Publicado en: 21/03/2010

On March 20, Miami Children's Hospital celebrated its 60th anniversary, bringing together patients, families, physicians, MCH employees, donors and members and leaders of the community with a large carnival-like birthday party in the hospital’s courtyard.

View photos from our 60th anniversary celebration.

MIAMI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL HISTORICAL TIMELINE:

March 21, 1950	Variety Children’s Hospital opened to the public.
Mid 1950s	The hospital focused on the medical and surgical needs of the children of the community.
1955	The hospital served as a center for polio victims until Dr. Jonas Salk developed a cure for the disease in 1955.
1958	The hospital became a teaching hospital to prepare doctors in the field of pediatrics.
Early 1960s	Variety Children’s Hospital became a haven for young Cuban refugee children who needed medical care.
1964	Variety Children’s Hospital began a $35 million expansion, increasing its bed count and adding new outpatient facilities.
1965	The hospital opened its first intensive care unit.
1966	The hospital offered the first post-graduate training course in pediatrics. Today the annual conference draws pediatricians from around the world.
1970s	The hospital created one of the first Child Life programs, providing child development experts to help children adapt to hospital life.
1982	Ambassador David M. Walters activated the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation.1983
1986	A new 213,000-square-foot hospital is dedicated.
1990	The hospital’s George E. Batchelor Research and Academic Pavilion opened.
1991	Miami Children’s opened a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
1995	The Congenital Heart Institute at Miami Children’s is founded.
1995	Miami Children’s launched its Health on Wheels mobile health units to provide care for underserved children.
1996	MCH became the first hospital in the United States to offer Radio Lollipop, an in-house radio station.
1997	The hospital’s critical care transport program was renamed LifeFlight™ and a helicopter was acquired to bring critically ill children to the hospital for care.
1998	The Miami Children’s Hospital Dan Marino Center opened in Weston, Florida.
2001	The Miami Children’s Brain Institute was founded.
2001	Miami Children’s Hospital Palmetto Bay Center began serving children in South Dade.
2001	Miami Children’s Rehabilitation Services – Miami Lakes opened.
2003	The hospital exterior was recreated with the completion of a project to encapsulate buildings in hurricane-protective panels. The colorful panels give the hospital an entirely new look.
2006	A new 68,000-square foot Ambulatory Care Building was completed.
2007	Miami Children’s Hospital affiliated with Florida International University College of Medicine to support pediatric medical education.
2008	Miami Children’s Hospital Doral Center began serving patients.
2009	Miami Children’s Hospital West Kendall Center opened.
2009	Miami Children’s Hospital Dan Marino Center expanded service offerings to include a new Urgent Care Center.

Acerca del Sistema de Salud Nicklaus Children's, Donde Su Hijo es Lo Más Importante™ (2026)

Durante los últimos 75 años, el Sistema de Salud Nicklaus Children's ha sido un faro de esperanza para los niños y las familias en todo el estado de Florida y más allá. Nicklaus Children's Hospital es el hospital #1 independiente, sin fines de lucro y con licencia especializada del sur de Florida exclusivamente para niños y atiende a cerca del 70 por ciento de los niños de la comunidad metropolitana de Miami. En adición, el Sistem de Salud Nicklaus Children's ofrece atención dentro del Hospital NCH North en Naples, el Jupiter Medical Center, unidades de emergencia pediátricas seleccionadas de Baptist Health South Florida y el Hospital Nicklaus Children' Fort Lauderdale y el Hospital Nicklaus Children' Coral Springs ubicados en campuses de Broward Health.Los hospitales y sus redes de más de 35 centros de atención ambulatoria ofrecen atención vital en los condados de Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin y Palm Beach. Estos centros incluyen una variedad de servicios de urgencias, atención primaria pediátrica y centros de subespecialidades, y son basado en hospitales o centros ambulatorios de Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Nicklaus Children's es una filial académica y clínica de Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine y ofrece una fuente de futuros médicos e investigación innovadora. Nicklaus Children's alberga centros de excelencia, como el Helen & Jacob Shaham Instituto de Cáncer y Enfermedades de la Sangre de Nicklaus Children's Hospital , el Instituto de Ortopedia, Medicina del Deporte y Cirugía del la Columna Nicklaus Children's Hospital, el Instituto de Neurociencias Nicklaus Children's Hospital y el Instituto del Corazón Nicklaus Children's Hospital. El hospital con 474 camas es reconocido por su excelencia en todos los aspectos de la medicina pediátrica, y muchos de sus programas han sido clasificados regularmente entre los mejores del país por U.S. News & World Report desde 2008. Nicklaus Children's también cuenta con una filial de práctica médica sin fines de lucro con más de 40 especialidades y un centro de cirugía ambulatoria.