Burnett School of Medicine

What Burnett School of Medicine does

The Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University is a private, allopathic medical school in Fort Worth, Texas, established in 2015 as a partnership between TCU and the University of North Texas Health Science Center and transitioned to sole TCU governance in January 2022. The school delivers a four-year MD program built around its Empathetic Scholars® framework, supported by distinctive curricular components including the four-year Scholarly Pursuit and Thesis (SPT) research program, the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship, the Future Accelerators of Medicine and Beyond (FAB) innovation course, a dedicated Physician Communication Program, and a Simulation and Clinical Skills Center featuring virtual reality tools such as the OcuSim ophthalmology simulator funded by the Alcon Endowment. Enrollment is 240 students total (60 per cohort), supported by 1,701 faculty members across clinical and basic science departments.

The school's revenue model is a hybrid of tuition and fees from the MD program and the combined MD, PhD in Biomedical Engineering program, philanthropy, research grants, and graduate medical education revenue from hospital partners. Significant philanthropic commitments include the $25 million Anne W. Marion Endowment from Anne Marion and the Burnett Foundation, the H. Paul Dorman Charter Scholarship Program (full first-year tuition for the inaugural 60 students), the Ashley and Greg Arnold Endowment, and additional scholarship gifts from anonymous donors covering full tuition for select classes. The school operates the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator jointly with UT Southwestern Medical Center, a community-health initiative backed by nearly $25 million and more than 120 regional partners that distributes iron supplements and tracks maternal health outcomes in near real time through the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. Clinical training is delivered through partnerships with Cook Children's, Texas Health Resources, JPS Health Network, and Baylor Scott & White, and the school holds full five-year LCME accreditation granted in June 2023.

Name

Burnett School of Medicine

Legal name

Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University

Website

https://mdschool.tcu.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University is a private allopathic medical school in Fort Worth, Texas, enrolling 240 MD students across four cohorts of 60 and delivering the Empathetic Scholars® curriculum with longitudinal clerkships, scholarly thesis work, and VR-based simulation, supported by 1,701 faculty and major hospital and philanthropic partners.

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NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Allopathic medicine
• MD degree program
• Graduate medical education
• Physician training

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Medical school tuition from MD program students
2. Donations and Philanthropy: Significant donor support including transformative gifts like Anne Marion's $25 million endowment and H. Paul Dorman's scholarship program. Multiple endowed scholarships and operational support from founding donors.
3. Research Funding: Grant funding for research initiatives including the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator raising nearly $25 million
4. Graduate Medical Education: Resident physician training programs in partnership with hospital systems

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University is a private allopathic medical school delivering a four-year MD degree program built around its proprietary Empathetic Scholar® framework. The curriculum integrates classroom learning, Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships, a four-year Scholarly Pursuit and Thesis research program, simulation and clinical skills training (including virtual reality), and a dedicated physician communication program. It also operates the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator, a community health initiative addressing maternal morbidity through partnerships with regional healthcare systems.

Product overview

Burnett School of Medicine offers a single unified medical education program leading to the MD degree, built around its distinctive Empathetic Scholar® framework. The curriculum integrates classroom-based learning with longitudinal integrated clerkships, a four-year Scholarly Pursuit and Thesis research program, and innovative courses like Future Accelerators of Medicine and Beyond (FAB). The school also operates the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator as a community health initiative. Supporting programs include physician communication training, simulation and technology education, and clinical skills development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% residency match rate achieved for all 4 graduating classes
• +3 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• UT Southwestern Medical CenterflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Co-founded the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator to address high maternal morbidity rates. Joint initiative to improve maternal health outcomes in the region.
• Cook Children'scoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 February 2022Clinical partnership with Cook Children's for pediatric clinical training and medical education collaboration. Cook Children's is a major pediatric healthcare provider in the Fort Worth area.
• Texas Health ResourcescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 February 2022Clinical partnership with Texas Health Resources for clinical training opportunities and graduate medical education. Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care systems in Texas.
• University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 January 2021Original co-developer of the medical school. Collaboration resulted in creation of one of the nation's newest allopathic medical schools. Governance transitioned solely to TCU in January 2022.
• Baylor Scott & White HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2020Partnership with Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth to offer physician resident positions beginning in 2021. Provides graduate medical education opportunities.
• JPS Health NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2017Joint hire partnership with JPS Health Network. Grant C. Fowler, M.D. named department chair of family medicine. JPS Health Network provides clinical training sites and community health services.
• Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI)coreTechnology or IntegrationTracks maternal health outcomes in near real-time as part of the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator using advanced analytics developed over years of operation.
• Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPowers the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator, coordinating hospital and community provider network to improve maternal health outcomes.
• My Health My Resources of Tarrant County (MHMR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates hospital and community provider network as part of the Maternal Health Accelerator with support from MHMR for maternal health initiatives.
• Mercy Clinic of Fort WorthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership allowing medical students and faculty to provide healthcare for underserved community members. Projected to increase patient care by 30% in 2024.
• Best Place for KidsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner in the Maternal Health Accelerator focused on maternal and infant health outcomes.
• United Way of Tarrant CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommitted partner in the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator addressing maternal health as a major healthcare challenge.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Baylor College of Medicine: Established private Texas MD-granting institution that dominates Houston specialty training and NIH funding. Represents the elite benchmark Burnett's graduates must compete against for residency placement and research stature.
• UT Southwestern Medical Center: Major Texas academic medical center and Burnett's co-founder of the Maternal Health Accelerator. A leading incumbent that defines the competitive residency and research landscape Burnett operates within.

Direct peers

• Dell Medical School at UT Austin: Newer Texas-based allopathic medical school with similar class size (~50 per cohort), a community-impact mission, and tight hospital system partnerships in a growing metro. Directly comparable as a recently founded, mission-driven MD-granting institution in the same state.
• Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine: Community-focused MD-granting school of similar size with a strong emphasis on serving underserved populations in its metro. Comparable to Burnett's mission-driven identity and Fort Worth community focus.
• Hofstra/Northwell Zucker School of Medicine: Private MD-granting school launched in 2011 with a small cohort, an integrated health-system partnership model, and an early clinical exposure curriculum. Operationally analogous to Burnett in size, age, and structure.
• Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine: Small, newer private allopathic medical school with a research thesis requirement, value-based curriculum, and embedded health-system clinical training. Strongly mirrors Burnett's Scholarly Pursuit and Thesis plus longitudinal clerkship model.
• University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix: Founding Dean Stuart D. Flynn previously founded this school, making the operational model and curricular philosophy highly comparable. Both are newer urban allopathic schools emphasizing community health and innovation.
• Carle Illinois College of Medicine: Newer allopathic medical school pairing engineering with medicine, with a small class size and an innovation-focused curriculum. Comparable in scale, recency, and willingness to break from traditional med-school design.
• Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine: A newer (2019 founding cohort) private MD-granting school with a mission-driven, integrated-care curriculum and small class sizes. Closely parallels Burnett's 'Empathetic Scholars' emphasis on communication and patient-centered practice.
• Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine: Newer private medical school with small cohorts and a partnered health-system clinical model. Operationally similar in enrollment scale, governance, and reliance on health-system affiliations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TCUBurnettMed
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-christian-university

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