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Hospital innovation programs in Texas

These profiles are based in Texas according to official program or system locations. A health system may also operate facilities in other states. Inclusion is not an endorsement.

Houston, Texas

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor Licensing Group

The Baylor Licensing Group is the technology commercialization office of Baylor College of Medicine, operating within the Office of Research.

Technology transferLicenseStrategic partnershipClinical

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Dallas, Texas

Baylor Scott & White Health

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute Technology Transfer Office

The Technology Transfer Office is the commercialization unit of Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, charged with translating ideas and research from BSWRI and Baylor Scott & White Health staff into inventions and discoveries that reach the public.

Technology transferLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical device

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Dallas, Texas

Baylor Scott & White Health

Technology Transfer Office, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

The Technology Transfer Office is the commercialization unit of Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, working to translate research conducted across Baylor Scott & White Health into inventions that reach patients.

Technology transferLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical device

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Austin, Texas

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Texas Health Catalyst

Texas Health Catalyst is Dell Medical School's health innovation accelerator, run out of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which helps clinicians and researchers translate discoveries into commercial products.

AcceleratorEntrepreneurshipInnovation centerLicenseSpinoutClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics

Academic · Nonprofit

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Houston, Texas

Houston Methodist

Houston Methodist Center for Innovation

The Houston Methodist Center for Innovation leads organizational transformation through technological enablement across the health system.

Innovation centerEntrepreneurshipClinical

Nonprofit

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Houston, Texas

Memorial Hermann Health System

Institute for Nursing Excellence (INE)

The Institute for Nursing Excellence is Memorial Hermann's system-level nursing institute, described as built by nurses for nurses, with fostering innovation and accelerating adoption of best practices as one of its five stated goals alongside workforce, evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary role and outcomes goals.

Nursing innovationInnovation centerStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Houston, Texas

Memorial Hermann Health System

Memorial Hermann Strategic Investments, Partnerships and Innovation

Memorial Hermann runs a strategic investments, partnerships and innovation function that takes equity positions in healthcare companies whose products the system can deploy.

Venture fundInnovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalOperational

Nonprofit

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Dallas, Texas

Parkland Health

Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI)

PCCI is a mission-driven nonprofit research and development organization that began as a department inside Parkland Health and was spun out as an independent entity in 2012.

Innovation centerStrategic partnershipClinicalArtificial intelligenceDigital

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Houston, Texas

Texas Children's Hospital

Center for Nursing Research, Innovation and Quality (NRIQ)

The Center for Nursing Research, Innovation and Quality is Texas Children's Hospital's infrastructure for clinical inquiry by nurses, described by the hospital as the means to advance the frontier of nursing knowledge and improve practice and patient outcomes.

Innovation centerNursing innovationClinicalPediatricWorkforce

Children's · Nonprofit

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Houston, Texas

Texas Medical Center

TMC Innovation (TMCi)

TMC Innovation is the startup acceleration and venture arm of the Texas Medical Center, uniting innovators with scientists and clinicians at TMC member institutions.

AcceleratorInnovation centerVenture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics

Nonprofit

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Houston, Texas

Texas Medical Center Innovation (Texas Medical Center)

TMC Biodesign Fellowship

TMC Biodesign is a full-time, paid fellowship run by the Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute that assembles multidisciplinary teams of clinicians, engineers and business people to build healthcare startups.

Physician innovationEntrepreneurshipAcceleratorStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical devicePediatric

Nonprofit

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Houston, Texas

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Strategic Industry Ventures / Office of Technology Commercialization

MD Anderson's Strategic Industry Ventures oversees licensing, commercialization and collaborative partnerships designed to accelerate preclinical and clinical development of diagnostics and therapeutics across multiple modalities.

Technology transferVenture studioInnovation centerLicenseSpinoutClinicalTherapeuticsDiagnostics

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

San Antonio, Texas

UT Health San Antonio (The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)

Office of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships (Office of Technology Commercialization)

The Office of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, which grew out of UT Health San Antonio's Office of Technology Commercialization, supports faculty and researchers in advancing health science innovations from discovery toward commercial impact.

Technology transferEntrepreneurshipLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Dallas, Texas

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Office for Technology Development

The UT Southwestern Office for Technology Development protects, enhances and advances UT Southwestern innovations to maximize benefits for community health.

Technology transferVenture studioEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutClinicalTherapeutics

Nonprofit

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Galveston, Texas

UTMB Health (University of Texas Medical Branch)

UTMB Health Technology Commercialization Program

The UTMB Health Technology Commercialization Program is a seed funding initiative that supports and promotes technology transfer and commercialization of UTMB research discoveries.

Technology transferEntrepreneurshipLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Galveston, Texas

UTMB Health (University of Texas Medical Branch), John Sealy Hospital

MakerHealth Space (MakerNurse deployment)

The MakerHealth Space at UTMB's John Sealy Hospital is billed as the first makerspace located inside a hospital, created so that nurses and other front-line staff can design, build and prototype their own solutions at the point of care.

Innovation centerNursing innovationStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026