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t m c » p u l s e | j a n / f e b 2 0 1 7 16 TMC Timeline (continued) Houston Hospice is founded to provide compassionate care to individuals with life- limiting diagnoses. 1 9 8 0 Ronald McDonald House opens in Houston with 21 bedrooms. 1 9 8 1 Texas' first heart/ lung transplant is performed at Houston Methodist Hospital. 1 9 8 5 Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital, later renamed Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, is founded and becomes the primary teaching hospital for the pediatric and obstetrics/gynecology programs at what is now McGovern Medical School. What is now the Texas A&M University Health Science Center – Houston Campus joins the TMC. Shriners Hospitals for Children – Galveston enters the burn care field. 1 1 9 6 6 1 9 7 6 Hermann Hospital and Dr. James "Red" Duke, Jr., launch Life Flight, a critical care air medical transport service based in Houston. It is the first air ambulance service in Texas and the second in the U.S. 1 Texas Children's Hospital collaborates with NASA to construct a plastic isolator bubble for a boy born with a severe immune disorder. 4 Texas Medical Center Hospital Laundry Cooperative Association is founded. 1 9 7 1 St. Dominic Village, a continuing care retirement community and a ministry of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is founded. 1 9 7 5 The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, now the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, welcomes its first class of students. 1 9 7 0 1 9 6 5 Dr. Denton A. Cooley performs one of the world's first successful heart transplants at the Texas Heart Institute. 3 Thermal Energy Corporation – TECO takes root as the Houston Natural Gas Corporation, a central steam and chilled water plant that serves buildings on the TMC campus. 1 9 6 8 1 9 6 9 1 9 8 6 The first high school for health professions in the nation opens in Houston with 45 students attending classes at Baylor College of Medicine. Since then, the Michael E. DeBakey HSHP has been educating students seeking careers in medicine, health care and the sciences. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is established by the The University of Texas System Board of Regents. 1 9 7 2 1 Courtesy of McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library 2 Credit: Harris Health System 3 Credit: Texas Heart Institute 4 Credit: Texas Children's Hospital