Published on: 10/2/2013

Edilene Tozzi, Physical Therapist, patient Emmanuel Martinez, Lisa Scher, Physical Therapist and patient Lucas Martinez during a rehabilitation session at the MCH Miami Lakes Outpatient Center.

Miami Lakes, FL- Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) announces the opening of the MCH Miami Lakes Outpatient Center. The center is now open for pediatric rehabilitation services (physical, occupational and speech-language therapies). The first patient to receive rehabilitative care at the MCH Miami Lakes Outpatient Center was seen on Monday, September 30.
Other services, which will be offered later this fall, include diagnostic imaging services (x-ray), pediatric urgent care for minor injuries and illnesses and appointments with select subspecialists. All services except urgent care will be provided by appointment during standard office hours. Urgent care will open on October 15 and will be available from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends.

The MCH Miami Lakes Outpatient Center is located at 15025 NW 77 Avenue, Miami Lakes, FL 33014.The facility is one of nine comprehensive outpatient centers dedicated to exceeding the expectations of children and their families by providing world-class pediatric healthcare within the community. The opening of MCH Miami Lakes Outpatient Center will trigger the relocation of Miami Children’s Rehabilitation Services- Miami Lakes to this expanded, 32,600 square-foot facility.

For more information or to request an appointment at the MCH Miami Lakes Outpatient Center, parents and caregivers are invited to call 786-313-7800 or visit www.mch.com/MiamiLakes

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For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center.