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2024 | U.S. News & World Report ranked the Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center number 19 in the United States for heart care in its annual survey of 'America's Best Hospitals'. |
November 2024 | The Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine signed a strategic agreement to form a premier cardiovascular health and research center, with the new entity to be known as The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, led by Dr. Joseph G. Rogers. |
July 9 2024 | The Texas Heart Institute led the first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR total artificial heart, a titanium-constructed biventricular rotary blood pump, as part of an FDA early feasibility study. |
2015 | Brian Dean was appointed as CEO of Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, transitioning from his previous role as the hospital's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). |
2013 | The Mischer Neuroscience Institute received Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers from The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. |
2012 | The 1995 research paper by Dr. James Grotta was recognized as one of the top nine papers in the 200-year history of the New England Journal of Medicine. |
2012 | U.S. News & World Report named TIRR Memorial Hermann to the list of America's Best Hospitals for the 23rd consecutive time, highlighting the hospital's consistent excellence in rehabilitation care. |
2011 | O. H. Frazier implanted the first successful continuous-flow total artificial heart using two second-generation HeartMate II LVADs. |
2010 | Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center was ranked in 4 adult and 1 pediatric specialties by the U.S. News & World Report, including #30 in Kidney Disorders, #38 in Gynecology, #46 in Heart & Heart Surgery, #48 in Urology, and #30 in Pediatrics: Kidney Disorders. |
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