Wolfson Children's Hospital | |||||||||||
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Baptist Health | |||||||||||
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Location | 800 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, FL, United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°18′55″N 81°39′48″W / 30.315207°N 81.663234°W | ||||||||||
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Care system | Children's hospital | ||||||||||
Funding | Non-profit hospital | ||||||||||
Type | Specialist | ||||||||||
Affiliated university | University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville | ||||||||||
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Emergency department | Pediatric Trauma Referral Center | ||||||||||
Beds | 281 | ||||||||||
Speciality | Pediatrics and pediatric subspecialties | ||||||||||
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Helipad | FAA LID: 7FD4 (Shared with Baptist Medical Center) | ||||||||||
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Website | www | ||||||||||
Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Wolfson Children's Hospital is a nationally ranked, non-profit, pediatric acute care hospital located in Jacksonville, Florida.[1] It has 281 beds and is the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of the University of Florida College of Medicine- Jacksonville and the Florida branch of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine.[1] The hospital is a part of the Baptist Health System and the only children's hospital in the system. It provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to pediatric patients throughout Jacksonville and the North Florida region, but also treats some adults who would be better treated under pediatric care.[2] Wolfson Children's Hospital also features the only Florida Department of Health-designated pediatric trauma referral center in Jacksonville, Florida, and the only American College of Surgeons-verified, Level 1 pediatric trauma center in the region.[3][4]
The hospital is situated on the St. Johns River waterfront in Downtown Jacksonville and is part of a large medical complex which also includes Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Nemours Children's Clinic.