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37-543: Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center (formerly known as Hermann Hospital before the 1997 merger with Memorial Health Care System) was opened in 1925. It was the first of two hospitals with a Level I trauma center rating to be located in Houston , inside the Texas Medical Center . It (with Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital ) is the flagship of a large system of hospitals and clinics located in and around

74-484: A combined space of 300,000 square feet (28,000 m). As of 2006 the headquarters had 1,300 employees. The 9401 Southwest Freeway building, also known as the Williamstown Office Tower, previously housed TexCon Petroleum Co. and became vacant several years prior to 1997 when TexCon vacated the space. 9401 Southwest Freeway has 214,000 square feet (19,900 m) of space and, as of 2009, was owned by

111-488: Is a nationally ranked hospital at the Texas Medical Center . It is the first hospital founded in the Texas Medical Center in Houston , Texas (and its founding predates the Texas Medical Center). Founded in 1925, it is the primary teaching hospital for McGovern Medical School (formerly The University of Texas Medical School at Houston ( UTHealth Medical School)) and the flagship location of 13 hospitals in

148-534: Is a part of the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System and houses the system's headquarters. Pediatric care to the hospital is provided by doctors from Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital which treats infants, children, teens, and young adults age 0-21. The hospital opened in 1971 as Memorial City General Hospital and took its current name in 1988. As of 2007 it had 527 beds and cares for over 25,000 patients per year. In July 2006

185-481: Is designed for pediatric patients. The hospital houses the Technical Education Center, a 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m ) facility. It is a center for training programs for licensed surgical technology, vocational nursing, and radiology. It opened on March 27, 2003. Previously training for those programs was offered in various Memorial Hermann locations. The HealthGrades website contains

222-520: Is in the middle of the campus with other buildings surrounding it. The land on which the Memorial Hermann Tower was built, the corner of I-10 and Gessner, was previously vacant. The system planned to dedicate the first 15 floors to inpatient services including cancer, medical/surgical, and women's services. The higher floors were to be used for office space for the system, physician offices, and outpatient services. The headquarters of

259-739: The Harris County Hospital District , with plans to make the hospital its third general hospital. However, the county withdrew its bid in September 2009. Memorial Hermann has since made efforts to rebuild the Southwest Hospital. Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital were collectively named an America's 50 Best Hospital in 2010 and 2011 by HealthGrades . Six Memorial Hermann hospitals were named among

296-591: The Los Altos, California company Investment Grade Loans. Moody Rambin Interests is the leasing agent of the building as of 2009. 9301 Southwest Freeway has 111,000 square feet (10,300 m) of space. As of 2009 BGK of Texas owns 9301 Southwest Freeway, and that year Moody Rambin Interests became the leasing company. On July 9, 2010 the hospital system entered into a lease for over 800,000 square feet (74,000 m) of office space with MetroNational Corp., involving

333-543: 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 Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center The Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center is a hospital in Memorial City , Houston, Texas. It

370-421: The Memorial Hermann Healthcare System . It is one of two certified Level I Trauma Centers in the greater Houston area. The Memorial Hermann Life Flight air ambulance service operates its fleet of helicopters from Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Pediatric care to the hospital is provided by Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital which treats infants, children, teens, and young adults age 0-21. Brian Dean

407-604: The Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center , at the corner of Interstate 10 and Gessner Road. The headquarters were scheduled to move there in mid-2010. The new Memorial Hermann Tower building and the renovated North Tower in the Memorial City hospital have a total of 375,000 square feet (34,800 m) of space. In 2006 Marshall Heins, the system's vice president of construction, real estate and support services, said that

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444-996: 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

481-543: The Memorial City campus. The hospital system continued to use Transwestern to handle the leasing and management. The new Memorial Hermann tower was scheduled to open on December 6, 2009. In 2013 the hospital was ranked No. 5 in the NerdWallet list of the ten most affordable hospitals in the State of Texas . The hospital is located in Memorial City at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Gessner Road. As of 2009

518-731: The Memorial City location was chosen as the system headquarters because "The Memorial City area happens to be the geographic hub of Houston as well as the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. All our facilities are easy to get to on Beltway 8, so we wanted a location that was close to it." Previously the headquarters were in a facility on Interstate 69 / U.S. Highway 59 ( Southwest Freeway ) at Bissonnet, in Greater Sharpstown . Memorial Hermann leased office space in two office buildings, 9301 Southwest Freeway and 9401 Southwest Freeway. The two buildings had

555-450: The Memorial City location was chosen as the system headquarters because "The Memorial City area happens to be the geographic hub of Houston as well as the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. All our facilities are easy to get to on Beltway 8, so we wanted a location that was close to it." The new Memorial Hermann Tower building and the renovated North Tower have a total of 375,000 square feet (34,800 m ) of space. The former North Tower

592-597: The Memorial Healthcare System, which at the time had five hospitals, merged in 1997. The "Memorial Hermann" name was first used on November 4, 1997 after the Hermann Healthcare System and Memorial Healthcare System completed their merger, becoming the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation. In August 2009 Memorial Hermann Hospital announced that it planned to sell its Southwest Hospital in Greater Sharpstown to

