Generosity has helped us build our legacy of excellence
Each year, generous philanthropists support Houston Methodist’s research, education and patient care initiatives. These gifts play an important role in advancing our leading medicine mission.
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- Attract Brilliance
- Accelerate Research
- Train Superstars
- Promote Healing
- Cancer Center
- Heart & Vascular Center
- Transplant Center
- Neurological Institute
- Digestive Disorders
- Research Institute
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Attract Brilliance
Candy and Tom Knudson
The pain in Michael Galbreth’s head on December 12, 2016, was nothing short of debilitating. The healthy 60-year old…
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Accelerate Research
Elaine and Marvy Finger
As Dr. Dale Hamilton leads Elaine and Marvy Finger on a tour of his new laboratory on the 11th floor of the Houston…
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Jerold B. Katz Foundation
Jerold B. Katz has three small signs that sit prominently on his vast desk, all serving as beacons into the soul of the…
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The Cockrell Foundation
Mr. Ernest H. Cockrell, longtime Methodist supporter and a life member of the hospital’s board of directors, was…
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Train Superstars
Anne and Charles Duncan
Establishing Houston Methodist’s internal medicine scholars program was a natural fit for Anne and Charles Duncan.…
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Becky and Ralph O’Connor
In 2011, a minor accident landed Ralph O’Connor at Houston Methodist under the care of orthopedic surgeon Dr. William “…
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Emily and Holcombe Crosswell
Houston Methodist nurses exemplify the institution’s I CARE values of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect…
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Promote Healing
Houston Methodist Receives Additional $6 Million Occidental Petroleum Donation to Enhance Community Patient Care
A Houston Methodist program that provides specialty patient care to uninsured and underserved patients received another…
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Rev. Mark Klein
As the Rev. Mark Klein waited at Houston Methodist Hospital for a heart transplant, he often made his way slowly to the…
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Woodforest Bank Sky Plaza
Homegrown Woodforest National Bank's community spirit and generosity set the course for Houston Methodist's newest…
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The Alkek and Williams Foundation
In a magical space that has seen many remarkable moments, an especially important one took place last December. The…
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The Hamill Foundation
Claud B. Hamill loved the oil business and became a successful independent oilman. He and his wife Marie also loved…
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Cancer Center
Dr. Mary Neal and Ron Neal
Dr. Mary Neal and Ron Neal were touring the Houston Methodist Cancer Center when they heard something that astonished…
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Emily Herrmann Chair in Cancer Research
From the time Emily Herrmann was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998, she quietly dedicated herself to helping others…
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Vicki and Carl Baucum
As she had done for years, in 2012, Vicki Baucum scheduled her annual mammogram for early October. When her doctor,…
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DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
The Arnold Family
For nearly four decades, Dan Arnold and Dr. Bill Winters have shared a keen devotion to the Houston community and to…
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George and Angelina Kostas
The new George and Angelina Kostas Research Center for Cardiovascular Nanomedicine at the Houston Methodist Research…
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J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
JLH Foundation
John L. Hern knew what it meant to need help. In 1996, Hern was a patient at Houston Methodist waiting for a heart…
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Alan and Sherrie Conover
From the time he was 4 years old, Alan Conover was fascinated by trains. Every Sunday he and his father visited the…
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Neurological Institute
Debbie and Jack Moore and Wendy and Bill Chiles
Debbie and Jack Moore and Wendy and Bill Chiles have known each other for years, primarily through Jack’s and Bill’s…
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The Sumner Family
Sharon Sumner has spent her life caring for others. A wife, mother, grandmother, friend - she is many things to many…
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Kenneth R. Peak Center for Brain and Pituitary Tumor Treatment and Research
The Center is unique in many ways. Cutting-edge researchers in nanotechnology, gene therapy, neuro-chemistry, stem cell…
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Kathy Hathorn Reichenthal
Few people know hospitals better than Kathy Hathorn Reichenthal. She and her late husband Jack co-founded American Art…
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Dr. Stanley H. Appel and Joan Appel
For nearly four decades, Dr. Stanley H. Appel has dedicated his life to understanding neurological diseases and their…
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Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders
Lynda K. and David M. Underwood
As many as 70 million Americans suffer from digestive disorders. The Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for…
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Research Institute
Dr. Veronica Selinko-Curran and Michael Curran
Dr. Veronica Selinko-Curran knows firsthand the importance of translational research. She is a retired breast imaging…
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The Cullen Trust for Health Care
If an octopus loses an arm, the tentacle will grow back, or “regenerate.” Today, researchers at Houston Methodist…
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Alice and Rick Ciaccio
Alice and Rick Ciaccio remember a Christmas Eve early in their marriage. Alice's father William Prin, a prominent…
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Lesley and Kevin Lilly
Kevin Lilly was a healthy man all of his life until he was misdiagnosed with pancreatitis. Within a month of being sent…
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Steve and Eva Lynn Dunn
“I can hear my grandfather’s voice. ‘Put your mother first, boy.’” Eva Lynn and Steve Dunn sit in a conference room…
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