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Adult care may not be the best fit for children’s needs. That’s why ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children’s collaborates with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to offer specialized pediatric expertise and equipment in Center City Philadelphia.

Combining Jefferson Health's distinguished reputation and central location with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ advanced pediatric care demonstrates our shared belief that kids do better when we work together.

What ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Offers at This Location

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ pediatric specialists are available around-the-clock at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for:

• Emergency Department (ED) care — Our pediatric specialists provide consultations for children and teens in the hospital’s ED, as needed. That means Jefferson Health's physicians consult with our pediatric specialists in order to give children the best possible care from doctors who treat kids every day.
• Newborn care — ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ pediatricians from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Health, Philadelphia provide daily well-baby examinations for newborns at the hospital's family-friendly, mother baby unit.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ neonatologist (newborn medicine specialists) also care for babies in the hospital's Level III Neonatal Inensive Care Unit (NICU). Level III means that we provide advanced care for premature, low birth weight and critically ill infants.

Additional Services

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Jefferson also work together to:

• Collaborate on important research studies
• Collaborate on pediatric programs that include input from multiple medical specialties for chronic or complex medical conditions
• Coordinate care, when needed, with our specialists at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Health, Philadelphia and at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children’s Hospital, Delaware in Wilmington, Del.
• Facilitate the transfer of extremely ill patients to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children’s Hospital, Delaware
• Provide telehealth consults (specialty video consultations) in the emergency department at Jefferson Methodist Hospital, 2.5 miles away in South Philadelphia