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Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine
The Texas A & M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine is one of eight medical schools in Texas. The College of Medicine (COM) offers students an excellent medical education experience as well as medical research opportunities through collaborative affiliations, combined resources and expertise from private, state and federal health care organizations. The College of Medicine trains future physicians and medical researchers to be on the leading edge of human science, clinical skills and patient care.
As one of the most ambitious and comprehensive medical colleges in the nation, the College of Medicine offers the Doctor of Medicine and the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree. The goal of the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree program is to train biomedical scientists with a deep appreciation for both clinical medicine and basic medical science. This rigorous training produces biomedical scientists with unique insight into clinical problems. Graduates of this program are afforded many opportunities to make a major impact on many serious diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and AIDS.
Active research programs are currently underway in the departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Physiology. Research is conducted through both the basic science and clinical departments and the research institutes affiliated with the College of Medicine. These include the Microencapsulation Research Institute, the Center for the Study of Cell Surfaces, the Institute of Ocular Pharmacology, and the Institute for Health Care Evaluation.
The College of Medicine is the result of a unique affiliation between Texas A & M University and several well-established clinical facilities. Scott & White Hospital and Clinic in Temple, Texas; the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (VA Hospitals Consortium) in Temple, Texas; Darnall Army Community Hospital at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas; and Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, are the clinical facilities which comprise this remarkable configuration that is the College of Medicine.
The College of Medicine remains committed to providing an environment which promotes integrity, compassion, and excellence in its future physicians and scientists. An emphasis on broad-based instruction in the medical sciences produces individuals with the knowledge, expertise, and vision to meet the challenges facing medicine in the 21st century.
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