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| Name       = Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Hospital
| Org/Group  = [[Memorial Hermann Healthcare System]]
| Image      = MemorialHermannMedCentHoustonTX2009.JPG
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| Location   = [[Texas Medical Center]]
| Region     = [[Houston]]
| State      = [[Texas]]
| Country    = United States
| HealthCare = Not-for-profit
| Type       = General and Teaching Hospital
| Standards  =
| Emergency  = I
| Affiliation= [[University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]]
| Beds       = 1,104<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ahd.com/free_profile/450068/Memorial_Hermann_-_Texas_Medical_Center/Houston/Texas/|title=American Hospital Directory - Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center|access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
| Founded    = 1907
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| Website    = [http://www.memorialhermann.org/locations/texas-medical-center/ memorialhermann.org]
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'''Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center''' is a nationally ranked hospital at the [[Texas Medical Center]]. It is the first hospital founded in the [[Texas Medical Center]] in [[Houston]], Texas (and its founding predates the Texas Medical Center). Founded in 1925, it is the primary teaching hospital for [[McGovern Medical School]] (formerly The University of Texas Medical School at Houston ([[UTHealth]] Medical School)) and the flagship location of 13 hospitals in the [[Memorial Hermann Healthcare System]]. It is one of two certified [[Trauma Centers#Level I|Level I Trauma Centers]] in the greater Houston area. The [[Memorial Hermann Life Flight]] air ambulance service operates its fleet of helicopters from Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Pediatric care to the hospital is provided by [[Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital]] which treats infants, children, teens, and young adults age 0-21.
==Leadership==
Brian Dean was named CEO of Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center in 2015. Previously, he was the CFO for Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://www.memorialhermann.org/news/brian-dean-named-ceo-of-memorial-hermann-texas-medical-center/
| title = Brian Dean Named CEO of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
| website = www.memorialhermann.org
| access-date = 2016-02-25
}}</ref>
==Hospitals and Institutes==
[[Image:Memorial-hermann-hospital.jpg|left|thumb|Memorial Hermann Hospital TMC in 2003]]
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 the [[Texas Medical Center]]. The campus houses four institutes: the Heart & Vascular Institute, the [[Mischer 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 the [[American Burn Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameriburn.org/verification_verifiedcenters.php|title=American Burn Association|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref>
The hospital founded [[Memorial Hermann Life Flight|Life 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 successful [[Liver transplantation|liver transplant]] in Houston and were the first in the nation to perform a [[Living donor liver transplantation|living-donor]] transplant on a neonatal patient.
The campus has 1,104 licensed beds:
* [[Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital|Children's]]: 278
* Women's: 68
* Heart & Vascular Institute: 147
* Adult: 589 {{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
===Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital===
{{Main|Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital}}
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital is located inside Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center and is a member institution of the [[National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.childrenshospitals.net/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Hospital_Directories&Template=/CustomSource/HospitalProfiles/HospitalProfileResultNew.cfm |title= Children's Hospital Association &#124; DIRECTORIES|website=www.childrenshospitals.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904081426/http://www.childrenshospitals.net/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Hospital_Directories&Template=%2FCustomSource%2FHospitalProfiles%2FHospitalProfileResultNew.cfm |archive-date=2014-09-04}}</ref> It houses one of the nation's largest neonatal intensive care units ([[NICU]]s) 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 of [[maternal-fetal medicine]] specialists that perform [[in utero surgery]] to treat fetuses with birth defects inside the mother's womb before they are born. Affiliated physicians performed the first in utero [[spina bifida]] surgery in Texas after the [[MOMS Trial|MOMS trial]], an NICHD-sponsored study of prenatal and postnatal closure of [[myelomeningocele]].
===Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute===
The Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, the only freestanding heart hospital in the Texas Medical Center, is an eight-floor, {{convert|1650000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building.
===Mischer Neuroscience Institute===
The [[Mischer 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 integrate [[neurology]], [[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 and [[Gamma Knife|gamma knife]] radiosurgery.
Led by Medical Director [[Dong Kim (neurosurgeon)|Dr. Dong Kim]] and Co-Medical Director Dr. [[Louise McCullough]], the Mischer Neuroscience Institute is a collaboration between [[UTHealth]] and Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Dr. James Grotta was principal investigator in Houston for the first major trial showing benefits of clot-busting drug [[tissue 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 the ''[[New England Journal of Medicine]]'' in 2012.<ref>https://med.uth.edu/news/t-pa-paper-named-among-nejms-top-9/ t-PA Paper Named Among NEJM's Top 9</ref>
In 2013, the Mischer Neuroscience Institute was recognized by [[The Joint Commission]] and the [[American Heart Association]]/[[American Stroke Association]] with [[Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers]].
===TIRR Memorial Hermann===
TIRR Memorial Hermann is a 119-bed [[rehabilitation 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahadataviewer.com/|title=AHA Healthcare DataViewer - Trusted Data for Healthcare Industry Research - AHA Data Online|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' named TIRR Memorial Hermann to the list of America's Best Hospitals for the 23rd consecutive time.
==Rankings==
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.<ref>"[http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/memorial-hermann-texas-medical-center-6741890 Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center]". US News & World Report. Retrieved January 20, 2011.</ref>
==Transportation==
Memorial Hermann is served by the [[Memorial Hermann Hospital-Houston Zoo Station]] of the [[METRORail]] Red Line. Nearby airports with commercial airline service include [[Houston Hobby Airport|Houston Hobby]] and [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]].
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://memorialhermann.org/locations/texasmedicalcenter Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center]
* Harris County Assessor's Block Book Map: Hermann Hospital, [http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v118/AE1997_118-4_0152.pdf PDF format] and [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v118/AE1997_118-4_0152.jpg JPG Format]
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[[Category:Hospitals in Houston]]
[[Category:Institutions in the Texas Medical Center]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1925]]
[[Category:1925 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Trauma centers]]