Texas Children's Hospital history

In 1954, Texas Children’s Hospital was created to serve all children – regardless of their race, religion, creed or ability to pay.

Karen and Kimberly Webber are born joined at the chest in 1964.

David Vetter, the Bubble Boy, born in 1971 with an immune deficiency, is placed in a specially designed bubble where he plays, sleeps, eats and attends school.

Doctor Ralph Feigin succeeds Doctor Russell Blattner as physician-in-chief in 1977.

Mark A. Wallace appointed president and chief executive officer of Texas Children's Hospital in 1989.

She began her career at Texas Children’s as a graduate nurse in 1993 and throughout her career she has held various leadership roles in nursing administration.

Upon completing her graduate degree studies, Riley-Brown joined Texas Children’s Hospital in 1999 as an Administrative Fellow and has held numerous leadership roles within the organization ever since.

After finishing a three year residency program in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas in 2000, she completed a two year fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine.

Doctor Russell Blattner, founding physician-in-chief of Texas Children's Hospital, dies in 2002.

Doctor Raphael joined Texas Children’s in 2006 and currently serves as the Section Chief of Academic General Pediatrics, Associate Vice Chair for Community Health and Associate Professor of Pediatrics.

Doctor Davidson joined Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women and Baylor College of Medicine in 2007 and also works at Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.

Doctor Ralph Feigin, physician-in-chief, passes away in 2008.

The 8-floor, 200,000 sq. ft. expansion of the Feigin Center is completed in 2009.

She played a prominent role in the successful preparation, development and execution of Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus – Texas Children’s first community hospital which opened in 2010.

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, which provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care, opens its doors in 2011.

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, which provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care, opened its doors in 2012.

After spending time in private practice, she joined the Baylor faculty and was appointed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Allergy/Immunology Section, in 2015.

In 2016, The Woodlands Outpatient Building, a six-floor, 209,973-square-foot facility, opens to serve children and families in The Woodlands, Kingwood, Spring, Conroe and surrounding communities.

He began his career at Texas Children's in January 2017.