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This is a list of hospitals in the Houston area sorted by name. There are more than 80 hospitals in Harris County and more than 125 in the Greater Houston area. [ 1 ]
In 2007, Houston Methodist began planning for a hospital that would be constructed outside the Texas Medical Center’s central campus in Houston. The project, branded Texas Medical Center – West, included Methodist West Houston Hospital, which opened in December 2010. The hospital changed its name to Houston Methodist West Hospital in 2013. [2]
Solomon Halbert Snyder (born December 26, 1938) is an American neuroscientist who has made wide-ranging contributions to neuropharmacology and neurochemistry. He studied at Georgetown University , and has conducted the majority of his research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine .
Current logo Harris County Hospital District logo (prior to 2012). The Harris Health System, previously the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), is a governmental entity with taxing authority that owns and operates three hospitals and numerous clinics throughout Harris County, Texas, United States, including the city of Houston.
The hospital is on a 118-acre (48 ha) campus on Old Spanish Trail and Almeda, just on the edge of the Texas Medical Center. It is accredited by the Joint Commission , and has 343 hospital beds, a 40-bed Spinal Cord Injury Center, and a 120-bed transitional care unit for long-term care.
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 the hospital performed the first successful liver transplant in Houston and were the first in the nation to perform a living ...
Memorial Hermann Health System is the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas [1] and consists of 17 hospitals, 8 Cancer Centers, 3 Heart & Vascular Institutes, and 27 sports medicine and rehabilitation centers, in addition to other outpatient and rehabilitation centers. [2]
President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the purchase of 118 acres (0.48 km 2) from the estate of local entrepreneur George Hermann (namesake of Hermann Park) in 1944 for the construction of a 1,000-bed naval hospital in Houston. The hospital, later renamed the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, opened in 1946 and became a ...