TIRR Memorial Hermann
| TIRR Memorial Hermann | |
|---|---|
| Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Located in the Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 29°42′33″N 95°23′39″W / 29.709262°N 95.394191°WCoordinates: 29°42′33″N 95°23′39″W / 29.709262°N 95.394191°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Patron | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | 134 |
| Specialty | Inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain or spinal injury, or for neurologic illness |
| History | |
| Founded | 1950s |
| Links | |
| Website | tirr |
| Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
TIRR Memorial Hermann (the four initials stand for "The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research") is a 134-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. In 2014, U.S. News & World Report named TIRR Memorial Hermann to the list of America’s Best Hospitals for the 25th consecutive time.
TIRR Memorial Hermann's main campus offers inpatient rehabilitation in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. There are 5 outpatient rehabilitation locations in the greater Houston area, including Kirby Glen, Memorial City, Greater Heights, Sugar Land, and The Woodlands.
TIRR Memorial Hermann is a teaching hospital for Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
TIRR Memorial Hermann traces its roots back to the early 1950s when polio was at the height of its epidemic in the United States. At the beginning of that decade, William A. Spencer, M.D., established one of the first polio treatment centers in the nation in Houston. The Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center was dedicated to patient treatment and research and performed groundbreaking work.
Dr. Spencer was notably involved in developing the physiograph, a device recognized in the March 22, 1954 issue of Life magazine for its ability to record vital functions. This technology advanced teaching and research efforts and is credited as an early example of the sophisticated monitoring systems we use today.
With the discovery of the polio vaccine in the 1960s, the expertise developed by this nationally recognized respiratory center was applied to rehabilitating catastrophically injured patients.
For 25 consecutive years, TIRR Memorial Hermann has appeared on the list of America's best rehabilitation hospitals published by U.S. News & World Report magazine, since the survey began. In 2016, TIRR Memorial Hermann was ranked the #2 rehabilitation hospital in the nation.
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