Hospital type Pediatric Lists Hospitals in Texas Number of beds 36 Care system Nonprofit organization | Phone +1 832-822-4200 Founded 1957 | |
Location Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States Affiliated university Texas Children's Hospital Baylor College of Medicine Other links Texas Children's HospitalTexas Medical Center Address 6701 Fannin St #1400, Houston, TX 77030, USA Hours Closed now Wednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday(Cesar Chavez Day)8AM–5PMHours might differSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Grandview Mall Aquarium, Cook Children's Medical, River Oaks Country Club, St Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Memorial Hermann Texas Me Profiles | ||
Texas children s cancer center the largest pediatric cancer and blood disorders center in the u s
Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers is the largest pediatric oncology and blood disease center in the United States. U.S. News & World Report ranked the cancer center #1 in Texas and #4 in the United States. It is located in Houston, Texas.
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- Texas children s cancer center the largest pediatric cancer and blood disorders center in the u s
- History
- Educational institutions
- Inter institutional collaborations
- Outreach clinic
- Patient programs
- Philanthropic gifts
- Notable physicians
- References
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 facilities of the multidisciplinary center, located at Texas Children's Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, includes a 36-bed inpatient unit, a 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) outpatient clinic and a 15-bed bone marrow transplant unit, as well as extensive research laboratories. Each year the center provides a specialized level of care to more than 1,500 children and adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer and blood diseases.
The center is staffed by nationally and internationally recognized experts who have made major clinical and research advances in the treatment of childhood malignancies. Residents completing core programs in pediatrics may enter accredited subspecialty training in the Baylor College of Medicine hematology/oncology fellowship program. The Center has three NIH-funded training grants.
Current research programs include molecular oncology, tumor cell biology, developmental therapeutics, cancer genetics and genomics, cell and gene therapy, transplantation biology, tumor immunology and neuro-oncology. A major focus of the center is to develop innovative therapies for those pediatric cancers and blood disorders that pose the greatest challenges for cure.
History
Originally called the Research Hematology Laboratory, Texas Children's Cancer Center was founded by Dr. Donald J. Fernbach in January 1958. The National Cancer Institute provided the first grant that the center was funded on.
In 1959, Dr. Fernbach performed the first bone marrow transplant from one identical twin to another; this was one of the first procedures of its kind for aplastic anemia.
The TCH Hematology Center has been serving children with SCD since 1958. The service first employed a comprehensive program for screening newborns at the large Harris County Hospital District facility in 1975 and was instrumental in the creation of the State newborn screening program. Patients from 20 surrounding counties and East Texas are drawn to the program.
In 2001, the Texas Children’s Sickle Cell Center was formed to provide comprehensive care to the patients being followed by the service. The Texas Children’s Sickle Cell Center is located within the Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers.
Educational institutions
Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. Senior Baylor College of Medicine faculty members oversee the Cancer Center’s efforts in basic and clinical research.
Inter-institutional collaborations
In March 2009, The Retinoblastoma Center of Houston became the world's first retinoblastoma center made up of more than two centers. The multi-institutional collaboration involved scientists from Texas Children's Cancer Center, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's Children's Cancer Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and Houston Methodist Hospital.
Outreach clinic
The Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children’s Cancer and Hematology Clinic is an outreach clinic of the Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers. It is located in McAllen, Texas along the Texas-Mexico Border. In the last ten years, the clinic has treated more than 5,000 children with cancer or hematologic disorders.
The clinic is led by medical director Dr. Juan Carlos Bernini and by Dr. Rodrigo Erana, both assistant professors of pediatrics – hematology/oncology at Baylor College of Medicine, along with a pediatric nurse practitioner, a staff of registered nurses, social workers, clinic technicians and administrative support.
Patient programs
The Purple Songs Can Fly Project is associated with Texas Children's Cancer Center.
Philanthropic gifts
As a part of Texas Children's Hospital, the center is designated a nonprofit medical corporation chartered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization under the IRS.
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.