Texas Children's Hospital 1871542 226067765 2008-07-16T18:06:14Z 63.237.102.194 {{Infobox Hospital | Name = Texas Children's Hospital | Org/Group = Texas Children's Hospital Integrated Delivery System | Image = | Caption = | Logo = | Location = [[Texas Medical Center]] | Region = [[Houston]] | State = [[Texas]] | Country = US | HealthCare = Non-profit | Type = Pediatric | Standards = | Emergency = Pediatric Emergency Center | Affiliation= [[Baylor College of Medicine]] | Beds = 456 | Founded = 1954 | Closed = | Website = http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/default.aspx | Wiki-Links = |}} '''Texas Children's Hospital''' is an internationally recognized pediatric hospital located in the [[Texas Medical Center]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, Texas Children's 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<ref name="about texas childrens">{{cite web|url=http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/allabout/default.aspx |title=About Texas Children’s Hospital |accessdate=2007-10-12 }}</ref>. Texas Children's has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of pediatric [[cancer]], [[diabetes]], [[asthma]], [[HIV]], [[premature birth]], attention-related disorders, organ transplants and cardiogenic disorders<ref name="about texas childrens"/>. As of 2007, [[U.S. News & World Report]] ranks Texas Children's Hospital #6 amongst the pediatric hospitals in the nation<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Best Hospitals 2007 Specialty Search: Pediatrics | date= | publisher=[[U.S News & World Report]] | url =http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/search.php?spec=ihqpeds& | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-12 | language = }}</ref>. More than [http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/directory.aspx 42 pediatric subspecialties] are available to patients at Texas Children's. The hospital's medical staff includes more than 1,580 board-certified, primary-care physicians, pediatric subspecialists, pediatric [[surgeons]] and [[dentists]]<ref name="about texas childrens"/>. In 2003, Texas Children's more than 1,000 highly skilled [[nurses]] achieved national Magnet Recognition, one of the highest honors in nursing. Only 1 % of hospitals in the nation receive this distinction. Since opening its doors in 1954 under Physician-in-Chief [[Russell Blattner]], Texas Children's Hospital has cared for more than 1 million children from every corner of the world in a family-centered environment. (The hospital is ranked among the top five pediatric hospitals nationwide by Child magazine and U.S. News & World Report.) Texas Children's Hospital is dedicated to a community of healthy children by providing the finest possible pediatric patient care, education and research. ==References== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/cancer Texas Children’s Cancer Center and Hematology Service] *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/FetalSurgery/Default.aspx Texas Children's Fetal Center] *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/heart/default.aspx Texas Children's Heart Center] *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/GINutrition/InflammatoryBowel/Default.aspx Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center] *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/Lung_Transplant/Default.aspx Texas Children's Pediatric Lung Transplant Program] *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/Neuro/Neurology/Default.aspx Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Pediatric Neurology at Texas Children’s Hospital] *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/newborn/default.aspx Texas Children’s Newborn Center] *[http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/Renal/Default.aspx Texas Children’s Renal Center] [[Category:Children's hospitals in the United States]] [[Category:Institutions in the Texas Medical Center]]