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HISTORY OF TEXAS CHILDREN'S
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Groundbreaking ceremonies
held May 23, 1951.
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Baylor College of Medicine
and Texas Children's Hospital establish teaching affiliation.
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The three-story, 106-bed
pediatric hospital dedicated on May 15, 1953.
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Dr. Russell Blattner,
Texas Children's physician-in-chief from 1954 to 1977, established
unprecedented policy that at least one parent may be with a child
during a hospital stay.
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First patient, 3-year-old
Leigh Van Wagner, admitted Feb. 1, 1954.
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Texas' first and, at the
time, only female pediatric surgeon, Dr. Benjy F. Brooks, joins
Texas Children's.
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Hospital services and
specialties expand rapidly, with specialists added in cardiovascular
disease, pediatric research, birth defects, learning disabilities,
mental retardation, developmental problems, social services and
leukemia and other blood disorders.
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Karen and Kimberly Webber
born joined at the chest in 1964. Texas Children's pioneering
procedure to separate them establishes the hospital as a leader in
pediatric care.
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Three red wagons donated
for patient transport, establishing a long tradition of kid-friendly
transport around the hospital.
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Hospital expands to 331
beds, more than double its original 106.
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First play therapy room
opens.
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Neonatology service
created.
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Maximum age for patients
raised from 15 to 19.
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David, the Bubble Boy,
born in 1971 with an immune deficiency, is placed in a specially
designed bubble where he plays, sleeps, eats and attends school.
Study of his condition leads to significant contributions in the
study of immune system disorders.
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Dr. Ralph Feigin, the
current physician-in-chief, succeeds Dr. Russell Blattner in 1977.
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Outpatient visits more
than quadruple during the 1980s.
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Charity care increases
from $3.5 million to more than $9 million.
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Research funding grows
from less than $5 million to nearly $15 million.
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Ronald McDonald House
opens in 1981.
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Shannon Pillow is first
patient in the world to receive biosynthetic growth hormone.
Pi Beta Phi Children's Library opens.
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Home Care Service begins.
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Hospital recognized as a
leader in treating pediatric HIV.
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Building expansion begins.
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Hospital completes
expansion and becomes largest freestanding pediatric hospital in the
U.S. with 456 operating beds and nearly 50 medical and surgical
outpatient services.
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World's smallest pacemaker
inserted in a transplant child.
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Pioneering operations
performed on conjoined twins and 3-year-old liver transplant
recipient.
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Significant advances made
in cell and gene therapy transplants.
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Largest bone marrow
transplant unit in Texas opened.
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Radio Lollipop launches at
Texas Children's.
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Nation's first pediatric
health maintenance organization (HMO) established by Texas
Children's.
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Chukwu octuplets, ranging
in weight from 11.3 to 28.6 ounces, received in Texas Children's
neonatal intensive care unit. All of the seven surviving octuplets
went home within six months of their birth.
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U.S.News & World Report
ranked Texas Children's Hospital
as one of the nation's top 5 pediatric hospitals in 2003, 2004 and
2005, as well as a top 10 hospital in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
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Child magazine ranks Texas
Children's one of the top 5 pediatric hospitals in the country in
2001 and 2002.
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Hospital survives Tropical
Storm Allison with minimal damage.
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Dr. Russell Blattner,
founding physician-in-chief of Texas Children's, dies in 2002.
Latest expansion completed. Hospital licensed for 715 beds.
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Clinics and offices move
from Feigin Center to West Tower (primarily inpatient care) and
Clinical Care Center (outpatient care and same-day surgery).
Renovation of Feigin Center turns building into premier research
facility.
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