Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with approximately 800 attending physicians, including more than 500 pediatric subspecialists. The 307-bed hospital, known as Miami Children’s Hospital from 1983 through 2014, is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional honor.

The Nicklaus Children's Hospital network includes more than a dozen outpatient centers extending from Martin County to southern Miami-Dade County, offering a range of pediatric healthcare services, including urgent care, rehabilitation services and subspecialty physician appointments for children of all ages, including up to age 21.

We are committed to being a resource for children from throughout South Florida and around the world. 

The Nicklaus Children's Department of Medical Education is committed to the oversight and provision of high-quality, evidence-based, and innovative Continuing Medical Education (CME), Graduate Medical Education (GME), and Undergraduate Medical Education (UME).

Nicklaus Children's Health System extends its medical education impact beyond Florida through our educational initiatives in the USA and across the world. Our faculty members are strongly committed to lifelong learning, personal and professional development, and professional and scholarly work. Our medical education programs are based on Adult Learning Principles. Teaching is done using multiple modalities including: live didactic lectures, workshops, multidisciplinary conferences, web-based technology, and simulation.