Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Hospital | |
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| Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | |
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| 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 | 1,082 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Links | |
| Website | memorialhermann.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
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 three 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.
Brian Dean was named CEO of Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center in 2015. Previously, he was the CFO for Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
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.
The hospital founded 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 transplant in Houston and were the first in the nation to perform a living-donor transplant on a neonatal patient.
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