Medical Technology

 Essential Questions:   Analyze the impact of significant industries in Texas such as medical technologies on local, national, and international markets Analyze the effects of various scientific discoveries and technological innovations on the development of Texas such as advancements in the medical industries

Science & Technology

   There was a high

interest

science and

technology

Texas in the 1950s and 1960s.

in in State tax

wealthy medical money

, federal grants, churches, and donors founded advanced hospitals and

Houston

centers in Dallas, Galveston, San Antonio, and . This funded patient treatments, taught medical students, and engaged many Texans in medical

research

.

   

Dr. Michael DeBakey

Pioneered new techniques in treating

heart

disease by using

synthetic

to replace diseased blood

vessels

materials In 1932 invented roller pump which makes

open heart

surgery possible Helped develop the Mobile

Army

Surgical Hospital (

MASH

) units used during wartime Helped

Baylor

College of Medicine become a world renowned medical institution

Dr. Denton Cooley

      1 st successful States

human

heart transplant in the United 1 st total

artificial

heart transplant in the world Founded the

Texas

Institute in 1962 Heart Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Consultant in

Cardiovascular

Surgery at Texas Children's Hospital Clinical professor of surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

 

Dr. Benjy Brooks

She conducted research on

congenital

defects,

burn

treatment,

spleen

and the prevention of hepatitis.

reparation, A foundation set up in her name has advanced the

surgical

care of young children in Texas by providing research and diseases.

donating

special equipment to hospitals and medical centers, and

grants

for the study of pediatric illnesses

First woman pediatric surgeon in Texas

The Medical Field Boom

  The medical industry continues to produce a major “ areas

boom

the Houston, ” cycle in Texas, especially in

Dallas

and San Antonio The Texas Medical Center in Houston, holds the world's largest concentration of

research

and healthcare institutions, with

54

member institutions

The Medical Field Boom

  The

M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center

is the leading research center in the nation. Most large and mid-size urban areas that are medical hubs support jobs and industries as a huge economic benefit.

Interdependence

 Overall, scientific

discoveries interdependence

States, and the world.

and technological innovations have resulted in an among Texas, the United