McGovern Medical School

The John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, is the graduate medical school associated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Established by the Texas Legislature in 1969 as the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, the McGovern Medical School enrolled its first class of 19 students in 1970. Today, the school annually enrolls a class size of 240 students, making it the seventh-largest medical school in the United States.[1]

McGovern Medical School
Former name
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
UTHealth Medical School
TypePublic Medical school
Established1969
Parent institution
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
AffiliationMemorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Harris County Psychiatric Center
St. Joseph Medical Center
The Robert Cizik Eye Clinic
Location
Houston, Texas
CampusUrban
Websitemed.uth.edu

History

In 1968, the University of Texas Board of Regents signed an affiliation agreement with Hermann Hospital for the hospital to become the primary teaching facility for the proposed University of Texas Medical School at Houston.[2] In 1969, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston was simultaneously authorized with the Texas Tech University School of Medicine by the Texas Legislature[3] to address the projected state and national shortages of physicians.[1]

In 1972, the school joins the newly formed University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

In 2010, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approves a dba for the University of Texas Health Science Center to operate under the name UTHealth. This results in the renaming of the UT Medical School at Houston to the UTHealth Medical School.[2]

In 2015, the school received a 75$ million donation from the John P. McGovern Foundation, the largest donation in the university's history. In honor of the gift, the UTHealth Medical School was renamed the John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Medical School.[4][5]

Teaching Facilities

McGovern Medical School provides faculty, residents, and students for Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital.

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References
  1. School, McGovern Medical. "About Us". med.uth.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. McGovern Medical School. "Historical Milestones at McGovern Medical School". med.uth.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  3. BROWN, D. CLAYTON (2010-06-15). "MEDICAL EDUCATION". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  4. "John P. McGovern Foundation Renames McGovern Medical School - McGovern Medical School". med.uth.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  5. "Largest gift in UTHealth Medical School history becomes a game changer — and name changer". CultureMap Houston. Retrieved 2020-04-23.


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