b'The Texas A&M Medical School is based in Bryan andmost surprisingly undeveloped area is North Padre operates programs in Houston, Round Rock, DallasIsland.Nowhereonthecivilizedcoastlineofthe and elsewhere in the state, but UT & A&M are notUnited States will you find as many miles of devel-the only medical schools in Texas. Baylor, Texas Tech,opable, oceanfront property than on Padre and Mus-and the University of Houston also operate highly-re- tang Islands. The mile-long North Padre Seawall is spected medical schools that might entertain the idealess than half-developed, on which the newest struc-of a Corpus Christi medical branch, if they are calledture was built 50 years ago. on to do so. Driscoll Childrens Hospital is one theWhile condos and townhomes have sold briskly on countrys most respected pediatric medical centers the ocean side of Park Road 22, Lake Padre, which could it be the catalyst for a pediatric medical school? was created in the 1980s by German investors, is Even with all of the open acres of potential in down- still undeveloped even after being considered for the town Corpus Christi and on North Beach, the cityssite of a billion-dollar resort, almost 20 years ago. 54THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE TheCoastalBend.com'