Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is a hospital affiliated with and operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
[2] It is named for Michael E. DeBakey, a renowned surgeon and president of Baylor College of Medicine.
The hospital is on a 118-acre (48 ha) campus on Old Spanish Trail and Almeda, just on the edge of the Texas Medical Center.
The hospital is staffed by Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston faculty, residents, and students.
[2] The facility also takes students and residents from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.