Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children.
The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a
philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health.

  Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric
trauma center, burn center, Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS), magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. 

  Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit, a surgical unit, outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties, and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department.

  The Department of Pediatrics is the largest department of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, comprised of more than 400 primary faculty and Advanced Practice Providers.

  The Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) encompasses more than 200,000 square feet of wet and dry lab research space, and our Department of Pediatrics is ranked #25 in the country amongst all pediatric departments/pediatric research institutes in NIH funding.