Maria Fareri Children's Hospital

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Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
Westchester County Health Care Corporation
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Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
Geography
Location100 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY, United States
Coordinates 41°05′10″N73°48′18″W / 41.086080°N 73.804877°W / 41.086080; -73.804877
Organization
Funding Non-profit hospital
Affiliated university New York Medical College
Services
Emergency department Regional Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
Helipad FAA LID: 7NK8
History
Opened2004
Links
Website Official website
Lists Hospitals in the United States

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), is the advanced care pediatric hospital for New York's Hudson Valley region and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Maria Fareri Children's Hospital is part of the Valhalla, NY campus of WMCHealth along with Westchester Medical Center and the Behavioral Health Center. It is home to hundreds of clinical and surgical pediatric specialists in almost every medical field. The hospital treats about 20,000 [1] patients each year. The hospital cares for infants, children, teens, and young adults age 0-21 throughout upstate New York. [2]

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As part of Westchester Medical Center Health Network, an academic health affiliate of New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital is also a major teaching facility.

History

Maria's Wish

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital was built through the efforts of hundreds of parents, medical professionals, and community leaders, including Brenda and John Fareri who lost their 13-year-old daughter, Maria, to rabies in 1995. After Maria died, her parents learned that Maria had made a special wish as part of a school project - for the health and well-being of all the children in the world. Guided by Maria's wish, the Fareri family helped lead the design and creation of Maria Fareri Children's Hospital as a “family-centered” hospital. It is the only hospital in the United States named after a child. [3]

Pediatric specialties

MFCH offers advanced healthcare in the following specialties:

Medical PediatricsSurgical Pediatrics
• Adolescent Medicine• Cardiothoracic
Cardiology Neurosurgery
• Critical CareOphthalmology
• Developmental PediatricsOtolaryngology
• Emergency Pediatrics• Plastic/Reconstructive
Endocrinology • General Pediatric Surgery
Gastroenterology Urology
• General Pediatrics
Genetics
• Infectious Diseases
• Metabolic Disease Center
Neonatology
Nephrology
• Neurology
Oncology/Hematology
Orthopedics
Psychology/Psychiatry
Pulmonology
Rheumatology

References

  1. "Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center First in New York..." Reuters. October 22, 2008. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. "Maria Fareri Children's Hospital Provides Specialized Care for This Childhood Threat". Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley. April 18, 2019. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. "A community for kids" . Retrieved April 1, 2009.