Children's National Medical Center

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 along the mid-Atlantic coast between Philadelphia and Norfolk.

It has served the nation’s children for more than 130 years and Children’s National Medical Center has become a proven leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury.

The components of Children’s National Medical Center include:
 * Children’s Hospital, which features 279 beds, 40 of which are level IV NICU bassinets; a Level I pediatric trauma center which serves three states; and 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 500 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 more than 360,000 patients each year who come from throughout the region, nation and world. Serving as an advocate for all children, Children’s is the largest non-governmental provider of pediatric care in the District of Columbia, providing more than $50 million in uncompensated care. In addition, Children's 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 US News & World Report. For more information, visit www.dcchildrens.com.