Shriners Hospitals for Children-Texas
| Shriners Children's Texas | |
|---|---|
| Shriners Children's | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Galveston, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 29°18′34″N 94°46′37″W / 29.30944°N 94.77694°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Texas Medical Branch |
| Services | |
| Beds | 30 |
| Speciality | Pediatric burn care, Pediatric orthopedic care, Pediatric cleft lip |
| History | |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Links | |
| Website | Shriners Hospital for Children - Texas |
| Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
The Shriners Children's Texas is a 30-bed non-profit pediatric specialty hospital (orthopedic, burn, and other service lines), research, and teaching center located adjacent to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, US. Part of a 22-hospital system, it is one of the two Shriner's Hospitals Centers of Excellence and consists of an intensive care unit with 15 acute beds and a med/surg unit with 15 beds along with three operating rooms. The hospital is verified as a burn center by the American Burn Association and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. In 2012, the hospital joined the Texas Medical Center as its 50th member institution.