Children's Hospital Boston

Long distinguished as one of the largest pediatric medical center in the United States, Boston Children's Hospital is a comprehensive, multi-faceted institution located next to Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. It is the home institution for the largest pediatric emergency medicine fellowships in the nation and is a highly regarded program.

The Emergency Department at Boston Children's Hospital cares for non-critical walk-in emergency cases, as well as more serious surgical and medical emergencies that arrive from throughout New England and beyond, by air or ground ambulances.

There are approximately 55,000 emergency department visits each year. Of this number, 15 percent are admitted to the hospital and 1 percent are admitted to intensive care units.

Boston Children's Hospital strives to be a leading source of research and discovery, seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases, and to educate the next generation of leaders in child healthcare.