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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

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Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Feb 4 2022
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Feb 4 2022

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (BSLMC) is the private adult teaching hospital of Baylor College of Medicine jointly owned with CHI St. Luke's Health. The medical staff at the hospital includes full-time Baylor faculty, as well as community physicians. The hospital was formerly known as St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital before its acquisition by Catholic Health Initiatives in 2013 and subsequent co-ownership agreement with Baylor in 2014. It is located on Bertner Avenue in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. The hospital is an 881-bed institution that is also a clinical partner of the Texas Heart Institute.

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Bertner Avenue, Houston

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Bertner Avenue 6720
77030 Houston
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