Facts About Children's

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Children’s National Medical Center is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the Washington metropolitan area, and is the only freestanding children’s hospital between Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Atlanta. Serving the nation’s children for nearly 140 years, Children’s National is a proven leader in developing and providing innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury.

• Children’s Hospital, which features 283 beds, 54 of which are level IIIC NICU bassinets; a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; a Neuro Intensive Care Unit; a Level I pediatric trauma center which serves three states; a critical care transport team via ambulance, helicopter, and fixed-wing airplane;
• Seven Regional Outpatient Centers that provide specialty care around the Beltway;
• A primary care program that includes health centers within the District of Columbia and owned practices throughout the metropolitan area;
• Children’s National Health Network with more than 750 affiliated pediatricians;
• Children’s Research Institute, which is a national leader in translational, basic, clinical, and community research programs; and
• Other programs that focus on school health services, mobile health services, community partnerships, and safety campaigns.

Patients from around the region, nation, and world seek the care and treatment of Children’s internationally recognized team of pediatric healthcare professionals. Serving as an advocate for all children, Children’s National is the largest provider of pediatric care in the District of Columbia. In addition, Children’s National serves as the regional referral center for pediatric emergency, trauma, cancer, cardiac and critical care, neonatology, orthopaedic surgery, neurology, and neurosurgery.

Children’s National is proudly ranked among the best pediatric hospitals in America by U.S.News & World Report and the Leapfrog Group.

Volunteers: 400 individuals donated 46,000 hours of service

More than 300 parents from 19 countries around the world sought care for their children at Children’s National.

Children’s National provided approximately $56 million in uncompensated care.

• The Injury Prevention Program performed more than 713 car seat checks.
• The Immunization Program immunized 1,239 children and adolescents.
• Nurses of the Children’s School Services Program had more than 240,000 health suite encounters with District of Columbia public school and public charter students.
• The Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center, a program of Children’s National, provided on-site and off-site technical assistance and expert consultation to all 50 states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
• Safe Kids Worldwide, launched by Children’s National in 1987, works to prevent accidental childhood injury, the leading killer of children 14 years and younger, through a global network of organizations.

• There are more than 250 research projects at Children’s National.
• Nearly 75 percent of Children’s research funding comes from federal agencies, including 60 percent from the National Institutes of Health.
• Children’s researchers are investigating a multitude of diseases, including:

• ADHD
• Asthma
• Autism
• Brain and spinal cord injuries and protection
• Brain tumors
• Cerebral Palsy
• Epilepsy
• Genetics
• HIV/AIDS
• Inflammatory disease
• Intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Muscular dystrophies
• Neurofibromatosis
• Obesity and type 2 diabetes
• Pain medicine
• Renal tumors
• Sickle cell disease
• Stem cell transplantation
• Urea cycle disorders

• Clinical training is provided to 84 pediatric residents and 115 fellows and other graduate trainees each year.
• Each year, pediatric training is provided for approximately 180 third-year medical students from George Washington University (GWU), 45 third-year medical students from Howard University, and 100 fourth-year students from GWU and other medical schools.