Aerial view of the Texas Medical Center looking northeast, with downtown Houston visible in the background. See more info at Texas Medical Center (TMC) Photograph Collection, Texas Medical Center Photograph Collection and its finding aid.

The Texas Medical Center is a comprehensive medical community located south of downtown Houston. It comprises 54 institutions, including four medical and seven nursing schools, 21 hospitals, three level-I trauma centers, eight specialty institutions, and academic and research institutions for many other health-related disciplines. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is among the top-ranked cancer hospitals in the country. As of 2017, it is one of the largest medical centers in the world