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TIRR Memorial Hermann
TIRR Memorial Hermann (the four initials stand for "The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research") is a 134-bed rehabilitation hospital, rehabilitation and research center, outpatient medical clinic and network of outpatient rehabilitation centers in Houston, Texas that offers comprehensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy services to rehabilitate patients following traumatic brain or spinal injury or to those suffering from neurologic illnesses.
TIRR Memorial Hermann's main campus offers inpatient rehabilitation in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. There are 5 outpatient rehabilitation locations in the greater Houston area, including Kirby Glen, Memorial City, Greater Heights, Sugar Land, and The Woodlands.
TIRR Memorial Hermann is a teaching hospital for Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
TIRR Memorial Hermann opened in the early 1950s when polio was at the height of its epidemic in the United States. At the beginning of that decade, William A. Spencer established one of the first polio treatment centers in Houston. The Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center was dedicated to patient treatment and research.
Spencer was involved in developing the physiograph, a device recognized in the March 22, 1954 issue of Life magazine for its ability to record vital functions. This technology advanced teaching and research efforts and is credited as a predecessor of more modern medical monitoring systems.
In 1959, TIRR opened in the Texas Medical Center. With the discovery of the polio vaccine in the 1960s, the disease became less of a threat. The hospital then began focusing on the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord deterioration caused by disease or trauma, pioneering the interdisciplinary team approach to rehabilitation.
It was also in the 1960s that William Spencer recruited a number of visionary physicians from several different disciplines who had appointments in numerous academic departments but spent significant amounts of their clinical and research time at the relatively small building at the rear of the then rapidly enlarging and expanding Texas Medical Center. Gunyon Harrison, a pediatrician with an interest in cystic fibrosis cared for the children in Greater Houston area with this disease. Carlos Vallbona, a pediatrician, physiologist, and cardiologist from Barcelona Spain, also had appointments at Baylor College of Medicine. Paul Harrington, an orthopedic surgeon, developed a new approach to this disease using what became known as "Harrington Rods", inserted from the back and straightening the backs of these deformed children. A young ear nose and throat specialist, Bobby Alford was still in his residency, performed many bronchoscopies needed for the polio and cystic fibrosis patients.
TIRR Memorial Hermann is the primary training site for the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School. From 1996 until 2016, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston formed the BCM/UTHSCH PM&R Alliance. The alliance was the largest physical medicine and rehabilitation residency training program in the nation.
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TIRR Memorial Hermann
TIRR Memorial Hermann (the four initials stand for "The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research") is a 134-bed rehabilitation hospital, rehabilitation and research center, outpatient medical clinic and network of outpatient rehabilitation centers in Houston, Texas that offers comprehensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy services to rehabilitate patients following traumatic brain or spinal injury or to those suffering from neurologic illnesses.
TIRR Memorial Hermann's main campus offers inpatient rehabilitation in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. There are 5 outpatient rehabilitation locations in the greater Houston area, including Kirby Glen, Memorial City, Greater Heights, Sugar Land, and The Woodlands.
TIRR Memorial Hermann is a teaching hospital for Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
TIRR Memorial Hermann opened in the early 1950s when polio was at the height of its epidemic in the United States. At the beginning of that decade, William A. Spencer established one of the first polio treatment centers in Houston. The Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center was dedicated to patient treatment and research.
Spencer was involved in developing the physiograph, a device recognized in the March 22, 1954 issue of Life magazine for its ability to record vital functions. This technology advanced teaching and research efforts and is credited as a predecessor of more modern medical monitoring systems.
In 1959, TIRR opened in the Texas Medical Center. With the discovery of the polio vaccine in the 1960s, the disease became less of a threat. The hospital then began focusing on the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord deterioration caused by disease or trauma, pioneering the interdisciplinary team approach to rehabilitation.
It was also in the 1960s that William Spencer recruited a number of visionary physicians from several different disciplines who had appointments in numerous academic departments but spent significant amounts of their clinical and research time at the relatively small building at the rear of the then rapidly enlarging and expanding Texas Medical Center. Gunyon Harrison, a pediatrician with an interest in cystic fibrosis cared for the children in Greater Houston area with this disease. Carlos Vallbona, a pediatrician, physiologist, and cardiologist from Barcelona Spain, also had appointments at Baylor College of Medicine. Paul Harrington, an orthopedic surgeon, developed a new approach to this disease using what became known as "Harrington Rods", inserted from the back and straightening the backs of these deformed children. A young ear nose and throat specialist, Bobby Alford was still in his residency, performed many bronchoscopies needed for the polio and cystic fibrosis patients.
TIRR Memorial Hermann is the primary training site for the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School. From 1996 until 2016, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston formed the BCM/UTHSCH PM&R Alliance. The alliance was the largest physical medicine and rehabilitation residency training program in the nation.