Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Hospital
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Geography
Location	Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Organization
Care system	Not-for-profit
Hospital type	General and Teaching Hospital
Affiliated university	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	860
History
Founded	1907
Links
Website	memorialhermann.org/locations/texasmedicalcenter
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center is the first hospital founded in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1925, it is the primary teaching hospital for The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and the flagship location of 11 hospitals in the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. It is one of only two certified 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. The hospital has 33,614 admissions and performs 14,937 inpatient and 3,972 outpatient surgeries. The hospital employs 1,350 registered nurses full-time.^[1]

Following the January 2011 Tucson shooting by Jared Lee Loughner, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords spent time here as an inpatient undergoing rehabilitation after being released from another hospital, and after being released in June 2011, she maintains therapy on an outpatient basis.

Memorial Hermann is served by the Memorial Hermann Hospital-Houston Zoo Station of the METRORail Red Line.

Leadership

Craig Cordola was named CEO of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in 2010. Previously, he was the vice president of operations for Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital.^[2]

Hospitals and Institutes

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 and The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR Memorial Hermann). The campus also houses 3 institutes: the Heart & Vascular Institute, a 6-floor, 1,650,000-square-foot (153,000 m²) building, the Mischer Neuroscience Institute and the Ironman Sports Medicine Institute at Memorial Hermann.

Rankings

In 2010, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center was ranked in 4 adult and 1 pediatric specialties by the US 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.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center". US News & World Report. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
2. ^ "Craig Cordola Named CEO of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Dotmed.com. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
3. ^ "Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center". US News & World Report. Retrieved January 20, 2011.