Located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, Ben Taub Hospital has garnered respect both locally and worldwide as an outstanding acute care facility and an elite Level I trauma center. This 586 licensed-bed hospital houses the Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center, which cares for more than 100,000 emergency patients each year and is known to save the lives of some of the most critically injured.

Ben Taub Hospital has also earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, the highest certification given to hospitals for their comprehensive stroke care program.

Staffed by physician faculty and residents from Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub serves as a teaching facility to the next generation of healthcare providers.

In addition to the outstanding trauma, stroke, emergency and acute care services, Ben Taub provides outpatient clinical care in a wide array of medical specialties, including: cardiology, dermatology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, neonatology, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, psychiatry, pulmonary care, rheumatology, radiology and urology.