Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

Winter 2016

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ALL CHILDREN'S Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine located in St. Petersburg, is the most advanced children's hospital on Florida's west coast and a U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospital. With over 50 pediatric specialties and 259 beds, All Children's is dedicated to advancing children's health through treatment, research, education and advocacy. In 2011, All Children's became a fully integrated member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the nation's first medical school and the model for modern academic medicine. is milestone marked the beginning of a deeper transformation for All Children's. Some of the most visible changes that have already occurred—such as the creation of four institutes around heart, brain, cancer and blood disorders, and neonatal and maternal-fetal medicine— are engines for further growth and development that will unfold over the coming decades. for All Children Creating Healthy Tomorrows 1976-1985 Expands pediatric heart surgery and cardiology. Adds Neonatal Nursery (Level III), pediatric intensive care unit and bone marrow transplant unit 1967 As the polio threat subsides, new hospital built to serve a broad range of children's health care needs 1973-1974 Creates pediatric residency and research program with the new University of South Florida College of Medicine 1991 Expansion adds inpatient units and operating suites, short stay unit for outpatient surgeries, sleep laboratory, special procedures unit, pediatric dialysis unit, and expanded occupational and physical therapy areas A Rich History 1926–27 Opens as the American Legion Hospital for Crippled Children, serving children who suffer from polio and other crippling disorders At the dedication, trustees quote poet Carl Sandburg to explain the Hospital's new name: "There is only one child in all the world, and that child's name is all children." 4 All Children's Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Treatment

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