2016
Quick Facts
Who We Are
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, located in Houston
on the campus of the Texas Medical Center, is one of the world’s largest
and most respected centers devoted exclusively to cancer patient care,
research, education and prevention.
The Texas Legislature created MD Anderson in 1941 as part of The
University of Texas System. It is one of the nation’s original three
comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Act
of 1971.
MD Anderson is ranked the nation’s leading cancer care hospital by
the U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” survey —
a distinction it’s held for 11 of the past 14 years. The institution has
been named one of the nation’s top two cancer centers every year
since the survey began in 1990.
Mission
MD Anderson’s mission is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation and the
world through exceptional programs that integrate patient care, research
and prevention. Our mission also includes education for undergraduate and
graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.
Vision
We shall be the premier cancer center in the world, based on the excellence
of our people, our research-driven patient care and our science.
Core Values
Caring: By our words and actions, we create a caring environment
for everyone.
Integrity: We work together to merit the trust of our colleagues and those
we serve.
Discovery: We embrace creativity and seek new knowledge.
Patient Care
At MD Anderson, everything we do revolves around our patients. In Fiscal Year 2015, more than 135,000 people sought the superior care that has made
MD Anderson so widely respected. More than 9,400 participants were enrolled in clinical trials exploring innovative treatments. MD Anderson’s cancer
clinical trial program is the largest in the nation.
Clinical Activity
FY11
FY15
% Change
Hospital admissions
25,230
28,167
12%
Average number of inpatient beds
594
665
12%
Outpatient clinic visits, treatments, procedures
1,190,568
1,440,684
21%
Pathology/laboratory medicine procedures
10,937,213
12,334,917 13%
Diagnostic imaging procedures
515,999
530,590
3%
Surgery hours
61,873
69,506
12%
Total active clinical research protocols
1,048
1,197
14%
Noteworthy:
• MD Anderson is accredited by the Joint Commission to ensure patients
receive the best and safest health care possible.
• The nursing program holds the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Magnet Nursing Services Recognition status, which recognizes health
care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and
innovations in professional nursing practice.
• MD Anderson provided more than $186.2 million in uncompensated
care to Texans with cancer in FY15. This figure includes unreimbursed
costs of care for patients who either have no insurance or are
underinsured, or whose care was not fully covered by governmentsponsored health programs.
• The institution’s faculty is one of the most esteemed in the nation,
including nine Institute of Medicine members, three National
Academy of Sciences members, four Academy of Arts and Sciences
fellows and 34 American Association for the Advancement of
Science fellows.
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Research
At MD Anderson, crucial scientific knowledge gained in the laboratory is rapidly translated into clinical care. In FY15, MD Anderson invested more than
$780.5 million in research, a 25% increase in the past five years.
Sources of Research Expenditures FY11
FY15
% Change
Private industry grants and contracts $59,582,449
$81,076,353 36%
Philanthropy and foundations $98,150,749 $172,412,727 76%
State funding allocated for research $34,092,936 $55,935,256 64%
Federal grants and contracts $ 236,413,656 $161,170,908
-32%*
Internal funding allocated for research $195,663,667 $309,982,223 58%
Total research expenditures $623,903,457 $780,577,467 25%
Noteworthy:
• The Moon Shots Program is accelerating the pace of converting
scientific discoveries into clinical advances that reduce cancer
deaths. So far, the program has received almost $342 million in
private philanthropic commitments.
• Six new moon shots have been added, bringing the total to 12.
The innovative program’s transdisciplinary team-science approach
and transformative professional platforms now pursue meaningful
progress against B-cell lymphoma, glioblastoma (brain cancer),
HPV associated cancers (caused by the human papillomavirus),
high-risk multiple myeloma, colorectal and pancreatic cancers.
These join the original moon shots launched in 2012 to address
breast/ovarian cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, lung cancer,
melanoma, myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia and
prostate cancer.
• During the past year, MD Anderson has received more than
$32 million from The Cancer Prevention Research Institute of
Texas (CPRIT) for research, prevention, recruitment and training.
In total, the institution has received more than $267 million from
CPRIT since its formation.
• For his groundbreaking work in immunotherapy, Jim Allison, Ph.D.,
chair of Immunology, who invented a completely new way to strike
cancer by unlocking a shackled immune system attack, was named
the 2015 winner of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research
Award from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. It’s the
nation’s highest honor for clinical medical research.
* In the past decade, cuts to the National Cancer Institute’s budget have resulted in sharp
declines in the research funding it awards.
Sources of Revenue
MD Anderson’s total revenue in FY15 was almost $4.5 billion. Of that total,
only 4.2% was general revenue appropriated by the State of Texas.
Education
More than 6,600 trainees, including physicians, scientists, nurses
and allied health professionals, took part in educational programs at
MD Anderson in FY15. The institution’s School of Health Professions
awards degrees in nine bachelor’s programs and one master’s program
in allied health disciplines. In collaboration with the UT Health Science
Center at Houston, MD Anderson awards M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at
the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
In addition, thousands of health professionals participate in continuing
education and distance-learning opportunities. MD Anderson also
provides education programs for patients, survivors, caregivers,
healthy people and those at an elevated risk of cancer.
