Baylor Health Care System provides care to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and its surrounding areas through eight hospitals, four specialty hospitals, and other care locations. Baylor Health Care System includes: 20 owned, leased, affiliated and short-stay hospitals; more than 80 primary care centers, specialty care centers, senior health centers; 12 rehabilitation clinics; 18 ambulatory surgery centers; and Baylor Research Institute. Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas serves as Baylor Health Care System's flagship hospital. The medical center is recognized as a center for patient care, teaching and medical research throughout the Southwest.