Texas Children's Hospital

Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) is a nationally ranked freestanding 724-bed,[1] pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Houston, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine and is located within the Texas Medical Center. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Texas and features an ACS verified level I pediatric trauma center.[2] Its regional pediatric intensive-care unit and neonatal intensive care units serve the Southern United States region and also has programs to serve children from around the world. With 724 beds, it is the largest children's hospital in the United States.[3]

Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital Integrated Delivery System
Geography
LocationTexas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Organization
Care systemNon-profit
TypePediatric
Affiliated universityBaylor College of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentLevel 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds724
History
Opened1954
Links
Websitehttp://www.texaschildrens.org/
ListsHospitals in Texas
TCH
Location within Texas Medical Center

U.S. News & World Report ranked Texas Children's Hospital #4 amongst 200 pediatric hospitals in the nation for ten consecutive years and #3 in 2019-20.[4]

It uses an enterprise data warehouse to monitor and report adherence to evidence-based guidelines and order sets on an ongoing basis.[5][6]

Rankings and recognition

The 2019–2020 edition of U.S. News & World Report recognized Texas Children's Hospital as among the top 3 children's hospitals in the United States.[4] Texas Children’s Hospital is 1 of 10 hospitals designated on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll,[4] which is reserved to those hospitals that rank in all 10 subspecialties surveyed.[4]

Texas Children's national rankings for each subspecialty area for 2019–2020 are:

  • #3 Pediatric Cancer[6]
  • #1 Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery[6]
  • #8 Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology[6]
  • #2 Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery[6]
  • #7 Neonatology[6]
  • #2 Pediatric Nephrology[6]
  • #3 Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery[6]
  • #10 Pediatric Orthopedics[6]
  • #1 Pediatric Pulmonology and Lung Surgery[6]
  • #6 Pediatric Urology[6]

In 2021 the hospital was ranked as the #4 best children's hospital in the United States by U.S. News and World Report on the publications' honor roll list.[7]

Notable people

Physicians-in-Chief
  • Ralph Feigin, M.D. – Physician-in-Chief, 1977–2008, Texas Children's Hospital[8]
  • Mark Kline, M.D. – Physician-in-Chief, 2008–2020, Texas Children's Hospital;[9] Former Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Former President of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), Baylor College of Medicine[10]

Physicians

Patients
  • David Vetter (1971–1984) – Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome (a.k.a., The Bubble Boy)
  • The Mata Twins (2014–present) - Formerly conjoined twins that underwent a 26 hour operation to be surgically separated[14]

References
  1. "Texas Children's Hospital". www.childrenshospitals.org. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. "Official Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  3. "About Texas Children's Hospital". Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  4. "Best Children's Hospitals 2018-19: Honor Roll and Overview". U.S. News & World Report. 26 Jun 2018. Retrieved 1 Apr 2019.
  5. "Children's Hospital Employs Enterprise Data Warehouse To Support Multidisciplinary Improvement Teams, Leading to Higher Quality and Lower Costs". Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  6. "Texas Children's Hospital 2019–20 US News Overview". U.S. News & World Report. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. Harder, Ben (16 June 2020). "The Honor Roll of U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals 2020-21". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. Texas Medical Center News Remembering Ralph Feigin Retrieved 11-05-2009
  9. Todd Ackerman (26 February 2020). "Pediatric AIDS chief doctor steps down at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  10. Houston Chronicle Retrieved 04-11-2014
  11. "Biography of David G. Poplack, MD". Texas Children's Hospital. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  12. Mike Hixenbaugh (21 December 2017). "Charles Fraser, elite pediatric heart surgeon, steps down from Texas Children's Hospital". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  13. Hall, Robert J. (2007). "The "Father of Modern Interventional Pediatric Cardiology" retires". Texas Heart Institute Journal. 34 (1): 1–2. PMC 1847919. PMID 17420783.
  14. A. Palowski (17 Feb 2016). "Formerly conjoined twins thrive one year after epic surgery". today.com. The Today Show. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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