Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Geography
Location	Atlanta area, Georgia, United States
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	Emory University School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine Georgia Institute of Technology Mercer University School of Medicine
Services
Speciality	Pediatric hospital
History
Opened	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Links
Website	www.choa.org
Lists	Hospitals in Georgia

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)^[1] is a not-for-profit children's healthcare system located in the Atlanta area, dedicated to caring for infants, children, teens, and young adults age 0–21 throughout Georgia.^[2] Children's formed in 1998 when Egleston Children's Health Care System and Scottish Rite Medical Center came together, becoming one of the largest pediatric systems in the United States. In 2006, Children's assumed responsibility for the management of services at Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital, growing the system to three hospitals.^[3][4]

Today the growing pediatric healthcare system consists of the following:

• Three hospitals: Egleston Children's Hospital, Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, and Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital. Children's Arthur M. Blank Hospital will replace Egleston after opening in September 2024.
• 673 licensed beds (to increase after opening of Arthur M. Blank Hospital)
• Eight Urgent Care Centers and facilities that offer primary care, rehabilitation, sports medicine and surgical services
• Marcus Autism Center
• Center for Advanced Pediatrics
• 60+ specialties with access to 2,300 physicians
• More than 12,900 employees

In 2022, CHOA managed:^[5]

• 1,158.600+ patient visits
• 444,000+ unique patients from all 159 counties in Georgia
• 43,800+ surgical procedures (inpatient and outpatient)
• 15 kidney transplants, 19 liver transplants and 11 heart transplants