Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized
full-care pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical
Center in Houston. One of the largest pediatric hospitals
in the United States, Texas Children's Hospital is dedicated
to providing the finest possible pediatric patient care, education and research.

Since opening its doors in 1954, Texas Children's has cared for more than 1 million children from every corner of the world, and has more than 2.2 million patient encounters a year.

Texas Children's is nationally ranked in the top five among childrens hospitals by both Child magazine and U.S. News & World Report. The hospital has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of cancer, premature infants, cardiogenic disorders, diabetes, asthma and neurological disorders.

Texas Childrens is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and is its primary pediatric training site. Baylor professors also are the service chiefs and staff physicians of Texas Children's more than 40 patient care centers.

The hospital's award-winning medical staff consists of more than 1,580 board-certified, primary-care physicians, pediatric subspecialists, pediatric surgical subspecialists and dentists. In addition, Texas Children's offers a dedicated, highly skilled nursing and support staff of more than 6,000.

To learn more about Texas Children's Hospital, please visit their website at http://www.texaschildrens.org.

*Information above taken from Texas Children's Hospital website.