MITIE: Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education

The Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education (MITIE^SM) is an innovative virtual hospital and hands-on clinical training facility for health care professionals seeking to maintain excellent procedural skills and acquire new proficiencies. We aim to improve patient safety through these educational pursuits and to conduct research on skills acquisition and technological development.

MITIE was founded by executive director, Barbara Lee Bass, MD, the John F., Jr. and Carolyn Bookout Presidential Distinguished Chair of the Department of Surgery, former chair of the Board of Governors for the American College of Surgeons, and three-term member of the Board of Regents and chair of the American Board of Surgery.