Company Profile
Company Overview
Less than two weeks after Fiscal Year 2009 began, Hurricane Ike made landfall on Galveston Island, severely damaging the UTMB campus and its home community with storm surge flooding. Despite the great challenges posed by Ike, an FY 2009 year-end assessment reveals a healthy, active, strong UTMB that is headed toward a bright future.
UTMB Economic Impact to local, regional and state: $1 billion
*results from a 2007 economic impact study
UTMB Education (Fall 2009 Enrollment)
Students 2,430
Residents & Fellows 527
UTMB Health System (FY 2009*)
Clinic Visits: 536,481
Hospital Admissions (Galveston): 20, 449
Deliveries (Galveston): 7,016
*Post-Hurricane Ike Recovery: Clinics began reopening two days after storm. Inpatient OB/Gyn services available October 13, 2008. John Sealy Hospital reopened January 5, 2009, and now has over 400 beds. The Emergency Department reopened August 1, 2009 as a Level III Trauma Center; goal of restoring Level I Trauma Center designation in 2010.
UTMB Research (FY 2009)
Research Funding (All Sources): $158 million
Company History
As the first academic health center in Texas and among the oldest in the nation, the University of Texas Medical Branch has helped define health care for generations. Throughout its distinguished history, UTMB has provided Texas a diverse and highly skilled health professions work force, advancements in the understanding and treatment of illness and injury and a leading source of medical care for patients from throughout the state. Today, UTMB remains a home of continued educational, research and clinical excellence, committed to ensuring better health - and a better life - for the people of Texas and beyond, well into the future.