Baylor College of Medicine

Our laboratory operations are supervised by the Baylor College of Medicine Pathology Department, headed by Dr. Thomas Wheeler. Baylor, a trusted cornerstone in medical research and world-renowned training ground for the nations foremost physicians, is synonymous with the highest level of medical competency.

We are proud to have been accepted in an alliance with such a prestigious establishment and such an alliance is further testament to the trust our patients may place in the quality of the lab work performed at First Street Hospital.

Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, the only private medical school in the Greater Southwest, was founded in 1900 and is today an internationally respected medical and research institution known for excellence in education, research and patient care.

Today, the College consistently ranks among the top of the country's 125 medical schools. For 2007, U.S.News & World Report has ranked the College 10th overall among the nation's top medical schools for research and 11th for primary care. BCM also is listed 13th among all U.S. medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, and No. 1 for research expenditures in biological science by the National Science Foundation.

Located in the Texas Medical Center, a 700-acre complex housing 42 member institutions, BCM has affiliations with seven teaching hospitals, each with a national and international reputation for medical excellence.

Baylor College of Medicine proudly trains the best and the brightest from across the country. The college is widely regarded as setting the bar with regard to exemplary medical training.

Our state of the art Horbriba® ABX4000 and Horbriba® Lab Analyzer are proficient at analyzing blood volumes, bleeding and clotting times, chemical and molecular profiles, and urinalysis – all of which are essential when evaluating a potential patient’s candidacy for surgery or when determining what peripheral complications may need further consideration.

Our laboratoty protocol are fully certified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments organization (CLIA). CLIA certification means that a laboratory adheres to a rigorous set of established standards that ensure the systems and equipment are regularly calibrated to maintain accuracy.