The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler

State Senate Bill 1300, passed in 1977, became a landmark piece of legislation for East Texas—through it, the Health Science Center became a component of The University of Texas System, becoming The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. With more than 20 outpatient clinics, a hospital, and an Emergency Care Center—the UT Health Center has about 70 clinical faculty and 35 research faculty. The hospital has provided state-of-the-art cardiovascular services since 1981, and in 1983, its physicians performed the first open-heart surgery in East Texas. The UT Health Center has residency programs in family medicine, occupational medicine, and pharmacy, as well as master’s degree programs in biotechnology and environmental science.

University of Texas at Tyler At-A-Glance