| Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Texas Medical Center,Houston,Texas, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Not-for-profit |
| Type | General and Teaching Hospital |
| Affiliated university | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I Adult Trauma Center / Level I Pediatric Trauma Center |
| Beds | 1,104[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1907 |
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| Website | memorialhermann.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center is a hospital located atTexas Medical Center neighborhood inHouston, Texas. It is affiliated with theMemorial Hermann Health System.
It is the first hospital founded at the neighborhood of Texas Medical Center (and its founding predates the Texas Medical Center). Founded in 1925, it is the primary teaching hospital forMcGovern Medical School (formerly The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (UTHealth Medical School)) and the flagship location of 13 hospitals in theMemorial Hermann Healthcare System. It is one of two certifiedLevel I Trauma Centers in the greater Houston area. TheMemorial Hermann Life Flight air ambulance service operates its fleet of helicopters from Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Pediatric care to the hospital is provided byChildren's Memorial Hermann Hospital which treats infants, children, teens, and young adults age 0-21.
Brian Dean was named CEO of Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center in 2015. Previously, he was the CFO for Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center.[2]
The Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center campus hosts the main Texas Medical Center Hospital along with Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital.TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital is also located in theTexas Medical Center. The campus houses four institutes: the Heart & Vascular Institute, theMischer Neuroscience Institute, the Texas Trauma Institute and the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Sports Medicine Institute.
It is the only hospital in Houston with Burn Center Verification by theAmerican Burn Association.[3]
The hospital foundedLife Flight in 1976 as the first air ambulance service in Texas; today, Life Flight is the only hospital-based air ambulance serving Houston and surrounding communities.
Physicians affiliated with the hospital performed the first successfulliver transplant in Houston and were the first in the nation to perform aliving-donor transplant on a neonatal patient.
The campus has 1,104 licensed beds:
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital is located inside Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center and is a member institution of theNational Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.[4] It houses one of the nation's largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and is one of only two Level IV NICUs in Southeast Texas. The NICU at Children's Memorial Hermann treats more than 1,000 premature infants each year.
The hospital is nationally recognized for The Fetal Center, a subspecialty center made up ofmaternal-fetal medicine specialists that performin utero surgery to treat fetuses with birth defects inside the mother's womb before they are born. Affiliated physicians performed the first in uterospina bifida surgery in Texas after theMOMS trial, an NICHD-sponsored study of prenatal and postnatal closure ofmyelomeningocele.
The Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, the only freestanding heart hospital in the Texas Medical Center, is an eight-floor, 1,650,000-square-foot (153,000 m2) building.
TheMischer Neuroscience Institute provides specialized treatment for diseases of the brain and spine. The institute was the first center in Texas and one of only a few institutions in the country to fully integrateneurology,neurosurgery,neuroradiology and neurorehabilitation. The institute has 140 neuro beds and five dedicated operating rooms
It was the first neurosurgery center in Texas to offer microsurgery, interventional neuroradiology/endovascular surgery andgamma knife radiosurgery.
Led by Medical DirectorDr. Dong Kim and Co-Medical Director Dr.Louise McCullough, the Mischer Neuroscience Institute is a collaboration betweenUTHealth and Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Dr. James Grotta was principal investigator in Houston for the first major trial showing benefits of clot-busting drugtissue plasminogen activator (tPA). The 1995 paper announcing the results of the trial, titled "Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke," was voted one of the top nine papers in the 200-year history of theNew England Journal of Medicine in 2012.[5]
In 2013, the Mischer Neuroscience Institute was recognized byThe Joint Commission and theAmerican Heart Association/American Stroke Association withAdvanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers.
TIRR Memorial Hermann is a 119-bedrehabilitation hospital, rehabilitation and research center, outpatient medical clinic and network of outpatient rehabilitation centers in Houston, Texas that offers physical rehabilitation to patients following traumatic brain or spinal injury or to those suffering from neurologic illnesses.[6] In 2012,U.S. News & World Report named TIRR Memorial Hermann to the list of America's Best Hospitals for the 23rd consecutive time.
In 2010, Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center was ranked in 4 adult and 1 pediatric specialties by the U.S. News & World Report. It was ranked #30 in Kidney Disorders, #38 in Gynecology, #46 in Heart & Heart Surgery, #48 in Urology, and #30 in Pediatrics: Kidney Disorders.[7]
Memorial Hermann is served by theMemorial Hermann Hospital-Houston Zoo Station of theMETRORail Red Line. Nearby airports with commercial airline service includeHouston Hobby andGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport.
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