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Children's Hospitals

Children's Hospitals provide specialized health care for infants, children and adolescents. Most have a wide variety of pediatric specialists to care for all types of medical problems and care is designed with the idea that kids are not just 'little adults.'
Children's Hospital Profiles
This service allows you to search for your local children's hospital or find a hospital with a specific program, pediatric specialist or area of expertise that your child needs.
Best Hospitals in Pediatrics
The annual US News and World Report ranking by reputation of the best Childrens Hospitals.
Scottish Rite Hospitals and Clinics
Scottish Rite hospitals (2) and clinics (150) are located throughout the United States and provide expert care for children with hearing, speech, language, or learning problems. Their children's hospital in Dallas provides specialized care for children with orthopedic, rheumatological and certain neurological and neuromuscular problems.
Shriners Hospitals
Shriners Hospitals provide no-cost specialized care for children, including those with burns, orthopedic and spinal cord problems. Their 22 hospitals are located throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Children's Hospitals
A listing of Children's Hospitals in the United States, plus some international hospitals.
Children's Hospital Boston
The primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Ranked number one pediatric hospital by US News and World Reprot.
Children's Hospital Denver
Because 'Kids Need a Kids' Hospital,' this Children's Hospital aims to "improve the health of children in Denver, in Colorado, and in the region, through the provision of high quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy. "
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
'Solving the Puzzles of Childhood Illness,' Children's Hospital of Los Angeles has a mission to 'advance the health and well-being of children and adolescents by integrating medical care, preventive services, medical education and research in response to the needs of our community and in an atmosphere of love, compassion and respect for people.'
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Children's Hospital of Michigan is the only freestanding hospital in Michigan dedicated exclusively to caring for children. Take a 'kids view' online tour to prepare your child for his next visit.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
National Jewish Medical and Research Center isn't a "children's" hospital, but they are often thought of as one of the best places to go if your child has severe allergies, asthma, eczema, or other types of respiratory and 'allergic' disorders. Learn how to become a patient and why you might want to go there for further care or a second opinion.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The first hospital in the US devoted exclusively to the health care of children. Their web site includes an extensive Vaccine Education Center.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is the 'only free-standing hospital in western Pennsylvania dedicated solely to the care of infants, children and young adults,' providing health care for children from the regions of Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania.
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Because 'No one know children like Children's,' this hospital located in Seattle, Washington, is the premier pediatric referral center for the Pacific Northwest.
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
'for the love of children,' Children's Medical Center of Dallas provides complete health care for the children of North Texas. Features include a pediatric intensive care unit, a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, a pediatric trauma intensive care unit, a psychiatric unit, nearly 50 outpatient clinics and a state-of-the-art emergency center designed specifically for children."
Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago
'Where Kids Come First,' this Children's Hospital in Illinois includes a Center for Transplantation, Cancer and Blood Diseases, Clinical Neuroscience, Neonatology, and Heart Disease for kids in the Chicagoland area.
Children's National Medical Center
This Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., provides 'health care services that enhance the health and well-being of children regionally, nationally and internationally.' Their international programs take care of children from around the world.
John Hopkins Children's Center
Located in Baltimore, John Hopkins is Maryland's most comprehensive, acute-care hospital for children.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Associated with Stanford University Medical Center between San Jose and San Francisco in California. Includes Centers of Excellence for mothers and babies, a children's heart center, transplantation program and a wide range of other patient and family support services.
Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA
This Children's Hospital cares for 'children from neighborhoods throughout Southern California and beyond,' and includes a 'children’s cancer treatment and research, pediatric heart, kidney, lung, and liver transplant programs, the nationally recognized Child Life/Child Development Program, and the Pediatric Pain Management Program.'
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Located in Cleveland, Ohio, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital of University Hospitals of Cleveland is a 'nationally renowned university affiliated pediatric medical center dedicated to excellence in family-centered care' providing medical care for children in the midwest.
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