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Texas Children's celebrates 50 years
of research and education
Fact Sheet
Partnership with Baylor College of
Medicine
Texas Children’s
Hospital participates with
Baylor College of
Medicine in approximately 400 research projects funded by nearly
$58 million annually. The close partnership between Texas Children’s
and Baylor represents one of the nation’s largest commitments to
pediatric research.
More than 120
investigators from Texas Children’s and Baylor work on studies in
areas including cancer, neurology, cardiology, neonatology,
diabetes, infectious diseases and renal diseases in the Feigin
Center.
Research
As the nation’s
largest pediatric hospital, Texas Children’s is renowned for its
expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of
cancer,
premature infants,
cardiogenic disorders,
diabetes,
asthma,
HIV/AIDS and
attention-related disorders.
Texas Children’s
Feigin Center has been renovated from a patient-care and research
facility into a dedicated research center. The center is home to
200,000 square feet of space for research laboratories, a conference
center and spaces for researcher interaction.
Education
Texas Children’s
is the primary pediatric training site for Baylor College of
Medicine, which operates one of the largest pediatric residency
programs in the country.
Through its
affiliation with Baylor and other educational institutions, Texas
Children’s conducts educational programs for medical and allied
health professionals.
Texas Children’s
Hospital
The
internationally recognized hospital is ranked nationally No. 4 by
Child magazine and No. 5 by U.S. News & World Report.
Texas Children’s
medical staff consists of more than 1,625 board-certified,
primary-care physicians, pediatric subspecialists,
pediatric-surgical subspecialists and dentists. In addition, Texas
Children’s offers a highly skilled nursing and support staff of more
than 7,000.
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