Address：6621 Fannin Street. Houston, Texas 77030
Phone：832-824-1000

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, 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.
 

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 cardiovascular disorders. As of 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranks Texas Children's Hospital #4 amongst the pediatric hospitals in the nation, the highest rank for any Pediatric Hospital in the Southern United States.
More than 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. In 2003, Texas Children's more than 1,000 nurses achieved national Magnet Recognition, one of the highest honors in nursing.

Rankings and recognition
In 2011-12 U.S. News and World Report ranked Texas Children's Hospitals among the top children's hospitals nationwide. Texas Children's Hospitals is designated on the U.S. News and World Report Honor Roll, which is reserved to those hospitals that rank in all 10 subspecialties surveyed.

The programs were rated as follows:
#2 Respiratory Disorders
#3 Cardiology and Heart Surgery
#4 Cancer Texas Children's Cancer Center is ranked the #1 pediatric cancer center in Texas and the #4 in the nation
#4 pulmonology
#4 Gastroenterology
#4 Neurology and Neurosurgery
#5 Nephrology (Kidney Disorders)
#5 Neonatal Care
#8 Urology
#10 Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders
#15 Orthopedics.

Facilities
One building of the hospital
Abercrombie Building
Emergency Center
Texas Children's Center for Telehealth
Children's Clinical Nutrition Center
Clinical Care Center
Texas Children's Cancer Center
Texas Children's Hematology Center
Texas Children's Sickle Cell Center
Feigin Center
Meyer Building
Texas Children's Neurological Research Institute
Texas Children's Pavilion for Women
West Tower
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
General Clinical Research Center
Texas Children's Heart Center
Texas Children's Newborn Center
Recent history and developments

In 1999, Texas Children's Hospital launched the largest building project in Texas Medical Center History. The $345 million expansion project included a new 15-story inpatient addition to the existing West Tower; the development of the Clinical Care Center, a 17-floor outpatient center; and the renovation of the existing Feigin Center.

Texas Children's Hospital recently concluded the largest investment and program expansion ever by a single pediatric organization. Major projects included the development of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI), the opening of Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, the development of the Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, and the expansion of existing research facilities.

The NRI aims to increase the pace of discoveries by pioneering a multidisciplinary research approach to the complex challenge of understanding brain development and function. Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women brings together obstetricians, gynecologists, oncologists, surgeons, geneticists and nurses from Texas Children’s Hospital and its academic partner Baylor College of Medicine. Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is greater Houston's first suburban hospital designed exclusively for children.

The hospital was the site of the first fatal U.S. case of the 2009 swine flu outbreak, a child visiting from Mexico City.

The towers of the hospital were designed by the Houston firm FKP Architects.
Notable people

Leadership
Mark A. Wallace, President and Chief Executive Officer, 1989–present

Physicians
Emmanuel Ngabirano, M.D., Visiting Physician, 2011

Mark Kline, M.D., Physician-in-Chief, 2009 to present

David Poplack, M.D. — Director, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Professor of Pediatrics.

Jennifer Arnold, M.D., a neonatologist on staff, is one of the stars of the TLC show The Little Couple (Dr. Arnold has dwarfism and stands 3 feet 2 inches tall).

Charles Fraser, Jr., M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief, 2010 to present
Michael Belfort, M.D., OB-Gyn-in-Chief, January 2011 to present

Patients
Iesha Turner (1991–present) and Teisha Turner (1991–present) - Conjoined twins separated at Texas Children's Hospital. Featured on TLC special Conjoined twins after Separation

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

Layla Marsh (2007-2010) - Stage 4 high-risk Neuroblastoma. Was in remission but relapsed and died. From Cypress, Texas.

Philanthropists
Dan Duncan and wife Jan donated $50 million to Texas Children's Hospital to support the construction of The Neurological Research Institute in 2007.
In 2011, Robert Duvall appeared at a record-breaking Houston charity event when he was interviewed by Bob Schieffer for 'An Evening with a Texas Legend'. The event raised over $9 million for Texas Children's Cancer Center.