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Children's Hospital of New Orleans


Coordinates: 29°55′05″N 90°07′40″W / 29.917961°N 90.127727°W / 29.917961; -90.127727

Children's Hospital of New Orleans is a non-profit children's hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Children's Hospital offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient pediatric care, including a Pediatric intensive care unit, Neonatal intensive care unit, and a parenting education center. As of 2002, it has 201 beds and over 380 pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The hospital admits over 7,000 inpatient and 170,000 outpatient visits each year. The hospital services the entire state of Louisiana and Gulf Coast region.

Children's Hospital is operated as a non-profit organization, run by an independent board of trustees. It was originally opened as a rehabilitation center for physically handicapped children in 1955 under the name Crippled Children's Hospital. The facility was expanded into a full-service hospital and given its current name in 1976.

The main hospital is located in the University District of Uptown New Orleans. The address is 200 Henry Clay Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118. Phone: (504) 899.9511. This facility is located along the levee next to the Mississippi River, near the Audubon Zoo and Audubon Park, New Orleans. There is also satellite clinic in the nearby suburb of Metairie, and Baton Rouge.


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