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24-599: 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:

48-593: A comprehensive information resource on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Housed at ILRU, the ADA Resource Center provides training, technical assistance and informational resources to employers, consumers, architects, businesses, media and disability organizations. ILRU is funded through private foundation grants and grants from public agencies, including the United States Department of Education ,

72-477: Is credited as a predecessor of more modern medical monitoring systems. In 1959, TIRR opened in the Texas Medical Center. With the discovery of the polio vaccine in the 1960s, the disease became less of a threat. The hospital then began focusing on the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord deterioration caused by disease or trauma, pioneering the interdisciplinary team approach to rehabilitation. It

96-938: The METRORail Red Line. Nearby airports with commercial airline service include Houston Hobby and George Bush Intercontinental Airport . 29°42′48″N 95°23′45″W  /  29.7133°N 95.3959°W  / 29.7133; -95.3959 TIRR Memorial Hermann 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 comprehensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy services to rehabilitate patients following traumatic brain or spinal injury or to those suffering from neurologic illnesses. TIRR Memorial Hermann's main campus offers inpatient rehabilitation in

120-415: 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 opened in the early 1950s when polio

144-596: The United States Department of Health and Human Services , and the United States Department of Labor . See also: List of companies in Houston See: List of colleges and universities in Houston [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Texas portal Memorial Hermann Hospital-Houston Zoo Station Memorial Hermann Hospital/Houston Zoo Station is an island platformed METRORail light rail station in Houston , Texas , United States . The station

168-630: The BCM/UTHSCH PM&;R Alliance. The alliance was the largest physical medicine and rehabilitation residency training program in the nation. The TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center is a facility for research into rehabilitative medicine. Brain Injury Research Center The Brain Injury and Stroke Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann has been designated a Traumatic Brain Injury Model System for nearly three decades, and

192-880: 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

216-539: The Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) provides comprehensive resources necessary to achieve an advanced level of independence once a rehabilitation patient is discharged from care. The ILRU program at TIRR Memorial Hermann is led by Lex Frieden , a chairperson of the board of the National Council on Disability (NCD) and president of Rehabilitation International . ILRU serves as

240-479: The Mischer Neuroscience Institute is a collaboration between UTHealth and Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Dr. James Grotta was principal investigator in Houston for the first major trial showing benefits of clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). The 1995 paper announcing the results of the trial, titled "Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke," was voted one of

264-518: The brain and spine. The institute was the first center in Texas and one of only a few institutions in the country to fully integrate neurology , neurosurgery , neuroradiology and neurorehabilitation . The institute has 140 neuro beds and five dedicated operating rooms It was the first neurosurgery center in Texas to offer microsurgery, interventional neuroradiology/endovascular surgery and gamma knife radiosurgery. Led by Medical Director Dr. Dong Kim and Co-Medical Director Dr. Louise McCullough ,

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288-515: The children in Greater Houston area with this disease. Carlos Vallbona, a pediatrician, physiologist, and cardiologist from Barcelona Spain, also had appointments at Baylor College of Medicine. Paul Harrington, an orthopedic surgeon, developed a new approach to this disease using what became known as " Harrington Rods ", inserted from the back and straightening the backs of these deformed children. A young ear nose and throat specialist, Bobby Alford

312-489: The first inpatient rehabilitation programs to be designated as a Model System of Care by the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). SCIDR was the first to conduct 40-year follow-up interviews on those early research participants, and SCIDR continues to follow study participants over time at five-year intervals. NeuroRecovery Research Center The NeuroRecovery Research Center (NRRC) forms

336-488: 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. The campus has 1,104 licensed beds: Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital is located inside Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center and is a member institution of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions . It houses one of

360-759: The list of America's Best Hospitals for the 23rd consecutive time. In 2010, Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center was ranked in 4 adult and 1 pediatric specialties by the U.S. 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. Memorial Hermann is served by the Memorial Hermann Hospital-Houston Zoo Station of

384-549: The mother's womb before they are born. Affiliated physicians performed the first in utero spina bifida surgery in Texas after the MOMS trial , an NICHD-sponsored study of prenatal and postnatal closure of myelomeningocele . The Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, the only freestanding heart hospital in the Texas Medical Center, is an eight-floor, 1,650,000-square-foot (153,000 m) building. The Mischer Neuroscience Institute provides specialized treatment for diseases of

408-476: The nation's largest neonatal intensive care units ( NICUs ) and is one of only two Level IV NICUs in Southeast Texas. The NICU at Children's Memorial Hermann treats more than 1,000 premature infants each year. The hospital is nationally recognized for The Fetal Center, a subspecialty center made up of maternal-fetal medicine specialists that perform in utero surgery to treat fetuses with birth defects inside

432-847: The top nine papers in the 200-year history of the New England Journal of Medicine in 2012. In 2013, the Mischer Neuroscience Institute was recognized by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association with Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers . TIRR Memorial Hermann is a 119-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 2012, U.S. News & World Report named TIRR Memorial Hermann to

456-533: The umbrella for seven independent laboratories at TIRR Memorial Hermann that collaborate on basic science studies and clinical trials. Research under way at the NRRC is supported by the National Institutes of Health; Memorial Hermann Foundation; Mission Connect, a project of TIRR Foundation; TIRR Memorial Hermann; and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Independent Living Research Utilization Established in 1977,

480-431: Was also in the 1960s that William Spencer recruited a number of visionary physicians from several different disciplines who had appointments in numerous academic departments but spent significant amounts of their clinical and research time at the relatively small building at the rear of the then rapidly enlarging and expanding Texas Medical Center. Gunyon Harrison, a pediatrician with an interest in cystic fibrosis cared for

504-602: Was at the height of its epidemic in the United States. At the beginning of that decade, William A. Spencer established one of the first polio treatment centers in Houston . The Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center was dedicated to patient treatment and research. Spencer was 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

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528-557: Was funded as a Rehabilitation and Research Training Center of excellence in TBI for over 20 years. Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Research Center The mission of the Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Research Center (SCIDR) is to improve functional recovery, health and quality of life for individuals with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities. SCIDR had been conducting research on SCI long before 1972, when it became among

552-672: Was opened on January 1, 2004, and is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO). The station is located at the intersection of Fannin Street and Cambridge Street and serves Memorial Hermann Hospital , the Medical School portion of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the Houston Zoo . Ben Taub Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine are also within walking distance of

576-494: Was still in his residency, performed many bronchoscopies needed for the polio and cystic fibrosis patients. TIRR Memorial Hermann is the primary training site for the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School . From 1996 until 2016, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston formed

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