Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas

Dell Children's Medical Center is the successor of the Children's Hospital of Austin (CHOA), a facility operated since 1988 within the University Medical Center Brackenridge campus until the opening of the present building in 2007,[4] when the Austin area obtained its first freestanding children's hospital building.[5] The hospital gained its current name thanks to a $25 million grant from the foundation of technology entrepreneur Michael Dell,[6] whose other philanthropic projects in the Austin area include the Dell Medical School and the University of Texas at Austin computer sciences department.[7][8][9]

As a ACS Designated Level I Pediatric Trauma Center,[10] Dell maintains 24-hour on call emergency and surgical services. Following the completion of a new south tower in 2013, the hospital currently operates 248 beds, 98 of which are dedicated to specialty care.[11][12] The new tower has helped the hospital gain the status as the first LEED platinum health care building in the world.[13][14] Another notable aspect of the facility is the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), with a Level 4 ranking from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers, indicating the highest level of diagnostics, monitoring and treatment available for epilepsy.[15] The hospital also features the only pediatric ICU in central Texas, boasting 24 beds.[16]

Dell Children's currently partners with Dell Medical School, as well as other medical schools in the University of Texas system, for residency and fellowship programs in pediatrics, pediatric neurology, and pediatric emergency medicine, among other disciplines of specialty care.[17][18][19]

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