Children’s National Health System (formerly DC Children’s Hospital, Children's National Medical Center) is ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Located just north of the McMillan Reservoir and Howard University, it shares grounds with Washington Hospital Center, National Rehabilitation Hospital, and the DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Kurt Newman, M.D., has served as the president and chief executive officer of Children’s National since 2011. Children's National is a not-for-profit institution that performs more than 450,000 visits each year. Featuring 303 beds and a Level IV NICU, Children's National is the regional referral center for pediatric emergency, trauma, cancer, cardiac and critical care as well as neonatology, orthopaedic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery. Children's National is ranked among the best pediatric hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and The Leapfrog Group. Children's National is a teaching hospital of The George Washington University School of Medicine.
Services and programs
Having Surgery: Outpatient | Children's National Health System - Watch this video to help prepare for your child's surgery experience at Children's National Medical Center. For more resources, please visit: http://www.childrensnational.org/Visiting/HavingSurgery/
Division of Oncology: The Division of Oncology at Children's National Medical Center strives to cure cancer and minimize the side effects of treatment. Children's National has access to Children's Oncology Group's Phase I trials and Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium protocols.
Children's National Heart Institute: The Institute is made up of the departments of Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Intensive Care, and Cardiac Anesthesia. Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, interventionalists, cardiac intensivists, anesthesiologists, and fetal heart specialists care for a wide range of congenital heart problems.
Children's National Division of Neurosurgery: The neurosurgery team tackles complex cases using image-guided surgery, gamma knife, and minimally invasive approaches. The Division of Neurology at Children's National treats a range of pediatric conditions, including autism, brain tumors, epilepsy, headaches, learning disabilities, migraines, movement disorders, neonatal neurology, neurogenetic diseases, neuromuscular diseases, stroke, and white matter diseases.
Children's National Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): The Division of Neonatology is ranked number one in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Within this division is one of the only level IV NICUs in the Washington, D.C., area, providing care for premature and ill newborns.
Children's Research Institute: Children's Research Institute is a top ranked pediatric research institution in terms of overall National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. Principal investigators and physicians work side by side.
Mobile giving campaign
In July 2008, Children's National Medical Center partnered with the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball to promote the Medical Center's mobile giving campaign, which allows donations to be made via text message. In July 2009, Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers created a public service announcement encouraging people to support the diabetes program at Children's National Medical Center.
The Night Before Christmas
Traditionally, the First Lady visits the Center each December with Santa Claus to read the book "The Night Before Christmas". This has been done by First Ladies dating back to Bess Truman.
See also
- Emergency Medical Services for Children
References
External links
- Children's National Health System Web Site
- Children's Hospital Foundation Web Site
- Rise and Shine: Advice for keeping kids healthy and happy from Children's National
- Innovation District: Research and Innovation from Children's National
- Official Facebook Page
- Official Twitter Page
- Official YouTube Page
