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Members of the community joined hospital leaders, physicians and patients for the ribbon cutting of the state-of-the-art Nicklaus Children’s Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute.
The new space, located on the third floor of the George E. Batchelor Research and Academic Pavilion boasts 19,000 square feet and features expanded treatment areas designed with patient and family comfort in mind. This new location houses an imaging suite with an EOSedge imaging system, two x-ray machines, 18 exam rooms, cast rooms and meeting spaces.
Nicklaus Children’s Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute is routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and offers follow-up care and consultations in six locations throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties to serve patients close to home.
About Nicklaus Children’s, Where Your Child Matters Most ™
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 nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care 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 Orthopedics, Sports Health 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. For more information visit nicklauschildrens.org.
