Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

As the only freestanding pediatric healthcare system in Georgia, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is the trusted leader in caring for kids. Children's has more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs, the top healthcare professionals in the nation and is a leader in research and technology. Children’s is one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country, managing more than one million patient visits annually at three hospitals, Marcus Autism Center, the Center for Advanced Pediatrics and neighborhood locations. Consistently ranked among the top children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, Children’s has impacted the lives of kids in Georgia, across the United States and around the world for more than 100 years.

We collaborate with Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology and other academic institutions to lead and grow pediatric research, training and innovation to enhance the best outcomes possible for patients and families. Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, the primary academic partner of Children’s, was the largest recipient of federal research dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2022 for pediatrics departments, according to rankings from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. In addition to the $77 million in NIH grant funding that led to the No. 1 ranking, more than 2,200 publications in more than 1,000 journals in the same time period helped support groundbreaking efforts to develop new treatments or cures in 50 specialty areas. The total extramural funding for the department in 2022 was more than $111 million.