Hospitals
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Emergency Medicine residency is one of over 20 residencies at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Memorial Hermann-TMC), a level I trauma center and urban teaching hospital, located in the Texas Medical Center. The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical center in the world and includes 40 member institutions, including two medical schools, four schools of nursing, 13 hospitals, and two specialty institutions.
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center 
MH was the first institution built in the Texas Medical Center in 1925 and is one of only two level I trauma centers serving the 5,000,000+ population of the greater Houston area. Memorial Hermann-TMC has an annual ED census of approximately 60,000 patients per year and is a private, not-for-profit, tertiary care center. The hospital is the principal teaching site for UT-Houston. With 17,000 trauma visits and over 7,000 of those patients admitted, Memorial Hermann-TMC has been described as the busiest trauma center in the United States. This trauma volume and acuity allow our residents to become experts in treating both critical and ambulatory trauma patients.
Total bed capacity at Memorial Hermann-TMC is 723 beds. Our emergency department at Memorial Hermann-TMC has 31 beds and may expand as patient volume demands. We have eight trauma resuscitation bays, four medical resuscitation bays, 12 minor trauma/general medical care beds, and seven pediatric area beds.
The ED is equipped with PACS for Radiology and MedHost computerized patient tracking. Medical records are electronic and available on-line. Also on-line are multiple resources for reference and education. Charting is via Poseidon templates. A dedicated CT scanner is located in the ED, and a second is available as needed for periods of high demand. Radiology suites are adjacent to the ED. Interventional Radiology, MRI, and cardiac catheterization labs are also located in close proximity to the ED.
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
CMHH provides multispecialty care for our pediatric patients and is Houston’s largest pediatric level I trauma center.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital
With an annual volume of over 61,000 patient visits per year, is a second teaching site for UT-Houston and is one of two county hospitals that serve Harris County residents. LBJ Hospital is a level III trauma center, the first in Texas. Currently only PGY1 EM residents rotate at LBJ for their OB rotation. In addition, PGY3 EM residents rotate in the ED. Starting in 2010, our PGY2s will also spend a one month rotation in the ED.
Texas Children’s Hospital
The largest pediatric emergency center in South Central Texas and also located in the Texas Medical Center, is a rotation site for our EM 2s. The emergency center utilizes 48 emergency beds and 19 observation beds with 85,000 patient visits per year.
Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
A community hospital located in northwest Houston, is an ED rotation site for our EM 3s. Methodist Willowbrook has a volume of about 41,000 patient visits per year.