Boston Children's Hospital

42°20′14″N 71°06′22″W / 42.33727°N 71.10600°W / 42.33727; -71.10600

Boston Children's Hospital
Children’s Medical Center Corp.
Longwood Avenue main entrance
Geography
Location	300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, U.S.
Organisation
Care system	Private
Type	Teaching & Research
Affiliated university	Harvard Medical School/Harvard University
Services
Emergency department	Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds	485 licensed beds
History
Opened	1869; 155 years ago (1869)
Links
Website	childrenshospital.org
Lists	Hospitals in U.S.

Boston Children's Hospital (formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2013)^[1] is the main pediatric program of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University.^[2] It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located at the centre of Harvard Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts.^[3] The hospital is home to the world's largest pediatric research enterprise, and it is the leading recipient of pediatric research funding from the National Institutes of Health.^[4][5][6] It provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21^[7][8][9] throughout Massachusetts, the United States, and the world. The hospital also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.^[10] The hospital uses the Brigham and Women's Hospital's rooftop helipad^[11] and is an ACS verified level I pediatric trauma center, one of three in Boston.^[12] The hospital features a regional pediatric intensive-care unit and an American Academy of Pediatrics verified level IV neonatal intensive care unit.

Boston Children's Hospital has been ranked as best pediatric medical center by U.S. News & World Report more times than any other hospital and is currently ranked as the best children's hospital in the United States. Its research enterprise is the world's largest and most highly funded pediatric hospital. In the 2022 fiscal year, it received more funding from the National Institutes of Health than any other children's hospital in the nation.^[13][14]