The South Texas Medical Center (STMC) or Bexar County Hospital District consists of 900 acres (360ha) of medical-related facilities on the northwest side of San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Aerial of the South Texas Medical Center in northwest San Antonio.
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STMC, which directly serves 38 counties, consists of forty-five medically related institutions; separate medical, dental and nursing schools, five higher educational institutions, twelve hospitals and five specialty institutions. These facilities combined currently total over 4,200 patient beds.[1]
In 2009, STMC was home to more than $350 million in construction projects. More than $1 billion in new construction projects are currently planned through 2014.[2]
Staff and budget
In 2009, 27,884 persons were directly employed at the center, and the combined budget of all entities at the South Texas Medical Center totaled $3.3 billion.[2] STMC is the San Antonio area's second largest employer.
Research and development
San Antonio's Biosciences industry employs over 100,000 people.[3] The largest areas of research are conducted by institutes in or around the South Texas Medical Center. These include the oncology division of one of the world's top five biotechnology firms, the world's largest Phase I clinical trials program for new anti-cancer drugs, and the new $200 million Children's Cancer Research Institute. San Antonio also houses the world's largest genomics computing cluster and the state's public bank for stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood.[3]
The University of Texas at Austin's School of Pharmacy also has research facilities and staff located in the medical center.
Also situated in the South Texas Medical Center is Health Careers High School, a health professions-based magnet school of Northside ISD that enrolls just under 1,000 students from around Bexar County.