Seattle Children's Hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | Laurelhurst, Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Washington School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Speciality | Pediatric hospital |
| Helipad | FAA LID: 0WA8 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.seattlechildrens.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Washington |
Seattle Children's, formerly Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, formerly Children's Orthopedic Hospital, is a children's hospital in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. In 2016, it was ranked as the 5th best children's hospital in America by U.S. News and World Report and was ranked #4 in nephrology, #6 in cancer, #5 in neonatology, #13 in gastroenterology and GI surgery, #11 in pulmonology and #9 in neurology and neurosurgery.
The hospital was founded as the seven-bed Children's Orthopedic Hospital in 1907 by Anna Herr Clise after her 5-year-old son, Willis, died of inflammatory rheumatism in 1898. It was originally a ward of the downtown Seattle General Hospital. It moved to a cottage on Queen Anne Hill the next year, and in 1911 local luminaries including Herbert Gowen and Mark A. Matthews dedicated a full 40-bed hospital at the same location.
The library at the hospital was founded in 1946.
In 1953, Children's moved to a new campus in Laurelhurst, east of the University of Washington.
A research division, the Seattle Children's Research Institute, was established in 2006.
In December 2007, Seattle Children's purchased a seven-story building in the Denny Triangle, near downtown Seattle and South Lake Union. With this purchase, Children's acquired nearly 2 square blocks for the research insititute.
In 2008, the institution formally changed its name to Seattle Children's. In 2008, the hospital was awarded Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and was recognized again in 2013.
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