Internal medicine practitioners, Psychiatrists and psychoanalysts
Pediatric Neurology Clinics
From newborns to young adults, patients at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, receive a level of care that is truly unique in the region.The state-of-the-art, $78 million American Family Children's Hospital at 1675 Highland Avenue replaced the existing UW Children's Hospital in August 2007.Funding of the new children's hospital was supported by $41 million in philanthrophy, combined with $37 million in bonding. An initial $10 million flagship gift came from American Family Insurance in 2003.We're pleased to share the stories of just a few of the patients who have come through the doors of the new American Family Children's Hospital in 2007. Every child that enters our doors touches our hearts, and we believe these stories will touch yours:With inpatient rooms approximately double in size of the old UW Children's Hospital, the 60-bed American Family Children's Hospital provides patients and families from throughout Wisconsin a place to heal in a soothing, child- and family-friendly environment.A second phase of fundraising enabled the hospital to open a new Pediatric Surgical Pavilion in September 2008. The 37, 000 square foot facility includes six operating rooms and two procedure rooms. With a Lake Michigan motif, the pavilion is the latest in operating room design and technology. Fundraising will continue with an additional 24-bed inpatient unit and a pediatric radiology unit planned for the future.Our world-class team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals provide everything from preventive health care to highly specialized programs. These include a pediatric intensive care unit, an internationally recognized transplant surgery program, a children's cancer center, a pediatric asthma center and many others. All of our doctors are faculty members of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Pediatrics.A warm, family-centered environment is enhanced through faculty-led rounds in which patients and family are invited to participate and special activities such as a Child Life program, a Pet Therapy program, a Hospital School run by the Madison Metropolitan School District and family lodging at the nearby Ronald McDonald House.The mission of the American Family Children's Hospital is to provide comprehensive health care of children and families in a healing environment that emphasizes their quality of life.The American Family Children's Hospital is committed to education, research and community service as a means of discovering new and better methods to meet the unique health care needs of children.With a partnership forged in 2001, Affinity Health System and American Family Children's Hospital are committed to providing quality general and specialty pediatric care close to home for Fox Valley and Oshkosh families. Learn more about UW Health Pediatric Specialty Clinic