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242 HOUSTON METHODIST THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL
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HOUSTON METHODIST WILLOWBROOK HOSPITAL 1960
HOUSTON METHODIST
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FULL SERVICE HOSPITAL
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SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
249
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8
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HOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSPITAL
610
10
10
10
HOUSTON METHODIST CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL 1093
HOUSTON METHODIST BAYTOWN HOSPITAL 59
HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL
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CENTER FOR CRITICAL CARE
146 45
99 8
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HOUSTON METHODIST SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL
HOUSTON METHODIST CLEAR LAKE HOSPITAL
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CENTER FOR CRITICAL CARE For more than 100 years, Houston Methodist has provided the best — and safest — clinical care, advanced
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technology, and patient experience. That is our promise of leading medicine.
Located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical complex, and comprised of
Recognizing our dedication to excellence, U.S. News & World Report has once again named Houston
8 hospital locations, the virtual Intensive Care Unit
Methodist Hospital to its prestigious Honor Roll. We are nationally ranked in 10 specialties, the most in
and 5 subspecialties, the Center for Critical Care
the state. We are proud to be the No. 1 hospital in Texas, No. 15 in the nation, and No. 77 in the world.
serves more than 24,000 patients annually.
Guided by the Houston Methodist I CARE Values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, the Center for Critical Care’s mission is to discover, introduce and standardize advances in critical care medicine for the benefit of our patients, and to become a nationally recognized leader in critical care through our commitment to research, education and innovation. Accolades and Recognition • 2 019 Vizient Bernard A. Birnbaum, M.D., Quality and Leadership Award, Four Houston Methodist Hospitals • A merican Association of Critical Care Nurse’s Gold-level Designation (5 Units) and Silver-level Designation (8 Units) Beacon Award for Excellence • G lobal Sepsis Award, Category II • S ilver Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Award Scan to visit our website
Houston Methodist Center for Critical Care 6565 Fannin Street, Suite B452, Houston, Texas 77030 713.441.3620
HMCenterForCriticalCare@houstonmethodist.org 052023
CENTER FOR CRITICAL CARE CENTER FOR CRITICAL CARE STRATEGIES • Partnering with Houston Methodist’s Centers of Excellence to achieve their goals while identifying new approaches to improving patient care
EDUCATION
RESEARCH
INNOVATION
We offer transformative educational opportunities for learners
The Center for Critical Care is committed to developing and
The Center serves as an integrative hub for a range of
seeking interdisciplinary, team-based and patient-focused
supporting a group of physician-scientists who conduct bedside
medical disciplines and has forged robust collaborative
approaches to clinical and translational research education.
clinical research that spans the entire continuum of patient
partnerships systemwide. With a focus on leading medicine,
care. Our studies range from investigator-initiated projects to
the Center strives to uncover new advancements in medicine
industry-sponsored clinical trials and federally funded grants.
and technology that will help transform critical care medicine
Using our innovative approach, we intend to decrease the rate
in the coming century.
• Our learners enjoy access to Houston Methodist’s
• Building and maintaining a robust database infrastructure
academic affiliations with the top-ranked Weill Cornell
that will allow us to continually evaluate and assess our
Medicine, Texas A&M and the University of Houston.
care and further optimize patient outcomes
• L earners receive leadership training from some of the
• Further integrating our virtual ICU platform within the Houston Methodist system and aiding other institutions
Activity and Focus Areas
• Post Intensive Care Syndrome Clinic
daily, carry out best practices within one of the nation’s
• Brain Health - Virtual-Reality-Based Cognitive Exercises for Prevention of Delirium - Design and Development of Software (Named “ReCognitionVR”) for VR-based Cognitive Exercises
• Virtual Intensive Care Unit (vICU)
top-ranked hospitals. Residencies
• Highlighting the innovations and advancements in our
• P GY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program
critical care ICUs locally, regionally and nationally
• C ritical Care Physical Therapy Residency Program
• Spearheading as well as supporting research projects
Fellowships
and academic pursuits for faculty and staff
• Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Fellowship • S urgical Critical Care Fellowship • Neurocritical Care Fellowship
*Not including Intermediate Care Units *Note: Number of ICU beds is subject to change
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320+
ICU BEDS SYSTEMWIDE*
24,000+ PATIENTS ANNUALLY
180+
FACULTY AND STAFF
90+
ICU INTENSIVISTS
Activity and Focus Areas
preeminent luminaries in Critical Care Medicine who,
seeking to implement similar systems
HOSPITAL LOCATIONS + VIRTUAL ICU
of complications and improve outcomes in critically ill patients.
200+
ROTATING TRAINEES
45+
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS
20+
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS OBTAINED RESIDENCY IN THE U.S.
* Source: 2021 Facts and Stats/Houston Methodist Epic/Quality Analytics Team Systemwide * Source: 2021 Center for Critical Care/ICU Systemwide (approximate and subject to change)
• Lung Health - ARDS Diagnosis and Phenotypes - Artificial Intelligence and ARDS - Computational Lung Model - Pulmonary Hypertension in ARDS - ECMO Education • Critical Care Medicine - Preventative Bundles — Prehabilitation - Predictive Analytics — AI and Big Data Driven Tools (e.g., Biomarkers for Sarcopenia; Funding Provided by Dyer Fellowship - Non-Pharmacological Protocols — Music Therapy - Measuring Sleep in the ICU
• Music Therapy • Sepsis • Outcomes, Quality and Development of Critical Care Protocols • Leading-Edge Technology Using Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Virtual Intensive Care Unit The vICU provides continuous intensivist coverage for Houston Methodist’s 320+ ICU beds. The vICU is a remote monitoring center that captures real-time physiological data and uses predictive analytic tools to rapidly identify critical risk factors and anticipate patient decompensation. The vICU Operations Center is staffed by intensivists and critical care nurses who provide patient care by initiating
Houston Methodist faculty and staff have access to the award-winning Houston Methodist Research Institute and a state-of-the-art simulation center. We provide our researchers and affiliates with a resource-rich environment of tools, laboratories, and training.
earlier interventions and offering additional support to bedside ICU teams.