NationMaster - Encyclopedia: University of Texas Health Center at Tyler

The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler (UTHCT) is a health institution located in Tyler, Texas. Originally named "East Texas Tuberculosis Sanitarium", it was established in 1947 as a tuberculosis treatment facility. The University of Texas System assumed management of the center in 1977. Tyler is the county seat of Smith County in East Texas; it is located roughly halfway between Dallas and Shreveport. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Seal of the University of Texas System The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are general academic universities, and six are health institutions. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

The center currently serves as both a hospital — caring for over 140,000 patients annually — and medical research facility. In semantics, the patient is the passive part of a process. ... Medical research is research conducted to aid the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. ...

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Category: Universities and colleges in Texas Image File history File links Official seal of the University of Texas System. ... Seal of the University of Texas System The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are general academic universities, and six are health institutions. ... The University of Texas at Arlington (full official name), usually referred to as UT-Arlington or UTA, is the largest institution of the University of Texas System in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and is second in size (in the region) only to the University of North Texas. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... The University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College, abbreviated UTB-TSC, is an educational institution located in Brownsville, Texas, on the land once occupied by Fort Brown. ... The University of Texas at Dallas is a branch of the UT system, which, despite its name, is located in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas. ... The University of Texas at El Paso, popularly known as UTEP, is a public, coeducational university, and it is a member of the University of Texas System. ... The University of Texas-Pan American, part of the University of Texas System, is located in the city of Edinburg. ... The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (commonly called UT Permian Basin) is located in Odessa, Texas. ... University of Texas at San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is San Antonioâ€™s largest public university, and currently the second largest university in the University of Texas System in terms of enrollment as of fall 2005 figures, at 27,605 (preliminary figure) students. ... The University of Texas at Tyler is located in Tyler, Texas. ... M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is a Cancer Research facility in The United States. ... The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas. ... The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (also known as “Southwestern”) is one of the leading medical research facilities in the United States. ... The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was created by the UT System Board of Regents and supported by the Texas Legislature in 1972. ... Main entrance to the UTHSCSA main campus. ...

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