Everything from the cheery atmosphere to complex pediatric research projects at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas is aimed at fulfilling the hospital’s mission — to make life better for children. And when parents bring their children to the hospital for treatment, they avail their children to the benefits of the Children’s mission.

Children’s Medical Center is the only healthcare facility in Dallas dedicated exclusively to treating children from birth to age 18 for a variety of diseases and disorders. Patients receive care ranging from a simple eye exam to specialized treatments in numerous areas, including heart disease, hematology-oncology and cystic fibrosis. In addition, Children’s is a major pediatric kidney, liver, heart and bone marrow transplant center.

The hospital also operates a system of nearly 50 outpatient specialty clinics that provides a comprehensive range of specialized medical care.

Children’s is one of only 14 national pediatric research centers sanctioned by the National Institutes of Health. Through an affiliation with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the medical staff conducts research that is instrumental in developing treatments, therapies and a greater understanding of pediatric diseases.

As a not-for-profit healthcare institution, Children’s ensures its patients that every decision is aimed at improving patient care, not at benefiting stockholders.

Children’s enjoys a stellar reputation as one of the finest pediatric facilities in the United States, recognized by organizations such as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and by U.S. News & World Report magazine. But the hospital’s service to the thousands of children who come each year to be treated for various ailments continues to be the hospital’s primary concern, therefore making life better for children.