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Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Harriet Lane Clinic

For nearly a century now, the name Harriet Lane has been synonymous with Johns Hopkins and revolutionary pediatric medicine, research and training. The first hospital in the nation devoted to children, the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children helped pioneer the practice of caring for patients in specialty clinics.

Hopkins Children’s Center has provided primary health care services to the community in East Baltimore for almost a century, first as the Harriet Lane Home and currently as the Harriet Lane Clinic located within the David M. Rubenstein Child Health Building. The mission of today’s Harriet Lane Clinic is to improve the health and quality of life of children within their families and communities and to educate trainees in this model of care.

Our Services

With about 18,000 visits each year, the clinic serves as a training site for medical students, pediatric residents and fellows, who provide comprehensive health care services for approximately 8,500 children and youth up to 21 years of age. These services include:
  • Annual checkups and immunizations
  • Acute illness care
  • Dental services
  • Child Life services and programs
  • Social work services
  • Mental health care for children and caregivers
  • Nutrition and breastfeeding support services
  • Parenting information and support
  • Behavior and development problem assessment and treatment
  • Links to school and community programs
  • Referrals and collaboration with pediatric specialists

Programs

The clinic is led by a multidisciplinary team and is guided by a community advisory board. The Harriet Lane Clinic offers many unique programs, including:
  • Maternal and Infant Mental Health Services
  • Youth Fitness Circle for overweight children (nutrition education and exercise classes)
  • Intensive Primary Care (IPC) Clinic for children with or affected by HIV
  • Health Leads Family Help Desk connecting families to community-based services and programs
  • Considering College Program assisting in college preparation
  • Project HEAL (health, education, advocacy and law) provides the legal advocacy education and services of a full-time lawyer to help families with legal needs
  • After-school tutoring
  • Safety Lane injury prevention resource center
  • Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program
  • Reach Out and Read and other literacy programs to promote family literacy

Contact and Location

Harriet Lane Clinic
200 N. Wolfe St
Rubenstein Child Health Building, First Floor
Baltimore, MD 21287
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Phone: 443-997-5437 (KIDS)