Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) is an academic pediatric acute care children's hospital located in the Pill Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The hospital has 652 pediatric beds and is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to pediatric patients aged 0–21 throughout southern Ohio and northern Kentucky, as well as patients from around the United States and the world. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center also treats adults, including adults with congenital heart disease and young adults with blood disease or cancer. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center also features a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, 1 of 4 in the state. Cincinnati Children's is home to a large neonatology department that oversees newborn nurseries at local hospitals around Ohio. The hospital features an AAP verified 59-bed Level IV (highest possible) Newborn Intensive Care Unit. It is ranked first among all Honor Roll hospitals in the 2023-24 U.S. News & World Report survey of best children's hospitals. Cincinnati Children's receives the third-most NIH funds of any pediatric institution in the United States and the pediatric residency training program at Cincinnati Children's is among the largest in the country, training approximately 200 graduate physicians each year. History In June 1883, a meeting of women from Episcopal congregations around Cincinnati established a mission to create a Diocesan Hospital for Children. On November 16, 1883, the "Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church" of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio was incorporated.