629-491: 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

666-518: 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 ,

703-519: The clinical quality data for Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, as of 2018. For this rating section clinical quality rating data and patient safety ratings are presented. For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is: For patient safety ratings the same three possible ratings are used. For this hospital they are: Percent of patients who would rate this hospital as

740-470: The first successful liver transplant occurred here as well. In 1992 it was also the first hospital in the nation to perform a living-donor transplant on a neonatal patient. In 1993 Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center acquired the region's first Gamma Knife . The first four-organ transplant in Houston also was performed here in 2006, along with it being the first hospital in the world to perform robotic re-constructive aortic surgery. Hermann Hospital and

777-510: The former North Tower and the Medical Office Buildings 1–4 on the Memorial City campus. The hospital system continued to use Transwestern to handle the leasing and management. The locations of the hospital system include: 29°46′58″N 95°32′39″W  /  29.7829°N 95.5441°W  / 29.7829; -95.5441 Memorial Hermann%E2%80%93Texas Medical Center Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center

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814-465: The greater Houston area, in various neighborhoods as well as some suburbs . The different hospitals are distinguished by further designation indicating their location. (Texas Medical Center, Northwest, Southwest, Woodlands, etc.) The hospital system has been headed by some of the most influential leaders in healthcare including Dan Wolterman, Dr. Benjamin K. Chu as well as the current President & CEO David L. Callender, MD The Memorial Hospital System

851-492: The health care system are located in the Memorial Hermann Tower. The headquarters were scheduled to move there from a facility on Interstate 69 / U.S. Highway 59 ( Southwest Freeway ) in mid-2010. In 2006 developers stated that the Memorial Hermann Tower would be the tallest building in the I-10 corridor in western Houston. In 2006 Marshall Heins, the system's vice president of construction, real estate and support services, said that

888-610: The hospital has 427 licensed beds and a maximum capacity of 647 beds. It also has a total of 2,500,000 square feet (230,000 m ) of space. The hospital system includes the 35-story, 915,000 square feet (85,000 m ) Memorial Hermann Tower, the System Services Building (formerly the North Tower), the East Tower, the Heart and Vascular Institute, and the original hospital building. The original hospital

925-498: 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

962-492: The hospital system and MetroNational Corp. announced plans to build the Memorial Hermann Tower. As of July 2010, the tenant space in the Memorial City complex had an occupancy rate of 65-70%. On July 9, 2010 the hospital system entered into a lease for over 800,000 square feet (74,000 m ) of office space with MetroNational Corp., involving the building formerly named the North Tower and the Medical Office Buildings 1–4 on

999-808: 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

1036-626: 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

1073-465: The nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters in 2011. Memorial Hermann's hospitals were the only ones in the Houston-area to earn the recognition. Collectively, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital were awarded in the teaching hospitals category. Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital

1110-483: 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

1147-427: The site of Hermann Hospital in 1922, adding about 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land to the city limits. Hermann Hospital opened its doors in 1925, it also started a school of nursing that same year. Hermann Hospital was the first to operate in the neighborhood which later became the Texas Medical Center . In 1943 this hospital was the first in Texas to receive a shipment of the new wonder drug, penicillin . In 1946 it

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1184-869: 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

1221-526: Was also the first hospital to perform a cardiac catheterization . It remains the only hospital in the Houston area to have a burn-treatment center. The flagship Texas Medical Center hospital is home to Memorial Hermann Life Flight , an emergency and critical-care-transport aeromedical service . Founded in 1976, LifeFlight was the first aeromedical service in Texas, and second in the United States . It transports around 3,000 patients annually. In 1985

1258-542: 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:

1295-503: Was recognized in the medium community hospitals category in 2010 and 2011. Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital was awarded in the small community hospitals category for the first time in 2011. The management Services program of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System won the 2011 Franklin Award of Distinction. The administrative headquarters of the health care system are located in the 915,000 square feet (85,000 m) Memorial Hermann Tower in

1332-509: Was started in 1907 by The Rev. Dennis Pevoto who purchased an 18-bed sanitarium in downtown Houston, calling it the Baptist Sanatorium. By the time he retired, it had become Memorial Hospital System, a 200-bed facility. Prominent local businessman George H. Hermann died in 1914, leaving a large portion of his $ 2.6 million estate for building and maintaining a hospital for the poor and sick of Houston. The City of Houston annexed

1369-679: Was to be renovated for system office leasing and its former functions were to move to the new Memorial Hermann Tower. The 2000s expansion, which had a price tag of $ 200 million, also included a parking garage and a skybridge to the Memorial City Mall . In 2009 the hospital opened the Children's Emergency Center. The facility has six rooms designed for the care of pediatric patients. It is includes books, fish tanks, televisions, and murals. The medical equipment available, including special intravenous lines and smaller blood pressure cuffs,

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