Former name | TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine (2015–2021), TCU School of Medicine (2021-2022) |
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Type | Private medical school |
Established | 2019 |
Parent institution | Texas Christian University |
Affiliation | Baylor Scott & White Health Texas Health Resources Cook Children's John Peter Smith Hospital |
Dean | Stuart Flynn, MD |
Location | |
Campus | Urban |
Website | https://mdschool.tcu.edu/ |
The Burnett School of Medicine (formerly TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine) is the graduate medical school of Texas Christian University (TCU) located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school welcomed its first class of 60 students in July 2019. [1]
In July 2015, TCU and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC) announced their plans to jointly open an allopathic medical school in Fort Worth. [2] The school received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in October 2018 and welcomed its first class of 60 students in July 2019. [1] TCU maintained accreditation as the degree-granting institution, with faculty and staff employed by the university, while under joint operation and governance with UNTHSC on the university's campus. For the 2020-2021 application cycle there were 8,190 applications for 60 seats. [3]
On January 12, 2022, TCU and UNTHSC announced the end of their joint partnership, with TCU solely responsible for the operation and governance of the renamed TCU School of Medicine. [4] UNTHSC will continue to operate the separate Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine on their Fort Worth campus.
The school's primary education and research facilities are currently located on the 33-acre UNTHSC campus in the Fort Worth Cultural District, located 3 miles north of the TCU campus. In February of 2022, TCU announced it had acquired land in the medical innovation district of Fort Worth's Near Southside neighborhood, [5] with plans to complete a new 4-story, approximately 100,000 square foot full medical school campus in 2024. [6]
The TCU School of Medicine has clinical partnerships with Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White – Grapevine, Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth, Cook Children's Health Care System, JPS Health Network, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Texas Health Fort Worth, and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth. [7]
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The 1925 TCU Horned Frogs football team was an American football team that represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1925 college football season. In its third season under head coach Matty Bell, TCU compiled an overall record of 7–1–1 with a conference mark of 2–0–1 placing second. They shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 133 to 54. TCU played its home games at Clark Field, located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The team's captain was Herman Clark, who played quarterback.
The 1915 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1915 college football season. Led by Ewing Y. Freeland in his first and only year as head coach, the Horned Frogs compiled an overall record of 4–5. TCU their home games in Fort Worth, Texas. The team's captain was John P. Cox, who played fullback. The school adopted the Horned Frogs nickname in the spring of 1915.
The 1910 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) during the 1910 college football season. Led by Kemp Lewis in his first and only year as head coach, TCU compiled an overall record of 2–6–1. TCU returned in 1910 to Fort Worth, Texas, where the university had been founded, after operating the previous 15 years in Waco, Texas. The 1910 football team played their home games at Haines Park and Butz Park in Fort Worth. The team's captain was William Massie, who played center.
The 1907 TCU football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as an independent during the 1907 college football season. Led by Emory J. Hyde in his third and final year as head coach, TCU compiled a record of 4–2–2.
The 1912 TCU football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) during the 1912 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 8–1 overall. Led by Willis T. Stewart in his first and only year as head coach, TCU compiled an overall record of 8–1. They played their home games at Morris Park in Fort Worth, Texas. The team's captain was Bryan F. Ware, who played guard.
Johnny Ray Swaim was an NCAA Division I head basketball coach from 1967 to 1977. He attended high school in Graham, Texas, where he lettered in four sports: basketball, baseball, football, and track. He was recruited by several Texas universities, but chose to attend Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas on a full four year basketball scholarship. While at TCU Swaim was a part of five Southwest Conference Championships as a player and coach and led his team to two NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournaments. In 1968 and 1970 he was voted the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year. In 1975, he was named to TCU's 60-year All-time Basketball Team, and in 1983, he was inducted into the TCU Letterman's Hall of Fame.