About HOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSPITAL
Houston Methodist is an academic medical center that is affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College and the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University.
The educational programs at Houston Methodist are coordinated by the Institute for Academic Medicine, under the leadership of IAM director Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., president, and CEO of the Research Institute, and IAM co-director Timothy Boone, MD, Ph.D. It is advised by a council of chairs of the academic clinical and research departments, and the council of deans, which includes members of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science and National Academy of Engineers.
Houston Methodist's primary academic affiliates are top-ranked Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. We also have affiliations with Texas A&M Health Science Center and the University of Houston.