For Every Child. For Every Reason

Ranked in the U.S. News & World Report's 2009 "America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” and Parents magazine’s  2009 top ten “Best Children's Hospitals” lists, Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare networks.  We provide wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children, adolescents and adult patients with congenital disease. A medical staff of 950 and a hospital staff of 6,800 deliver state-of-the-art pediatric care for almost 823,000 patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of the top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities.  Nationwide Children’s remains true to the original mission since our founding in 1892: we provide the best possible care regardless of a family’s ability to pay.