Education Profile
FY15
Clinical residents, fellows
1,507
Research trainees
1,890
Observers, visitors, special programs
Nursing trainees
752
1,352
Student programs participants
817
School of Health Professions students 303
Total trainees
6,621
Noteworthy:
• MD Anderson has 81 Graduate Medical Education (GME) Programs
that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education (24), American Dental Association (1), American Board of
Obstetrics and Gynecology (1), or approved by the Texas Medical
Board (55).
Prevention
MD Anderson continues to set the standard in cancer prevention research
and the translation of new knowledge into innovative, multidisciplinary
care and community-based interventions.
Noteworthy:
• Ending cancer through pioneering research into the roles that biologic,
genetic, environmental, economic, behavioral and social factors play in
cancer development.
• MD Anderson has served as an educational resource for Texas
legislators when considering policies to further cancer control
efforts such as prohibiting sales of e-cigarettes to minors,
permitting students to bring and use sunscreen in schools, and
requiring the Texas Department of State Health Services to produce
a plan to address HPV-related cancers. MD Anderson experts
have also served as a resource to policymakers in other states for
legislation to restrict the use of indoor-tanning devices.
• Investigating various types of interventions to prevent or reduce
cancer risk and implementing evidence-based interventions across
policy, educational and clinical service domains to reduce the cancer
burden at the population level.
• MD Anderson completed an environmental scan to assess HPV
vaccination uptake in pediatric care settings to identify barriers to
and facilitators of HPV vaccination in children.
The institution’s Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences division is
dedicated to:
• Training and mentoring students and researchers through novel career
development activities and a multidisciplinary curriculum.
• Improving cancer care delivery, safety, availability and affordability.
Through the Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk
Assessment, the division is investing in promising new research directions
and integrating basic research and clinical studies to accelerate their
translation from the lab to the clinic to the community.
The Lyda Hill Cancer Prevention Center provides cancer risk assessments;
screening exams based on genetics, age and gender; and personalized
risk-reduction strategies, including lifestyle-based interventions and
chemoprevention.
Prevention Research Funding FY15
Donor and designated funds
$15,727,960
Federal grants and contracts
$15,833,000
• MD Anderson has partnered with the CATCH Global Foundation to
promote healthy lifestyles in childhood and adolescence. A hallmark
of this partnership has been the dissemination of an evidence-based
sun safety curriculum for preschoolers, Ray and the Sunbeatables™,
developed by MD Anderson. The initial pilot rollout of the curriculum
was taught at 50 sites, reaching 2,639 preschoolers in six states.
• MD Anderson is working to increase cervical cancer screenings and
preventive treatments for women living in the four southern-most
counties along the Texas-Mexico border, where the cervical cancer
death rate is 30% higher than the rest of the state. The efforts
of two programs — Cultivando La Salud (Cultivating Health) and
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) —
target Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr counties, which have
40% fewer physicians and half as many nurse practitioners as the
rest of Texas.
Staff
MD Anderson employs close to 21,000 people, including more than 1,700
faculty members. A volunteer workforce composed of 906 onsite, trained
volunteers and 2,224 offsite, trained myCancerConnection survivor
volunteers contributed 145,452 hours of service in FY15.
Noteworthy:
• Demonstrating its commitment to reducing the use of tobacco and its
adverse effects, MD Anderson successfully implemented a tobaccofree hiring policy for all seeking employment at the institution. Potential
candidates are screened as part of the hiring process. Those who test
positive for nicotine are not eligible for immediate employment, but are
invited to take advantage of MD Anderson tobacco cessation resources
and reapply at a later date.
• MD Anderson’s commitment to those who have served in our nation’s
military earned it a spot on the 2015 Best for Vets employer list. Becker’s
Healthcare recognized MD Anderson as one of the “150 Great Places to
Work in Healthcare” for 2015.
• According to Castle Connolly, MD Anderson Cancer Center has more
“Top Doctors” on staff than any other cancer hospital in America.
“Top Doctors” are nominated by their peers and are thoroughly screened
by the company’s physician-led research team before being selected.
Newsweek used the data to select its “Top Cancer Doctors 2015,” which
included 102 MD Anderson doctors.
Locations
In addition to MD Anderson’s main campus in the Texas Medical Center
and two research campuses in Bastrop County, Texas, the institution has
developed a number of local, national and international locations.
Houston-area care centers
• Bay Area, Katy, West Houston (diagnostic imaging), Bellaire (diagnostic
imaging), Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Memorial City (surgical clinic), The
Woman’s Hospital of Texas (gynecologic oncology)
• MD Anderson is now the exclusive provider of breast radiology services
for 15 of Memorial Hermann’s breast care centers in the Houston area.
• MD Anderson physicians provide cancer care to patients at
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
MD Anderson Cancer Network®
• Partner members: Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center (Gilbert, Arizona),
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper (Camden, New Jersey), Baptist
MD Anderson Cancer Center (Jacksonville, Florida), and MD Anderson
Cancer Center at Summit Medical Group (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey)
• Associate member: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Certified members: 14 hospitals and health systems in 12 states
MD Anderson affiliates
• MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid (Spain)
• MD Anderson Radiation Treatment Center at American Hospital (Istanbul)
• MD Anderson Radiation Treatment Center at Presbyterian Kaseman
Hospital (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Global Academic Programs
Global Academic Programs (GAP) facilitates the Sister Institution Network,
which is the largest global network of cancer centers — 32 institutions in
23 countries — working collaboratively on research and education.
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