Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (Seattle)

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Location
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (Seattle)

Place	Laurelhurst, Seattle, Washington, (US)
Organization
Care System	Private
Hospital Type	Specialist
Affiliated University	University of Washington
Services
Emergency Dept.	Yes
Beds	250
Speciality	Pediatric hospital
History
Founded	1907
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in Washington

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center is a 250-bed children's hospital in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was founded as the seven-bed Children's Orthopedic Hospital in 1907 by Anna Herr Clise after her 5-year-old son, Willis, died of inflammatory rheumatism in 1898.^[1] It was originally a ward of the downtown Seattle General Hospital. It moved a cottage on Queen Anne Hill the next year, and in 1911 local luminaries including Herbert Gowen and Mark A. Matthews dedicated a full 40-bed hospital at the same location.^[2]

In 1953, Children's moved to a new campus in Laurelhurst near the University of Washington. Today, it is also the home of the University of Washington's Department of Pediatrics. In 2007, U.S. News and World Report named it the #9 children's hospital in the country.^[3] In 2007, Child Magazine ranked it as the #15 children's hospital overall and #9 for cancer care.

Its pediatric oncology program is among the top three, and its pediatric residency program is ranked sixth. Children's serves as the pediatric referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho--the largest geographic region of any children's hospital in the country.

In December 2007, Children's purchased a seven story building in the Denny Triangle which borders downtown Seattle and South Lake Union.^[4] With this purchase, Children's has acquired nearly 2 square blocks for the Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute. Children's also plans to expand their main campus to 500-600 beds.^[5]