Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (CMHH) is a nationally ranked women's[1] and pediatric acute care teaching hospital located in Houston, Texas. The hospital has 234 pediatric beds[2] and 76 beds for women. CMHH is affiliated with the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and is a part of the Memorial Hermann Health System.[3] The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[4][5] throughout Houston and surrounding regions. Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.[6] CMHH also features an American College of Surgeons designated Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, 1 of 5 in the state.[7] The hospital is located within the vast Texas Medical Center.[8]
About
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital is located inside Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center and is a member institution of the Children's Hospital Association.[2] It houses one of 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 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.[9]
Patient care units
The hospital has a variety of patient care units to care for pediatric patients from 0-21, and women requiring obstetrical or gynecological care.[10]
30-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
38-bed neonatal special care nursery
119-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
76-bed general pediatrics
73-bed women's/obgyn
Ronald McDonald House
The hospital has a Ronald McDonald House located within the hospital that has 14 rooms for families of children that are in the PICU and the NICU.[11] The house originally opened in 2007 on the 7th and 9th floors, and is affiliated with the Ronald McDonald House of Houston. In addition to the house located within the hospital, CHMM families can stay at the nearby 70-bedroom Holcombe House.[12]
Awards
On the 2018-19 U.S. News & World Report: Best Children's Hospitals rankings CMHH ranked as #45 in Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery and #41 in pediatric neurology and heart surgery.[13]
