TIRR Memorial Hermann Outpatient Services. Obviously, people with disabilities have special needs and few medical facilities have TIRR’s proven expertise in treating complex conditions like brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple trauma and amputation. Plus TIRR offers rehabilitation for conditions including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, post-polio syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. And they have a wide range of services available on an outpatient basis in the Texas Medical Center.

                At TIRR Memorial Hermann, we know how to care for persons with disabilities. From proper transfer and positioning techniques to providing an atmosphere that is compassionate to patients with disabilities. Our physicians and care team will spend ample time with you so you may ask questions, receive answers, understand and participate in the decisions and the steps being taken in your health care.

The Physician & Specialty Clinic at TIRR Memorial Hermann is a physician-based clinic designed to meet the needs of individuals ages 13 and older who require initial or continuing rehabilitation care with a physician. Services at TIRR are available through a variety of specialty clinics and programs staffed by physicians and a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. Services range from initial evaluation and diagnosis to follow-up care.

The Physician & Specialty Clinic serves the rehabilitation needs of patients who require assessment prior to admission, follow-up care, annual check-ups or treatment for other non-emergency medical problems.  Medical problems associated with a physical disability, such as urinary tract infections, skin care, spasticity, wound management, or specialty care can also be addressed. Persons who have not previously been treated in the TIRR Memorial Hermann Inpatient Program may also benefit from the services of the Physician & Specialty Clinic.

Initial evaluation, diagnosis and follow-up care provided in these areas:

• Amputee

• Baclofen® pump therapies

• Botulinum toxin injection

• Brain injury and stroke

• Cardiology

• Ear, nose and throat (ENT)

• Family practice

• Fertility (male and female)

• Gastrointestinal

• General rehabilitation

• General surgery

• Gynecological services

• Internal medicine

• Multiple sclerosis

• Neurology

• Neuromuscular

• Neurosurgery

• Orthotics

• Other non-neurological diseases

• Pain management

• Parkinson’s disease

• Pharmacy wellness and prevention

• Anticoagulation monitoring

• Smoking cessation

• Hypertension and lipid monitoring

• Diabetes management

• Plastic surgery

• Podiatry

• Post-polio syndrome

• Psychiatry

• Seating and mobility

• Sleep

• Spasticity management

• Spinal cord injury

• Urodynamics

• Urology

Other outpatient resources available include:

• Counseling services (psychiatry and clinical social work)

• Neuropsychological assessment

• Nutritional assessment and education

• Occupational therapy

• Pharmacy

• Physical therapy

• Respiratory

• Speech-language pathology

Diagnostic services available:

• Cardiology exams

• Clinical laboratory

• CT scan

• EEG (electroencephalography, involves checking brain waves)

• EMG (electromyography, involves testing the electrical activity of muscles)

• Radiology

• Swallowing evaluation

• Ultrasound

Procedure suites:

• Cystoscopy (a test to look at the interior lining of the bladder and urethra)

• IVC filter placement and retrieval (IVC stands for inferior vena cava, a major blood vessel that brings blood from the lower parts of the body back to the heart)

• Laryngoscopy (an examination to look at the back of the throat, including the vocal cords and voice box, or larynx)

• Thrombectomy (surgical removal of a clot from a blood vessel)

TIRR Memorial Hermann is one of the Top 50 hospitals in America, according to U.S. News & World Report. To refer a patient or to have an initial evaluation, physician consult, or to make an appointment please call 713-797-5929.  For more information visit http://www.tirr.org