Kids Are Our Everything – For 155 Years and Counting
Exceptional Care Worth Celebrating
For 155 years, Children’s National has delivered expert pediatric care at every milestone. As the Washington, D.C., region’s only standalone children’s hospital, we provide comprehensive care for more than 250,000 kids each year. From everyday care to advanced treatments to research breakthroughs and beyond – kids are our everything.
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Celebrating Our Patients
For 155 years, our patients and their families have been at the center of everything we do.
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Looking to the Future
Our 155th birthday is an opportunity to celebrate all we have accomplished and envision for the future of children’s health. In the last 10 years alone, our scientists have developed CAR-T therapies to treat cancers. We are advancing robotic surgery to bring precision to operating rooms worldwide. We delivered the first commercially available gene therapy for sickle cell disease. This is just a snapshot of our care and expertise — from the routine to the complex. Our clinicians and scientists devote their careers to making kids healthier every day.