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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Operates three hospitals: Arthur M. Blank Hospital, Hughes Spalding Hospital and Scottish Rite Hospital
- Has the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in Georgia at Arthur M. Blank Hospital.
- Has the only Level II pediatric trauma center in metro Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital.
- Has 789 licensed beds across three hospitals
- Treats children from all 159 counties in Georgia
Trauma Care
- We have three pediatric emergency hospitals located throughout metro Atlanta.
- We have 167 emergency room beds and 104 ICU beds to treat critical patients.
- Children’s has one of the few pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) centers in the Southeast with eight machines at Arthur M. Blank Hospital to provide life-saving care to patients.
- Our emergency department volumes are among the busiest in the country.
- Our board-certified pediatric trauma surgeons and pediatric anesthesiologists are available 24 hours a day.
- Children’s has a pediatric-trained ground and air transport team to transfer critical patients to our hospitals for treatment.
Special Care Unit
- We have a 6-bed Special Care Unit (SCU) at Children’s Arthur M. Blank Hospital that is unique in the Southeastern region and among few in the United States designated exclusively for the care of children with highly contagious infectious diseases.
- Each isolation room has uni-directional flow to minimize cross-contamination, designated rooms to put on and remove personal protective equipment, and a state-of-the-art audio and visual monitoring system to facilitate communication among staff providing patient care.
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Looking to speak with a pediatric physician or researcher? Here are just a few of our pediatric specialists.
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- Ami Klin, MD, PhD, is pioneering the first FDA-cleared eye-tracking device for early autism diagnosis and assessment, now used in clinics nationwide to provide objective, science-based insights that enable earlier intervention and better support for children and families.
- Cheryl Klaiman, PhD, is developing innovative tools for earlier autism diagnosis and intervention, helping children and families get support sooner.
- John Constantino, MD, is establishing one of the nation’s first learning health systems in child and teen mental health to help stem a serious youth mental health crisis
- William Mahle, MD, is uncovering how congenital heart disease causes brain injury, paving the way for new strategies to protect brain development in children born with heart defects.
- Mike Davis, PhD, is leading several trials using cellular therapies to improve the function of the hearts of children with severe congenital heart defects.
- Rachel Linnemann, MD, is leading national clinical trials and quality improvement initiatives that expand access to life-changing cystic fibrosis therapies, improve newborn screening, and ensure safer long-term care for children with CF.
- Brian Vickery, MD, is leading clinical trials that deliver new therapies for food allergy, including peanut allergy.
- Doug Graham, MD, PhD, Chief, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, is uncovering the genetic drivers of cancer cell growth and developing a novel targeted drug—now in clinical trials—that holds promise for improving treatments and outcomes for children with cancer.
- Sharon Castellino, MD, MSc, is advancing immunotherapy for leukemia and lymphoma, while also addressing the long-term side effects and social factors that impact outcomes for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer.
- Jason Fangusaro, MD, is leading international efforts to develop and test groundbreaking therapies for pediatric brain tumors, bringing new hope to children with high-risk and recurrent cancers of the central nervous system.
- Tobey MacDonald, MD, is developing new drugs, leading clinical trials, and advancing technologies that improve how we treat and track pediatric brain cancers, bringing hope for better outcomes to children and families.
- Marianne Yee, MD, is improving the safety and effectiveness of blood transfusions for children with sickle cell disease
- Beth Stenger, MD, is advancing safer bone marrow transplants for children with sickle cell disease, improving donor options and reducing complications to ensure better long-term outcomes.
- Muna Qayed, MD, is pioneering biomarker-guided approaches to bone marrow transplantation, leading to new strategies that more precisely predict risk and improve survival for children with leukemia and graft-versus-host disease
- Shannon Meeks, MD, is uncovering how the immune system responds to hemophilia treatments, paving the way for more effective therapies and better outcomes for children with hemophilia A.
- Andi Shane, MD, is providing her pediatric expertise on infectious diseases, including COVID-19 and RSV
- Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, is creating cutting-edge diagnostic and organ-on-a-chip technologies that advance discoveries, power national pandemic responses, and bring innovative, child-focused tests directly into families’ homes.
- Puneet Sharm, MD, is leading AI research to enhance the practice of neonatology
- Cliff Willimon, MD, leads national study groups that focus on cartilage research and specializes in advanced arthroscopic and reconstructive surgical techniques for the treatment of complex orthopedic disorders of the knee, hip, shoulder and elbow, as well as sports injuries.
- Crystal Perkins, MD, specializes in the treatment of sports and traumatic injuries in children, adolescents and young adults and is leading efforts to establish an innovative treatment technique for elbow Osteochonritis Dissecans and adolescent ACL and multi-ligament knee reconstruction.
- Tim Schrader, MD, treats patients with hip problems, including femoroacetabular impingement, hip dysplasia, Perthes, SCFE, coxa vara, labral tears and snapping hips.
- Mike Schmitz, MD, is dedicated to research to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients and families dealing with chest wall and spine deformities.
- Jill Flanagan, MD, is leading multicenter studies to define the appropriate indications and expected outcomes in children treated for pediatric limb deformity.
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