949 The 62nd Texas Legislature renamed the institution the East Texas Chest Hospital in 1971 and designated it a primary referral facility in Texas for treatment of pulmonary and heart disease

In 1977 the institution joined The University of Texas System becoming The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler The primary mission of this academic medical center governed by the UT System Board of Regents is threefold patient care research and education in the treatment of pulmonary and heart disease The academic medical center consists of a 125bed hospital and associated outpatient clinics
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