Texas Children's Hospital

Coordinates: 29°42′28″N 95°24′06″W / 29.7077°N 95.4016°W

Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital Integrated Delivery System
Geography
Location	Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Organization
Care system	Non-profit
Hospital type	Pediatric
Affiliated university	Baylor College of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Pediatric Emergency Center
Beds	592
History
Founded	1954
Links
Website	http://www.texaschildrens.org/
Lists	Hospitals in Texas

TCH

Location within Texas Medical Center

Texas Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, it is the largest children's hospital in the United States and is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine as that institution's primary pediatric training site.^[1]

As of 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranks it #4 amongst the pediatric hospitals in the nation.^[2]

It uses an enterprise data warehouse to monitor and report adherence to evidence-based guidelines and order sets on an ongoing basis.^[3]

Rankings and recognition

In 2011-12 U.S. News & World Report ranked Texas Children's Hospital among the top children's hospitals nationwide. It is designated on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll,^[4] which is reserved to those hospitals that rank in all 10 subspecialties surveyed.

The programs were rated as follows:

• #2 Respiratory Disorders^[5]
• #3 Cardiology and Heart Surgery^[6]
• #4 Cancer^[7]
• #4 pulmonology ^[8]
• #4 Gastroenterology^[9]
• #4 Neurology and Neurosurgery^[10]
• #5 Nephrology (Kidney Disorders)^[11]
• #5 Neonatal Care^[12]
• #8 Urology^[13]
• #10 Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders^[14]
• #15 Orthopedics.^[15]

Notable people

Physician-in-Chiefs

• Ralph Feigin, M.D. — Physician-in-Chief, 1977–2008, Texas Children's Hospital^[16]
• Mark Kline, M.D — Physician-in-Chief, 2008–Present, Texas Children's Hospital; Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; President of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI)^[17]

Physicians

• David Poplack, M.D. — Director, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Professor of Pediatrics.^[18]
• Jennifer Arnold, M.D., a neonatologist on staff, profiled on the television series The Little Couple
• Charles Fraser, Jr., M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief, 2010–present
• Charles Mullins — TCH cardiologist (1970-2006); has been called "the father of modern interventional pediatric cardiology"^[19]

Patients

• David Vetter (1971–1984) - Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome (a.k.a. The Bubble Boy)

References

1. "About Texas Children's Hospital". Retrieved 2007-10-12.
2. "Best Hospitals 2007 Specialty Search: Pediatrics". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
3. "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.
4. U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospital's Honor Roll Retrieved 06-02-2011
5. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Respiratory Disorders Hospitals Retrieved 11-05-2009
6. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Cardiology & Heart Surgery Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
7. "U.S. News & World Report Texas Children's Hospital Rankings . Retrieved 06-02-2011
8. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Pulmonology Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
9. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Gastroenterology Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
10. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Neurology & Neurosurgery Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
11. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Nephrology Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
12. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Neonatal Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
13. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Urology Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
14. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Diabetes & Endocrine Disorder Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
15. "U.S. News & World Report" Best Children's Orthopedics Hospitals Retrieved 06-02-2011
16. Texas Medical Center News Remembering Ralph Feigin Retrieved 11-05-2009
17. Houston Chronicle Retrieved 04-11-2014
18. "Dr. David Poplack Biography". Texas Children's Cancer Center.
19. Hall, Robert J. (2007). "The "Father of Modern Interventional Pediatric Cardiology" retires". Texas Heart Institute Journal 34 (1): 1–2. PMC 1847919. PMID 17420783.

External links

• Official website