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 1984
An
8-month-old baby girl, Sara, has a
heart transplant at Texas
Children’s.
> Ten years later in 1994,
Sara
became the
longest-surviving pediatric heart transplant recipient
to date.
Chief of the newly created
allergy and immunology service,
Dr.
William Shearer, announces studies made possible by David, "The Bubble
Boy's," disorder
that show for the first time how a virus can cause a malignancy. The David
Center is created for research, diagnosis and treatment of immune
deficiencies.
The
hospital, an early leader in pediatric heart transplants, continues in
a leadership role today.
1984
The Pi Beta Phi Children’s Library opens.
1987
Texas
Children’s Hospital and St. Luke’s separate.
The
brachial plexus clinic, the first multidisciplinary program in the
country devoted to this condition in children, is formed.
1988
Staffed by Baylor College of Medicine faculty, Texas Children’s
emergency center becomes the first in state to have 24-hour coverage
by board- certified
pediatric emergency physicians.
1989 The
hospital embarks on a $130 million expansion that includes two new
buildings.
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Former Methodist Hospital executive
Mark A. Wallace becomes executive director and chief executive
officer of Texas Children's Hospital.
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