Facts About Children's

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Children’s National Medical Center’s mission is to improve health outcomes for children regionally, nationally, and internationally; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in Care, Advocacy, Research, and Education to meet the unique needs of children, adolescents, and their families. The vision of Children’s National is to set the standards of excellence for the care of children; serve as the voice for the most vulnerable among us, our children; lead the quest to cure some of childhood’s most devastating diseases; prepare the nation’s future leaders in child health; and be the children’s hospital against which all others are measured.

About Children’s National

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 more than 135 years, Children’s National is a proven leader developing and providing innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury.

The components of Children’s National include:

• Children’s Hospital, which features 283 beds, 48 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 transfer program 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 400 affiliated pediatricians;
• Children’s Research Institute, which is a leader in basic and clinical research programs; and
• Other subsidiaries that focus on school health services, mobile health services, community partnerships, and safety campaigns.

Children’s internationally recognized team of pediatric healthcare professionals care for patients who come from throughout the region, nation, and world. Serving as an advocate for all children, Children’s National is the largest non-governmental 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, as well as 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.

Clinical Specialties/Programs Offered by Children’s National

Adolescent Medicine
Allergy
Anesthesiology and Pain
Medicine
Blood and Marrow
Transplantation
Children’s National
Heart Institute
• Cardiology
• Cardiac Surgery
Complex Care
Craniofacial
Critical Care Medicine
Dentistry/Orthodontics
Dermatology
Developmental Pediatrics
Diagnostic Imaging and
Radiology
Ear, Nose, and Throat (Otolaryngology)
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Trauma and Burn Services
Endocrinology and
Diabetes
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
General and Thoracic
Surgery
General Pediatrics
Genetics and Metabolism
Hearing and Speech
Hematology
Hospitalist
Immunology
Infectious Disease
Laboratory Medicine
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neurology
Neuropsychology
Neurosurgery
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Pathology
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Prenatal Evaluation
Psychiatry
Psychology
Pulmonary Medicine
Sleep Medicine
Spina Bifida
Transport Medicine
Urology

ADVOCACY

• The Injury Prevention Program performed more than 1,500 car seat checks.
• The Pre-School Immunization Program assessed 677 and 450 immunized children and adolescents.
• The District of Columbia Kid Integrated Delivery System coordinated 9,441 primary care and specialty healthcare visits at Children’s National for the 2,600 children in foster care in the District.
• Nurses of the Children’s School Services Program had more than 160,000 health suite encounters with District of Columbia Public School 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.

RESEARCH

• There were 468 funded research projects in Children’s Research Institute (CRI).
• The CRI grant/contract portfolio was $75 million, with nearly 64 percent coming from federal agencies.
• 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
• Inflammatory disease
• Mental retardation and developmental disabilities
• Muscular dystrophies
• Neurofibromatosis
• Obesity and type 2 diabetes
• Stem cell transplantation

EDUCATION

• 65 training, education and other projects received $12 million in grants.
• Clinical training is provided to approximately 90 pediatric residents and 70 fellows each year.
• Each year, pediatric training is provided for approximately 200 third-year medical students from George Washington University (GWU) and 100 fourth-year students from GWU and other medical schools.

(Facts and statistics are based on Fiscal Year 2007)