Childrens Hospital New Orleans is a 222-bed, not-for-profit pediatric medical center offering a complete range of healthcare services for children from birth to 21 years. With over 40 pediatric specialties and more than 400 physicians, Children's Hospital is the first and largest full-service hospital exclusively for children in Louisiana and the Gulf South.

In 2019, Children's Hospital cared for children from all 64 parishes in Louisiana, 43 states, and nine countries! Our expert team provided more than 141,000 primary care visits, 106,000 specialty care visits, 52,250 ER visits, and performed 8,950 surgeries. Our Helicopter, Abby, brought 344 patients from across the state and region to Children's Hospital to receive vital critical care services .

The hospitals Emergency Care Center, one of the areas busiest emergency rooms, is staffed around the clock by board-certified emergency medicine physicians, with the availability of a full range of pediatric specialists. The Emergency Department has a total of 35 exam rooms and is supported by a nursing staff specially trained to handle pediatric emergencies.

Childrens Hospital is proud to be the only pediatric facility in the state of Louisiana to incorporate two academic pediatric medical programs under one roof. Through partnerships with LSU Health New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine, the vibrant academic medical community at Childrens Hospital provides unparalleled opportunities for educational enhancement, innovation, and improved access to high quality pediatric healthcare.

In 2009 Childrens Hospital formed Louisiana Childrens Medical Center when it aligned with Touro Infirmary. Now called LCMC Health, our healthy system has become a local, community-minded healthcare leader that operates Childrens Hospital, Touro, New Orleans East Hospital, University Medical Center, West Jefferson Medical Center and East Jefferson General Hospital.

Childrens Hospital is a member of The Childrens Hospital Association which works with 220 member hospitals to develop forward-thinking solutions for childrens health care, backed by 50 years of collaboration. CHA focuses its collective efforts in areas of greatest impact and aggregated strength: policy, quality and safety best practices, and analytics to inform decision-making of clinicians, policy-makers, payers and providers.

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, also known as CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. Childrens Hospitals inpatient rehabilitation program is recognized for ongoing innovation and standards of performance.

The Childrens Hospitals Solutions for Patient Safety National Childrens Network represents the most herculean effort to date by childrens hospitals to create a universally safe and healing environment for all children who are in our care. Childrens Hospital is proud to be one of 80+ childrens hospitals who share the vision that no child will ever experience serious harm while we are trying to heal them.

Our expanded campus includes 230,000 square feet of new clinical care space, enabling the growth of our signature service lines. Enhanced by family housing, gardens, playgrounds, and greenspace, Childrens Hospitals expanded campus delivers unmatched patient and family-centered care, along with an extraordinary experience.

In January 2020, Childrens Hospitals new Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) opened, expanding specialized pediatric cardiology services for the region. The new CICU at Childrens Hospital houses 28 large, private rooms designed to care for patients with any cardiac medical or surgical condition requiring specialized care from newborns to adulthood. The growth and expansion of the Heart Center, its team, and the CICU has positioned Childrens Hospital New Orleans to expand expert specialized pediatric cardiology services for children and families across the state of Louisiana and the Gulf South.

For many, their Childrens Hospital experience begins upon arrival to our Uptown New Orleans campus. Our new four-story, 600-car parking garage allows patients and families ease of access to our hospital and clinics like never before. Now, anyone visiting the hospital, whether for a same day surgery, a clinic visit, or simply to visit a patient, can park for free and walk into the Lauricella Pavilion through our glass-enclosed skybridge, suspended over Henry Clay Avenue.

The Main Concourse also features an entrance with dedicated patient/family parking for our Emergency Department. The ED includes a new check-in and waiting area located right inside the Main Concourse.

Children's Hospital has the largest pediatric Emergency Department in Louisiana, caring for more than 50,000 pediatric patients per year. The expanded ED has doubled in size from 14,000 square feet to over 32,000 square feet. The department, which once spanned over two floors, is now housed on one floor aiding in better patient flow and overall experience for patients and families. With our expansion from 29 to 46 emergency rooms, including six dedicated to specialized behavioral health needs and two dedicated trauma bays, the new ED expands capacity and capabilities to serve even more children and families across the region.

The new, 57,000 square foot Surgery Center at Childrens Hospital New Orleans supports growth of specialized pediatric perioperative services in a state-of-the-art environment that combines the latest technology with an unmatched experience for patients and families.

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Hospital New Orleans treats more than 1,100 children with cancer or blood disorders each year, more than all other facilities in Louisiana combined. While treating this vast population, we recognized the need for an updated, comprehensive facility that brings together clinic care for outpatients and hospital care for inpatients.

An important program that sets a childrens hospital apart is its Child Life Program. This department, comprised of Child Life and Creative Therapists, is a service not billed to patient families or insurance providers, but is an essential team that makes all the difference when it comes to enhancing the childs experience. Child Life helps children cope through their hospital experience and helps them understand treatments and procedures in a way they can understand.

In our campus transformation, special care was taken to create a dedicated space to house this integral program. With new child playrooms, a teen activity room, a sensory room for those with special needs, and a dedicated space for children to gather, the Child Life program at Childrens Hospital New Orleans will help kids continue to be kids while they are receiving care in the hospital.

At Childrens Hospital New Orleans, when we care for a child, we also care for the whole family. As Louisianas childrens hospital, we treat children from all 64 parishes across the state and the Gulf South. We knew we needed ensure that families who have traveled from far and wide for their children to receive the highest levels of pediatric care at our hospital have a safe place to stay that is close to their child.

Patients who travel long distances to access the care we provide, will be able to stay close to their child in one of 28 family housing suites, using two of the buildings on the existing campus. We partnered with Hogs for the Cause and Ronald McDonald House Charities to make this vision a reality. These spaces provide a place of respite for families to take a break from the business of the hospital to rest, eat, or even shower just feet away from their child.

Our new 51-bed, 70,000-square foot Behavioral Health Center is among the largest and most comprehensive pediatric programs in the nation, serving patients from across the Gulf South. The center is dedicated to serving children and adolescents with a wide range of mental and behavioral health disorders.

Our team of professionals provides evidence-based management for a range of challenges facing children, adolescents and their families. Our program focuses on teaching and empowering patients to develop healthy life skills to improve their current function and future quality of life. Outpatient services are also provided to compliment inpatient care and include assessment and treatment of psychiatric and behavioral disorders such as Autism, ADHD, and mood disturbance.