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The front of Children's Hospital Boston For the 18th year in a row, Children's Hospital Boston has been rated one of the nation's top pediatric hospitals, according to U.S.News & World Report.

With more than 300 beds and 150 specialties and subspecialties, Children's Hospital Boston is the largest pediatric medical center in the United States, offering a complete range of health care services for children from fetal stages through 21 years of age (and older in some cases).

U.S.News & World Report The many specialized programs at Children's Hospital Boston have set the standard in pediatric medicine. The extraordinary patient care and pioneering medical technologies of the Cardiovascular Program, in particular, are why patients from all over the world come to Children's Hospital Boston.

Each year, Children's Hospital Boston:

  • has approximately 18,000 inpatient admissions
  • sees more than 300,000 children in its emergency services
  • performs an estimated 120,000 radiological examinations.
The hospital's clinical staff includes approximately:
  • 800 active medical and dental faculty
  • 700 residents and fellows
  • 3,300 full-time employees including a Patient Services staff of
    • 800 employees
    • 850 volunteers
Children's Hospital Boston is also:
  • The primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, where most of its physicians hold faculty appointments.

  • Home to the world's largest pediatric research facility. Through the years, scientists at Children's have set the pace in pediatric research, identifying treatments and therapies for many debilitating childhood diseases. Children's researchers have been instrumental in eradicating some of the most serious illnesses that, for generations, threatened young lives.
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