Children's Medical Center Dallas

Children's Medical Center Dallas
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Organisation
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeChildren's hospital
Affiliated universityUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Services
Emergency departmentLevel 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds496
History
Former name(s)Texas Children's Hospital
Opened1913
Links
Websitehttps://www.childrens.com

Children's Medical Center Dallas is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care teaching hospital located in Dallas, Texas, USA. The hospital has 496 pediatric beds and is affiliated with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. It provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens and young adults aged 0–21[1] throughout Texas and surrounding regions. It sometimes treats adults who require pediatric care as well. It has an ACS designated level 1 pediatric trauma center, one of five in Texas.[2] The hospital also has affiliations with the adjacent Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Children's Medical Center Dallas is the main hospital campus of Children's Health, the only academic healthcare system in Dallas-Fort Worth dedicated solely to the comprehensive care of children from birth to age 21. Children's Health started with just the Dallas location, but has grown to include Children's Medical Center Plano as well as several other pediatric specialty, primary care and urgent care centers located throughout North Texas. It is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the US.[3]

Children's Medical Center Dallas at night.
  1. ^ "Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine (AYA)". Children's Medical Center Dallas. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02.
  2. ^ "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
    - "Texas Trauma Centers". State of Texas. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Page, Leigh. "30 Largest Children's Hospitals in the United States". Beckers Hospital Review. Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-07-22.