Children's Medical Center- Dallas

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Children's Medical Center is the only academic healthcare system in Dallas-Fort Worth dedicated solely to the comprehensive care of children from birth to age 18. Its mission as a private, not-for-profit, pediatric hospital system is “to make life better for children.”


Children's has grown to include two hospitals – one in Dallas and one in Plano – and several other outpatient centers. The hospital system's connection to the best medical school in the region, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, drives innovations and excellence in care.

Children's provides care ranging from neonatal critical care to sports medicine, from trauma to eating disorders. The system offers highly-specialized, nationally-recognized care for illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and blood disorders, and cystic fibrosis.

U.S. News & World Report and Parents named Children's and its specialty programs among the top ten in the nation. Many of its programs hold accreditations that no other hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth can claim. In 2009, Children's achieved nursing Magnet Recognition status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practice.

FACTS

-- Children's was the first pediatric hospital in the nation accredited in all three modes of transportation: ground ambulance, helicopter and jet.



-- Children's has the largest heart center for children in Dallas-Fort Worth.


-- Children's developed the nation's first day surgery program for children.


-- The Children's Sleep Center is the only pediatric-specific sleep center in Dallas accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.


-- Children's Dallas has Texas' largest intensive care unit just for children.


-- Children's Dallas has the first pediatric-designated Level 1 trauma center in Texas.


-- Children's has the oldest comprehensive cancer survivor program in Dallas-Fort Worth.


-- The Children's Cystic Fibrosis Center is one of the largest centers for cystic fibrosis in Dallas-Fort Worth and is accredited as a “Center of Excellence” by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.


-- Children's is the first pediatric hospital to receive multiple disease-specific certifications from The Joint Commission.


-- Children's Dallas is the principal clinical site for the Southwestern Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and the recipient of a multi-million dollar, five-year grant to develop treatments and a cure.


-- Children's has an active extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program for children with cardiac and cardiopulmonary diseases.