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Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Nationally Ranked in All 11 Specialties 

According to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024–25 Best Children’s Hospitals List . Learn more.

About Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Founded in 1912 as the children’s hospital at Johns Hopkins, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center offers one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical programs in the country, with more than 92,000 patient visits and nearly 9,000 admissions each year.

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    Information about Children’s Center hospital locations and ambulatory clinics in our region.

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    Everything you need to know while we care for your child.

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Santa Visits Johns Hopkins Children’s Center by Ambulance

There was thick fog in the air, but that didn’t stop Santa from traveling from the North Pole to visit the children at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Instead of flying here with his sleigh and reindeer, he arrived by ambulance with one of his elves. Many children, families and staff members welcomed Santa by joyfully singing holiday songs.

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Latest From the Children's Center

'If We Don't Fight for Them, Who Will?'

Pediatric pulmonologist Christy Sadreameli advocates for public policies aimed at protecting vulnerable young lungs.

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Fall 2024: After All

This issue of Hopkins Children's highlights the story, After All. The story describes the experiences of Anthony Quinn, who was badly injured in a fire as a toddler, and the efforts of Johns Hopkins Children's Center's Pediatric Burn Center. 

Read the 2024 Fall Children's Center Magazine
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Baltimore Magazine’s 2024 Top Doctors

Our physicians are committed to safe, high-quality medical care to each patient. As such, over 25 physicians from across Johns Hopkins Children’s Center were selected in Baltimore Magazine’s annual Top Doctors survey.

See who was recognized
Johns Hopkins Children's Center doctors listed on the Top Docs 2024 list.

Preventing Obesity in Very Young Children Could Be in Parents’ Hands

A study co-led by Elliana Perrin shows adding electronic feedback to in-clinic health counseling for parents could help prevent obesity in very young children.

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Social Media and Mental Health

Johns Hopkins experts Carol Vidal, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., and Jennifer Katzenstein, Ph.D., help explain what is known about social media’s effects on mental health in children and teens.

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10 Years of the PICU Up! Program

The PICU Up! program - the first to implement a structured early mobilization program in the PICU - has focused on progressive rehabilitation for infants and children who are critically ill, improving outcomes for young patients.

Watch the Video Celebrating 10 Years of PICU Up! Learn More about the PICU
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Thank You for Supporting Radiothon

Thank you to all of our supporters for making the 35th Annual MIX 106.5 Radiothon our most successful events to date, raising $1,453,157.35! This total broke our previous record of $1,432,212.34 set in 2023.

Learn more about Radiothon 2024.
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Forward. For Our Children.

To us, a child's dream is as precious as their health and at the core of all we do. Exploring every medical possibility. Imagining. Teaching. And always moving forward.

Learn more about how we're moving forward.
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Ways to Give

Volunteering and Giving

When you make a gift to Johns Hopkins Children's Center, you help us remain a place of hope and compassion, and provide us with the resources we need to deliver world-class care to children and their families.

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