Children’s Hospital Association of Texas

All children need children’s hospitals

It's ALL about the kids.

CHAT members are not-for-profit regional centers of pediatric excellence, committed to providing specialized and comprehensive medical services for children in need-regardless of their families' ability to pay. These hospitals provide services often unavailable anywhere else, ranging from special cardiac programs to children's oncology centers to disease management programs.

Kid-friendly environments

A trip to the hospital can be scary for anyone, so CHAT hospitals are designed from floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall to put children at ease. Colors are bright and cheerful, child-sized furnishings create a comfortable and safe environment, and young patients will find playrooms and recreational opportunities that let a kid be a kid. The new Patient Pavilion at Cook Children's Medical Center features child-height nursing stations, and the lobby of Children's Medical Center features the largest permanent model train exhibit in the country, with over 1,000 feet of track.

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CHAT hospitals offer inpatient and outpatient care, pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, state-of-the-art surgical and emergency room services. As regional health centers with statewide networks of clinics, CHAT members also accept referrals from physicians all across Texas, serving as a pediatric resource for our state's rural and adult hospitals.

Family-centered care.

A child's hospitalization affects the entire family, and CHAT member hospitals provide services and support to reduce the anxieties of both patients and parents. Rooms are designed to make it easy for parents to spend the night with their children, and CHAT hospital staffs create an atmosphere of hope and compassion in all health situations.

Pediatric specialty and sub-specialty services.

The sickest children often require the expertise of highly trained pediatric specialists and sub-specialists that can only be found in children's hospitals. CHAT members offer comprehensive treatment and rehabilitative services for the most complex pediatric cases-including pulmonary, cardiovascular, neurological, orthopedic and blood disorders, as well as care for cancer, cystic fibrosis, kidney disease, epilepsy and birth defects.

Our member hospitals

Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Getting Kids Safely to the Other Side of Childhood.

1935 Motor Street
Dallas, TX 75235
214-456-7000
www.childrens.com

Of the 400 beds at Children's, 52 are found in the hospital's pediatric intensive care unit. The hospital has over 50 outpatient clinics and a state-of-the-art emergency center designed specifically for children. In February 2006, Children’s became the first and only pediatric hospital in Texas and the Southwest to receive official Level I Trauma Center status from the Texas Department of State Health Services and the American College of Surgeons.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital - San Antonio
We're here for life.

333 North Santa Rosa Street
San Antonio, TX 78207
210-704-2011
www.christussantarosa.org

A 200-bed facility, the hospital provides care to more than 150,000 children each year. Their groundbreaking Titanium Rib project became the first new growth-sparing spine deformity treatment to be approved by the FDA in the past forty years.

Cook Children’s Health Care System - Fort Worth
Kids are different. Fortunately, so are we.

801 Seventh Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104
682-885-4000
www.cookchildrens.org

Cook Children's Health Care System consists of the Cook Children's Medical Center, Cook Children's Physician Network of over 200 pediatricians and specialists, Cook Children's Home Health, and Cook Children's Health Plan. The 282 bed medical center provides more than 30 pediatric specialties and services including national recognized programs for critical care, hematology/oncology, cardiology and pulmonology.

Covenant Children’s Hospital - Lubbock
For you, for your family, for a lifetime.

3615 19th Street
Lubbock, TX 79410
806-725-1011
www.covenanthealth.org/view/Facilities/ChildrensHospital

The 72 bed facility houses a 12 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Level II and III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the region’s only Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Program.

Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
We Know How to Treat Kids.

4900 Mueller Blvd.
Austin, TX 78723
512-324-0000
www.dellchildrens.net

Opened in June, 2007, the 500,000 square foot hospital is nearly three times larger than the former Children’s Hospital of Austin. The all-digital, all-wireless facility boasts new and expanded services that will position it as a world-class leader in pediatric care.

Driscoll Children’s Hospital - Corpus Christi
We're here for the kids.

3533 South Alameda Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
361-694-5000
800-DCH-LOVE
www.driscollchildrens.org

The September 2004 grand opening of Driscoll's Children's Specialty Center in Brownsville affirms Driscoll's ongoing commitment to providing the best possible care for children in the Rio Grande Valley-one of the state's most under-served regions. Driscoll serves 33 counties covering 31,000 square miles of South Texas.

Texas Children’s Hospital - Houston
Changing the face of health care, one child at a time

6621 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
832-824-1000
www.texaschildrenshospital.org

One of the largest pediatric hospitals in the United States, Texas Children’s is internationally recognized and ranked in the top four among children’s hospitals in both Child magazine and U.S. News and World Report.