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News and Updates from Phoenix Children's
- PHOENIX [March 16, 2021] – Phoenix Children’s will soon begin work on a freestanding emergency department and multi-specialty clinic in Avondale, Ariz., which will provide West Valley families access to top-ranked, pediatric-specific emergency care and expanded specialty services, now closer to home.
- PHOENIX (February 8, 2021) — In the culmination of a year-long, nationwide search, Phoenix Children’s and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix today announced the hire of Stewart Goldman, M.D., as chair of the Department of Child Health and senior vice president of research.
- Phoenix Children's recently achieved accreditation as an Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Comprehensive Care Center from the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA), a nationwide organization dedicated to education, advocacy and research to improve the lives of those born with heart defects. Phoenix Children’s is one of only 38 programs nationwide to receive accreditation and is the only hospital in Arizona to earn this distinction.
- PHOENIX (January 5, 2021) — Phoenix Children’s Medical Group (PCMG) announced today that it has added six new physicians to its nationally ranked Nephrology Division. Gina-Marie Barletta, MD; Kelly Benedict, MD; Stephanie Hsieh, MD; Mark Joseph, MD; Karen Papez, MD; and Scott Williams, MD, have joined PCMG, creating the largest team of pediatric nephrologists in Arizona.
- Phoenix Children’s Medical Group is pleased to welcome nine new providers to its nationally ranked Neonatology program. These providers will serve Phoenix’s growing East Valley and expand the enterprise’s top-ranked neonatology services across Phoenix. Ranked among the top 20 neonatology programs in the United States, Phoenix Children’s NICU and neonatology services support dozens of conditions that impact newborns.
- For the fourth time, Phoenix Children’s Hospital earned national rankings by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals in 10 out of 10 specialties. The health system is the only children’s hospital in Arizona ever to have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report and one of only 24 children’s hospitals in the United States to rank in all 10 surveyed specialties for 2020-2021.
- Phoenix Children’s is working tirelessly to care for our patients and remains committed to supporting the state and our community as Arizona continues to work through the challenges of COVID-19. Since the start of this pandemic, Phoenix Children’s has taken a number of steps to ensure that we can continue to provide care to Arizona’s pediatric population.
- Like health care professionals worldwide, Phoenix Children’s staff are working tirelessly to care for our patients and serve this community. We are immensely proud of them and grateful for their work.
- As Arizonans continue to abide by COVID 19 social distancing restrictions, drowning risk for Arizona’s children is expected to rise. Toddlers in Arizona are already drowning at double the national rate. Economic hardship is also increasing caregiver stress, childcare options are severely limited, and families are confined to apartments and single-family homes, where drowning risk is highest.
- Phoenix Children’s has just learned that a physician at one of our ambulatory clinics has tested positive for COVID-19. As part of our commitment to transparency, and to ensure our community has the most up-to-date and accurate information, we are sharing all pertinent details in this statement and will update our website and social pages as new information emerges.
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