Breeding Grounds for the Best Healthcare

At the core of Temple’s health and life sciences in Texas is the Temple Medical and Educational District. Established in 2009 to promote future development around existing life sciences industry assets, some of Texas’ greatest healthcare and research institutions are putting world-class healthcare at the fingertips of Central Texas. 

Leading medical device, biotech and life sciences companies (and startups) are setting down roots in Temple, Texas. Top players include Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the State of Texas; McLane Children’s Hospital, the only children’s hospital between Dallas and Austin; and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the largest VA medical consortium in Texas and fourth largest in the United States.

Minutes away and near Temple College is Temple Rehab Hospital, which adds to Temple, Texas’ hospitals and world-class medical ecosystem. The rehabilitation inpatient facility aids patients who have experienced loss of function due to an injury or illness and creates recovery plans for them. 

Temple is also home to the Temple Health and Bioscience District (THBD), which promotes the region’s rapidly expanding health science and bioscience community while supporting its economic growth. 

Temple’s diverse list of colleges of sciences and technology is growing tomorrow’s health and life sciences workforce, bolstered by a comprehensive medical education cluster, including Texas Bioscience Institute Middle College and Temple College. In 2020, Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine announced plans to open a new medical school campus in Temple as part of a partnership with Baylor Scott & White Health. The new campus is slated to open in fall 2023 with an inaugural class of 40 medical students with plans to increase by 40 students per year, welcoming 160 students over four years. 

The Texas Bioscience Institute at Temple College promotes a skilled medical, biotechnology and life sciences workforce in Texas at the high school level by offering students the opportunity to earn up to 60 college credit hours in STEM curriculum and even earn an associate degree by their high school graduation.