Texas Children's also is ranked among the top five children's hospitals in the United States by Child magazine, which uses objective data and findings of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations to rank hospitals.

Texas Children's currently is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Since 1954, the Texas Children's Integrated Delivery System has cared for more than one million children.

The hospital, licensed for 697 beds, offers more than 40 pediatric subspecialties.

The Texas Children's system has more than 5,000 employees, plus 1,649 board-certified, primary-care physicians, pediatric subspecialists, pediatric-surgical subspecialists and dentists.

In partnership with Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's has taken the No. 1 spot in grant funding for pediatrics from the National Institutes of Health for two consecutive years. The hospital's neonatology, heart and cancer centers have outcomes that consistently rank among the best in the nation.

For more information on Texas Children's, visit www.texaschildrenshospital.org.

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Contact: Jennifer Hart
jxhart@texaschildrenshospital.org
832-824-2111
Texas Children's Hospital
2-Jul-2004