Leading the way in pediatric care

For more than 110 years, Children’s Health℠ has been making life better for children. Our commitment to our community has included not only high-quality patient care but also advocacy, education and preventive care with an unwavering focus on our mission.

We are the leading pediatric health care system in North Texas and one of the largest pediatric health care providers in the nation. We are also one of the highest-ranked pediatric health care providers in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report.

As a private, not-for-profit organization, Children’s Health includes two full-service hospitals in Dallas and Plano, as well as an extensive network offering specialty, urgent, primary and virtual care to children in North Texas and across the United States. In addition, we are affiliated with UT Southwestern, one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers.

*While most patient outcomes were pulled from the 2025 U.S. News & World Report survey, this report also includes data from 2023-2025 as some outcomes are tracked over multiple years to ensure accuracy.

Looking to the future of Children’s Health

As we look toward the next 100 years, we are committed to growing with North Texas. We’ve not only expanded Children’s Medical Center Plano and our specialty care in Fairview and opened a new medical office building in Prosper and 12 primary care locations, but we’ve also broken ground on a transformative pediatric health care campus in Dallas that will serve as a hub of research, education and innovation.

The new Dallas pediatric campus, a joint investment with UT Southwestern Medical Center, will be one of the country’s largest and most transformative pediatric hospitals. It will have two 12-story towers and an eight-story tower with 552 inpatient beds, including the largest neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Dallas and a Level I trauma center with 90 Emergency Department exam pods and 24 observation rooms.

In December 2024, Children’s Medical Center Plano opened a new, eight-story, 395,000-square-foot campus expansion that rivals pediatric hospitals nationwide in size, leading-edge technology and clinical capabilities. The new tower doubled the size of the hospital and nearly tripled the campus bed count with the addition of 140 new inpatient beds. The expansion also features a larger emergency room with 48 exam rooms, as well as additional specialty services.  

This growth across North Texas will strengthen our collective ability to care for all children, especially the most medically complex and vulnerable population. With more locations, we can care for more children in more areas than ever before.

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION

Our success is the result of a close collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center. By combining the strengths of one of the nation’s preeminent academic medical centers and one of the largest, nonprofit pediatric health care providers in the nation, this one-of-a-kind relationship affords our patients access to world-renowned expertise in pediatric specialty care.

FAMILY-CENTERED CARE

It’s not just about treatment, it’s about families. We believe engaged families lead to better care – and even better outcomes. That’s why we practice family-centered care to create a partnership built on patient and family strengths, choice and independence, resulting in personalized care for every child. In fact, acting on feedback from our Family Advisory Council has led to positive changes in our clinical practices that have improved the overall family experience.

Honors and Achievements

An enduring commitment to excellence.

Children’s Health is honored to receive awards and recognitions that embody our dedication to providing incredible health care and service.

• Treating more than 253,000 children annually

• Ranked by U.S. News & World Report in all 11 pediatric specialties, including pediatric and adolescent behavioral health

• Highest level of pediatric trauma care in North Texas as a Level I trauma center on the Dallas campus and a Level III trauma center on the Plano campus

• Highest level of neonatal intensive care with a FETAL Center, Level IV NICU, NeuroNICU and follow-up care through age 5  

• Verified to offer a high level of pediatric surgical care by the American College of Surgeons at both Dallas and Plano campuses  

• Physician medical staff dual board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics as well as their respective specialties  

• Designated as a Center of Excellence by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA), making it one of only 30 Centers of Excellence nationwide and the first designated center in North Texas