Miami Children's Hospital is a private, non-profit hospital specializing in neonatal, pediatric and adolescent medicine. All subspecialties are represented. The geographic regions served include the southeastern portion of the United States, the Caribbean Islands as well as the Central and South American Countries.
The Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals and the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education. It is also a recognized member of the American Hospital Association, the Florida Hospital Association, the South Florida Hospital Association, and the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Inc.
Miami Children's Hospital is South Florida's only independent, freestanding specialty hospital exclusively for children. For half a century, Miami Children's Hospital has provided state-of-the art pediatric care for South Florida's children, ranging in age from birth to 21. The Variety Club International, a group dedicated to helping indigent children, obtained the necessary funds and founded Variety Children's Hospital in 1950. The medical institution was renamed Miami Children's Hospital in 1983. The 289-bed pediatric complex offers more than 40 distinct medical specialties to treat childhood diseases and disorders.
With a medical staff of more than 600 doctors, MCH supports over 40 pediatric specialties and subspecialties (Adolescence Medicine, Allergy, Anesthesiology, Asthma Center, Bone Marrow Transplant, Brachial Plexus Surgery, Cardiology [Congenital Heart Institute], Cardiovascular Surgery [Congenital Heart Institute], Center for Brain Behavior, Clinical Immunology, Craniofacial Center, Critical Care Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Dentistry, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Enuresis Center, Epilepsy Center, Gastroenterology, General Pediatrics, Genetics, Hematology-Oncology [Cancer Center], Infectious Diseases, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience [Brain Institute], Neurological Surgery, Nutrition, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics-Orthopedics Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Trauma Center, Plastic Surgery, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Radiology , Rheumatology, Scoliosis Surgery, Sleep Disorder Center, Thoracic Surgery, Urology-Urologic Surgery). Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals and the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education, it is also a recognized member of the American Hospital Association, the Florida Hospital Association, the South Florida Hospital Association, and the National Association of Children's Hospitals.
MCH's founding vision was the creation of a full service pediatric center to provide South Florida with state of the art clinical services, medical research, and a comprehensive teaching program for doctors, nurses and medical specialists. Toward this goal, MCH has developed and maintained graduate training programs of the highest academic quality for pediatric residents and fellows as well as psychology interns and fellows. Affiliated with the hospital Neurology and Psychiatry Departments, the MCH Psychology Internship Program (PIP) offers a pre-doctoral clinical psychology internship program with a focus in the areas of pediatric health psychology, child and adolescence clinical psychology, and clinical neuropsychology.
MCH promotes equal employment opportunity for all current and prospective employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. It also engages in actions that indicate respect for and understanding of cultural and individual diversity. Interns are protected by Hospital and Psychology Internship Program due process and grievance procedures.