Our History

History of University Health System

The Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital opens it's doors to serve as a charity and teaching hospital in 1917.

The Bexar County Hospital District, doing business as University Health System, is a political subdivision of the state of Texas. The legal entity was created in 1955 to provide medical care to the indigent of Bexar County.

University Health System’s origins date back to 1916 when the city of San Antonio and the county of Bexar jointly sponsored the Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital to provide medical services to the community’s indigent.

Today, it is the third largest public health system in the state of Texas and one of the largest employers in Bexar County with over 5,000 employees, nearly 700 resident physicians, and an operating budget of $919 million for 2011.

University Hospital operates about 400 acute care and specialty beds and serves as the lead Level I trauma center for a 22-county area of South/Central Texas. University Health System’s outpatient and facilities provide primary care and specialty outpatient care throughout Bexar County.