Fact: Schneider Children's Hospital
is ranked #17 among children's hospitals in the US according to
Child Magazine.
Schneider Children's Hospital is a tertiary (teaching) hospital
committed to comprehensive care of children, from infants to young
adults, and is the center of the Health System's Children's Health
Network. The hospital has 154 beds arranged in separate units
on five floors. Each has its own nursing and social work staffs,
as well as playrooms. Schneider Children's Hospital treats everything
from childhood diseases to cancer and epilepsy in addition to
providing special services for Lyme Disease, the hearing impaired,
food allergies and dentistry among others. As a research hospital,
work is ongoing in areas such as depression, hyperactivity, cancer,
eating disorders and congenital malformations. The hospital's
SCH ON CALL Program provides pediatricians for families when their
own pediatrician is unavailable.
Keep the beat going at Schneider Children's Hospital by helping
us:
- Renovate the Schneider Children's Hospital complex.
- Enhance our pediatric centers of excellence in oncology, open
heart surgery, neurosurgery, childhood diabetes, cystic fibrosis,
neonatal intensive care and other specialties.
- Expand our network of ambulatory consultation sites and set
a standard of care for pediatric service throughout the Health
System.
- Continue to be a leader in child advocacy, especially for
children with special health care needs.
- Expand social and psychological services to patients and their
families.
Did You Know:
- SCH is only one of three pediatric facilities in New York
State to have the life-saving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygeneation
(ECMO) technology, an artificial heart-lung machine for extreme
cases of failure of these organs.
- SCH is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the only NYS
hospital to have been granted exclusive Trauma Center status
for pediatric cases.
- SCH maintains the only emergency transport system for children.
For additional information about donations and naming opportunities,
please contact North Shore-LIJ Health System Foundation at (516)
465-2550.
