Houston Methodist
Cancer Center
March 30, 2015
Vision
Houston Methodist will be a nationally
recognized cancer center, delivering high
quality patient-centered care in its
community and beyond, while harnessing
research and discovery to improve
treatments and outcomes
The History of Houston Methodist
The Texas Medical Center Site
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The History of Houston Methodist
The Methodist Hospital
At the corner of San Jacinto and Rosalie
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The History of Houston Methodist
Dr. Michael DeBakey
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The History of Houston Methodist
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The Texas Medical Center Site
Remember This Image…
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The History of Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist
Outpatient Center
Houston Methodist
Research Institute
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Houston Metropolitan Presence
The History of Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist San Jacinto
Houston Methodist Sugar Land
Houston Methodist West Houston
Houston Methodist Willowbrook
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U.S News & Report Summary
Houston Methodist Hospital has been ranked for the 22nd consecutive year in at least
one specialty
For the eighth consecutive year, Houston Methodist Hospital ranked in more
specialties than any hospital in Texas
Ranked in 11 of 16 specialties:
• Cancer (#42)
• Cardiology / Heart Surgery (#18)
• Diabetes / Endocrinology (#35)
• Gastroenterology / GI Surgery (#13)
• Geriatrics (#31)
• Gynecology (#43)
Houston Methodist Cancer Center
• HMCC is, in one sense, an “emerging” cancer
center embedded in a health system focused
on personalized medicine grounded by a
Research Institute.
• Multiple areas of overlap and synergy.
• Embedded facilities and programs in a highly
matrixed environment.
• Top performing clinical service line.
Growth over next 3 years
2014 – Two CHRISTUS Hospitals Joined HM
• Houston Methodist St. John (137 operating beds)
• Houston Methodist St. Catherine
Construction with planned completion in 2017
• Houston Methodist – The Woodlands (193 operating
beds)
• New inpatient tower in the Texas Medical Center (390
operating beds)
The History of Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist
St. John
Houston Methodist
St. Catherine
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New Hospital Wing: Main Campus
New Hospital in North Houston:
Woodlands
Houston: Population Growth
Population Growth: Ethnicity
What makes us special?
• 1. Personalized clinical care
– Ranked top ten hospital for decades
– Lowest mortality rate
– Nursing standards
• 2. State-of-art clinical trials
– Cockrell Center for Advanced Therapeutics
• 3. Large clinical research volume in 7-hospital
system
FACILITIES
• Co-located Multidisciplinary Outpatient Clinics—
a work in progress
• Facilities are both open and closed staff model
• Cancer Center presence at all network
hospitals
• Centralized cancer clinical trials office
implementing clinical trials at all network sites
Cancer Volume (Annualized)
Houston Methodist Facility
Total Case Volume
Analytic Case Volume
Houston Methodist Hospital
3841
2897
Houston Methodist San Jacinto
623
385
Houston Methodist Sugar Land
1061
744
Houston Methodist Willowbrook
773
465
Houston Methodist West
855
417
Total
7153
4908
Cancer Volume (Tumor Types)
Houston Methodist Facility
Breast
Lung
Colorectal
Pancreas
Houston Methodist Hospital
445
253
211
93
Houston Methodist San Jacinto
79
71
47
9
Houston Methodist Sugar Land
232
67
75
12
Houston Methodist Willowbrook
127
57
39
8
Houston Methodist West
151
55
25
3
Total
1034
503
397
125
Cancer Research Themes at Methodist Hospital
• Cancer Genetics (Copeland and Jenkins)
• Bioinformatics (Wong)
• Nanotechnology (Ferrari)
• Breast (Chang)
• Cancer Stem Cells (Chang, Dave)
• DNA repair (Sankar, Pandita)
• Cell and Gene Therapy (Heslop, Brenner)
Cancer Related Grants
• Federal funding:
• Texas State (CPRIT):
• Non-profit foundations:
$8.49 million
$3.5 million
$354,000
Total peer-reviewed funding:
Industry grants (committed):
$12.33 million
$811,000
Total Cancer Center funding: $13 million
SHARED BENEFITS
• Centralized Development and Fund Raising
• Centralized Marketing, Public Relations, Media
Development—Specific individuals assigned to
cancer program
• Cancer Center manages gift and endowment
income
Community Outreach Efforts
• 1. Denver Harbor Clinic
– 5.4 million Texans, or 24.6 percent uninsured,
stae with the largest share of uninsured
– Houston’s uninsured rate was almost 28 percent.
• 2. ABC Hospital in Mexico City
• 3. Patient related education, community
services, volunteers is a matrix effort.
Houston Methodist Cancer TrialsNational and Local
2011-2013 HMH Cancer Center Treatment
Trials
HMH Cancer Center Total Accrual Numbers 2011 2014
416
450
400
75
80
70
350
60
300
255
50
250
200
161
30
150
100
20
50
10
0
Treatment
37
40
Non-Treatment
Total
27
0
2011
2012
2013
SYSTEM FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FOR CANCER
• State of the art facilities
• Approximately $3.6 million clinical support
(includes practice support, recruitment,
program development)
• Approximately $3.0 million Research Institute
support (includes clinical trials, cores,
recruitment)
More Information:
Sandy Murdock, Dr. P.H., FACHE
smurdock@houstonmethodist.org
713-441-0486