$1.2 Billion Operating Budget 14,000 Employees 1,600 Faculty 2,800 Students University of Texas Medical Branch Texas’ First Medical School
Facilities/Resources 6 Hospitals Affiliated Shriner Burns Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center 4 Schools Institute for Medical Humanities Marine Biomedical Institute Major Medical Library
Working for a Healthy Future National Biocontainment Laboratory Regional Center of Excellence (NIAID) 4 WHO Collaboration Centers Center for Tropical Diseases Center for International Health Center for Cardiovascular Health Center for Nursing Development in Primary Health Care Division of Environmental Toxicology Telehealth Center
Pioneering Telecommunications Telecommunications have come a long way since Alexander Graham Bell first called his assistant for help (the first telemedicine consult). “Watson, come here, I think I have hurt myself!” In the mid-1880’s media pioneer A. H. Belo introduced the telephone to Texas and the place was Galveston Island. From that small beginning Galveston now leads the nation (and world) in telemedicine clinic visits.
Milestones in Telemedicine Resource Center Regional Telehealth Resource Center Smithsonian Permanent Research Collection for Innovation in Information Technology More than 100,000 live-video telemedicine consultations since 1994 Traditional Population Markets: Correctional, County Contracts, Regional Maternal Child Health Programs, Epilepsy, Mental Health Commercial Population Markets: On-site Employer Clinics, Corporate Remote World-Wide Locations, Cruise Ships U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Telemedicine Programs at UTMB Allergy Cardiology Dermatology Diabetes Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Gastroenterology Geriatrics Hematology/Oncology Infectious Disease Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery OB/GYN Ophthalmology Orthopedics Otolaryngology Pathology Pediatrics Pediatric Special Services Psychology Pulmonary Radiology Surgery
Raytheon Polar Services (in conjunction with the National Science Foundation)
South Pole Research Station Antarctica UTMB Medical Team Galveston Application of Technology
Artist’s computer rendering UTMB BioSafety Level 4 Laboratory
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Regional Center of Excellence
Scheduled for Construction – January 2006 National Biocontainment Laboratory
Nanotechnology
Founder: Darrell Carney, Ph.D. Website: Founders: Stephen P. Fracek, Jr., Ph.D.; Jon O. Nilsestuen, Ph.D.; Marilyn R. Childers, MEd. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES Founder: Robert Garfield, Ph.D. Founder: Vincent J. Hilser, Ph.D. & Robert O. Fox, Ph.D. Website: AptaMed, Inc. Founders: David Gorenstein, Ph.D. and Bruce Luxon, Ph.D. UTMB Start-ups
Additional Biotechnology Companies in Galveston Aquatic Feeds and Filters Diluvian Technologies, LLC Island Technologies Microgen LLC NeuroBioTex, Inc Novokine Therapeutics Resuscitation Solutions
Interested in UTMB? Contacts: Ben G. Raimer, M.D. Vice President, Office of Community Outreach (409) Scott Hermstein, M.S. Executive Director, Community Partnerships (409)