Medical Innovation District (Fort Worth)

What is it?: City-designated medical innovation district
Who is it for?: Health systems & medical education partners
Why is it useful?: North Texas's geographic healthcare anchor

About

Fort Worth’s Medical Innovation District, in the city’s Near Southside neighborhood, is a city-designated hub home to six major hospital systems — Baylor Scott & White All Saints, Texas Health Harris Methodist, Cook Children’s, Medical City Fort Worth, JPS Health Network (Tarrant County’s only Level 1 trauma center) and UT Southwestern’s Moncrief Cancer Institute — plus, since 2024, TCU’s Burnett School of Medicine. Fort Worth’s 2017 strategic plan designated the district with the stated goal of becoming "the most livable medical district in the US."

Key Features

6 major hospital systems co-located
TCU Burnett School of Medicine (opened 2024)
JPS Health Network Level 1 trauma center
Cook Children's pediatric specialty care
UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute
City-backed innovation-district policy

Benefits

Cover North Texas without collapsing the region into just Dallas.
Reach six hospital systems and a new medical school in one geographic footprint.
Track Fort Worth's fastest-growing healthcare investment corridor.

Articles, Tools & Additional Resources

Near Southside Medical District (opens in a new tab)

Overview of the district and its institutions (best available official-adjacent source — no single unified district website exists).

TCU Burnett School of Medicine (opens in a new tab)

The district's newest anchor institution.

Learn more

Medical Innovation District (Fort Worth)

Website: nearsouthsidefw.org (opens in a new tab)

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