Children's Hospital Colorado
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| Geography | |
| Location | 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, Colorado, United States |
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| Care system | Not-for-profit |
| Hospital type | Children's general |
| Affiliated university | University of Colorado Denver |
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| Beds | 250 |
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| Founded | 1908 |
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| Website | http://www.childrenscolorado.org Children's Hospital Colorado |
| Lists | Hospitals in Colorado |
Children’s Hospital Colorado is a nonprofit hospital for children located on the Anschutz Medical Campus near the interchange of I-225 and Colfax Avenue in Aurora. Children’s Hospital Colorado's Network of Care provides pediatric healthcare at many locations across the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area.
Children's Hospital Colorado treats pediatric patients with childhood illnesses, conditions and disorders such as:
Noteworthy Programs
Affiliation with The University of Colorado
Children’s Colorado's campus is affiliated with, and adjacent to, the University of Colorado School of Medicine. The University is home to world-class education and research facilities. Children’s Colorado is staffed with doctors from the Department of Pediatrics which was ranked 4th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report Honor Roll in 2016.
This proximity allows the hospital to be at the center of medical research in the Rocky Mountain region and to provide the latest and most effective treatment to its pediatric patients. Children’s Colorado has long been on the forefront of medical research, establishing a Research Foundation in 1953.
The hospital and its affiliates at the University are responsible for virtually all of the pediatric research published in the Rocky Mountain region in the past decade, as well as several internationally recognized medical milestones, including the discovery of toxic shock syndrome and development of new pediatric heart surgery techniques now used around the world.
In 1897, the idea for a children’s hospital in Colorado began with summer tent hospitals for babies inspired by Dr. Minnie C.T. Love. Denver’s high-country ventilation was touted as a cure for a variety of diseases. Using a mix of fresh air and Colorado sunshine, six medical staff and volunteer nurses treated up to 50 children under the age of five.
Early on, those volunteers saw a need for a permanent hospital that would “care for sick, injured and crippled children from birth to 16 years of age” and which would be supported mainly by volunteer contributions. With that goal to guide them, this same group of intrepid volunteers officially incorporated as The Children’s Hospital on May 9, 1908.
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